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Simon Helberg

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Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. From 2007 to 2019, he played Howard Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory and won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role. His performance as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Helberg has also appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv as a cast member in season 8 (2002–2003), and his other film roles including Old School (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), A Serious Man (2009), and Annette (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Simon Helberg is the 4,105th most popular actor (down from 3,492nd in 2024), the 6,603rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,230th in 2019) and the 1,904th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Simon Helberg ranks 4,105 out of 13,578. Before him are Rob Delaney, Leon Niemczyk, Tony Lo Bianco, Kristin Chenoweth, Nita Naldi, and Dan Levy. After him are Edmund Purdom, Giovanna Antonelli, Richard Todd, Roger Rees, Carice van Houten, and Miyoshi Umeki.

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Among people born in 1980, Simon Helberg ranks 74. Before him are Jordana Brewster, Nadia Ali, Zaz, Markus Feehily, Akshata Murty, and Ben Whishaw. After him are Suella Braverman, Randy Orton, Pau Gasol, Gabriel Milito, Ruja Ignatova, and Dani Güiza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Simon Helberg ranks 6,604 out of 20,380. Before him are Kristin Chenoweth (1968), Eugene McCarthy (1916), Nita Naldi (1894), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), Paul W. Merrill (1887), and Joe Lieberman (1942). After him are Mimi Leder (1952), Steve Bullock (1966), Albert Collins (1932), Neil Campbell (1946), Frederick C. Weyand (1916), and Julius Katchen (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Simon Helberg ranks 1,904. Before him are Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), Will Rogers (1879), Rob Delaney (1977), Tony Lo Bianco (1936), Kristin Chenoweth (1968), and Nita Naldi (1894). After him are Dorothy Gish (1898), Penelope Ann Miller (1964), Scott Eastwood (1986), Raoul Trujillo (1955), Maria Canals-Barrera (1966), and Jeff Corey (1914).

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