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Simon Helberg is an American actor, comedian and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of Howard Wolowitz on CBS’s comedy series The Big Bang Theory, and for his role as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins. He won a Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, for his performance in The Big Bang Theory. He has also appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv and played Moist in Joss Whedon’s web miniseries Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. He provided the voice of Bian Zao in the Nickelodeon show Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. Born Simon Maxwell Helberg on December 9, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, he is the son of Sandy Helberg and Harriet B. Helberg. He did her schooling from Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, and attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where he trained at The Atlantic Theater Company. He began his comedy career as one half of the comedy duo Derek and Simon. He has been married to Jocelyn Towne since July 7, 2007. Together they have two children, Adeline and Wilder.

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Simon Helberg Inspirational Quotes

"Until I was about 16 years old, my dream was to be a musician. I played in rock bands and jazz bands. Then I decided to be an actor and kept the stable career of 'jazz pianist' as my safety net."

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"Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!'"

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"I try to act with my whole body and, for better or worse, this is the face that's attached to it."

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"I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people."

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"I own a fart CD. It has, I believe, over 100 fart sounds. A lovely variety, from the up-close and personal to the more experimental and dissonant. Some people prefer to listen to Bach when they go to sleep... not me."

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Body Measurements
Height1.63 m, 5′4″ (feet & inches)
Weight56 kg, 123.5 pounds