Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, currently in its fifth season. He also appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv for five episodes. He is also known for his role as Moist in the Joss Whedon-led web miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.
Helberg was born in Los Angeles, California, He is the son of German-born a...
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Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, currently in its fifth season. He also appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv for five episodes. He is also known for his role as Moist in the Joss Whedon-led web miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.
Helberg was born in Los Angeles, California, He is the son of German-born actor Sandy Helberg. Inspired by the film The Karate Kid, Helberg trained in karate extensively during his childhood, earning a black belt at age 10. He was raised in Judaism, "Conservative to Reform but more Reform as time went on".
Helberg attended middle and high school at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, with Jason Ritter, who later became his roommate at NYU. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he trained at the Atlantic Theater Company.
Helberg is married to actress Jocelyn Towne. In January...
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