Simon Helberg

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Simon Helberg, 2013

Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor and comedian . International He gained fame for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the US - sitcom The Big Bang Theory .

Life

Helberg's father, who was born Sandy Helberg in Frankfurt am Main in 1949 , is an actor of German origin. His mother, Harriet Helberg (nee Birnbaum), is a casting director . He was raised in the Jewish faith. His acting studies, he graduated from the New York University belonging Tisch School of the Arts , where he in the Atlantic Theater Company was rehearsing.

In 1999 he got his first supporting role in the feature film Mumford . This was followed by other supporting roles in cinema and television productions as well as guest appearances in several series, including several episodes of MADtv and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip . From 2007 he played a leading role in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory produced by CBS . In it he plays as Howard Wolowitz , who is also of Jewish descent, the role of a nerd , as he had previously embodied in the film Party Animals and in the television series Joey . In 2013, he received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in The Big Bang Theory . For his role in this series, he was also nominated four times for the Screen Actors Guild Award and in 2010 for the Teen Choice Award (Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer) together with the rest of the acting ensemble . In 2016 he starred in Stephen Frears ' film Florence Foster Jenkins . For this he received a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor in 2017 .

He has been married to actress Jocelyn Towne since 2007 . Their daughter was born on May 8, 2012, their son on April 23, 2014.

Filmography (selection)

Simon Helberg, 2010
As an actor
As a voice actor
As a writer and producer
  • 2006: Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette (short film)
  • 2006: The Pity Card (short film)
  • 2007: Derek and Simon: The Show (TV series)
  • 2014: We'll Never Have Paris
As a producer
  • 2007: This Is My Friend (TV movie)
As a director
  • 2014: We'll Never Have Paris

Awards and nominations (selection)

Result category Award
2010 Nominated Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer Teen Choice Awards
2012 Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards
2013 Won Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Critics' Choice Television Award
Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards
2014 Nominated Favorite TV Bromance People's Choice Award
Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards
2015 Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards
Nominated Choice TV: Chemistry Teen Choice Awards
2016 Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards
2017 Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Golden Globe
Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards

Web links

Commons : Simon Helberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Toledo Blade: "Nazi camp survivor was active in Jewish groups" April 11, 2007
  2. ^ Maryland District Court Case No. 1: 90-cv-01715-WEB: Birnbaum, et al v. GD Searle Company, et al . plainsite.org. June 26, 1990. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved on May 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Gerri Miller: Fall TV Preview: Simon Helberg , ajlmagazine.com. September 4, 2007. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 19, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ajlmagazine.com 
  4. ↑ Eight Tisch Alumni Nominated for 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . table.nyu.edu. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ The Big Bang Theory Cast: Simon Helberg . cbs.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 19, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cbs.com
  6. ↑ Bobby Quillard: Talk Nerdy to Me: Simon Helberg of The Big Bang Theory . Venus Zine . August 16, 2010. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ Lenka Hladikova: The Big Bang Theory: Simon Helberg became a father . Serienjunkies.de . May 16, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  8. ↑ Simon Helberg - Tv Star Simon Helberg Is A New Dad . In: contactmusic.com . May 12, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  9. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: The Big Bang Theory: Simon Helberg for the second time father . Serienjunkies.de . June 25, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Helberg, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Helberg, Simon Maxwell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , United States