Simon Maxwell Helberg was born on December 9, 1980 in Los Angeles, California to actor Sandy Helberg and casting director Harriet Helberg. He is a professional pianist turned actor who attended New York University's Tisch School of Arts where he trained in the Atlantic Theater Company. Helberg appeared in numerous television series and movies, gracing the television screen with appearances on Sabrina: The Teenage Witch, Mad TV, Less Than Perfect,
Reno 911! ,
Life on a Stick,
Arrested Development , The Jake Effect,
Joey and
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip . His film appearances include those in Van Wilder where he played Vernon, A Cinderella Story where he played Terry and Careless where he played Stewart. In 2007, Helberg was cast for a CBS television series
The Big Bang Theory and has completed filming the movie Mama's Boy, where he played Rathkon.
Howard Wolowitz is played by Simon Helberg in the television series The Big Bang Theory. Considering himself as the Casanova of Cal Tech, Howard is part of the geek squad composed of Leonard, Sheldon, and their friend Rajesh. They are the quantum physics masters who know nothing outside the four walls of their laboratory.
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