<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Sandy Helberg (father) Harriet B. Birnbaum (mother) </Td> </Tr> <P> Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, and musician . He is best known for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007--present), for which he won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture . </P> <P> Helberg has appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv and is also known for his role as Moist in Joss Whedon's web miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing - Along Blog (2008). He has further performed in films such as Old School (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and A Serious Man (2009). </P>

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