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Simon Helberg

1980 - Today

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Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. From 2007 to 2019, he played Howard Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), and won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role. His performance as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Helberg has also appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv as a cast member in season 8 (2002–2003), and his other film roles including Old School (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), A Serious Man (2009), and Annette (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Helberg has received more than 11,044,165 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Simon Helberg is the 3,495th most popular actor (down from 3,432nd in 2019), the 5,231st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,306th in 2019) and the 1,573rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Simon Helberg ranks 3,495 out of 13,578Before him are Evan Peters, Irán Eory, Lee Ji-ah, Richard Burgi, Clifton Webb, and Jack Lord. After him are Joseph Morgan, Denis Lavant, Sienna Guillory, Isaiah Washington, Stella McCartney, and Hannelore Elsner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Simon Helberg ranks 58Before him are John Arne Riise, Pau Gasol, William Levy, Kate Ryan, Angelos Charisteas, and Jenson Button. After him are Gabriel Milito, Randy Orton, Yossi Benayoun, Ben Whishaw, Marit Bjørgen, and Yasuhito Endō.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Simon Helberg ranks 5,231 out of 20,380Before him are Evan Peters (1987), Eddie Slovik (1920), Richard Burgi (1958), Kendall Jenner (1995), Clifton Webb (1889), and Jack Lord (1920). After him are Isaiah Washington (1963), Suge Knight (1965), Fats Navarro (1923), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Reuben Fine (1914), and Jeff Chandler (1918).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Simon Helberg ranks 1,573Before him are Anita Page (1910), Brian Krause (1969), Evan Peters (1987), Richard Burgi (1958), Clifton Webb (1889), and Jack Lord (1920). After him are Isaiah Washington (1963), Jeff Chandler (1918), Mark Rolston (1956), Ann Dowd (1956), Zachary Quinto (1977), and Jean Hagen (1923).