Simon Helberg
Biography: Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for playing Howard Wolowitz in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He has appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv, and has appeared in films such as Old School (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), A Serious Man (2009), and Annette (2021). He wrote, directed (along with his wife Jocelyn Towne), and starred in the film We'll Never Have Paris (2014), which is based on he and his wife's relationship.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 09, 1980
Deathday: N/A
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005-09-16
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Overview: The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-16
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007-12-21
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Overview: Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-21
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002-03-29
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Overview: Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter, Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-29
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Mama's Boy
2007-12-14
Mama's Boy
Overview: A twenty-nine year-old slacker who lives with his mom realizes his sweet set-up is threatened when she hears wedding bells with her self-help guru beau.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-14
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For Your Consideration
2006-11-17
For Your Consideration
Overview: The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star generates awards buzz.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-17
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Careless
2007-05-17
Careless
Overview: Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night. Understandably freaked out, in a search across Los Angeles that brings them in contact with psychics, ineffectual police, crooked taxidermists, mysterious neighbors who might be on drugs, and a nine-fingered woman named Cheryl who might, improbably, end up being the girl of his dreams.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-17
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The TV Set
2007-04-06
The TV Set
Overview: As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-06
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I Am I
2013-04-27
I Am I
Overview: I AM I is the story of a young woman, Rachael, who meets the father she never knew, Gene, at her mother's funeral. She discovers that her father is completely delusional and believes her to be her dead mother. After Rachael visits Gene in an assisted living home, she learns that he suffers from a disease called Korsakov's Syndrome, a form of retrograde amnesia and that her mother had placed him in this facility for treatment a year earlier. He does not remember anything past the age of thirty-three, and believes that he is still a young man. Unable to convince him of who she really is, Rachael decides to go along with her father's delusions by pretending to be her mother and discovers that under this guise, she and Gene can have "normal" conversations. Before long, Rachael is visiting Gene everyday, finding new ways to bring elements from his past into their present relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-27
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The Selling
2011-04-29
The Selling
Overview: For most people affected by the recent housing market crash, the impact was financial. Super nice real estate agent Richard Scarry has an additional burden: the paranormal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-29
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Evan Almighty
2007-06-09
Evan Almighty
Overview: Junior congressman Evan Baxter, whose wish is to "change the world" is heard by none other than God. When God appears with the perplexing request to build an ark, Evan is sure he is losing it.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-09
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Let Go
2011-10-25
Let Go
Overview: Walter Dishman, a married and melancholy parole officer, deals with three eccentric ex-convicts who have been placed under his supervision.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-25
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The Pity Card
2006-01-19
The Pity Card
Overview: Is The Best Place For A First Date Really The Holocaust Museum
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-19
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We'll Never Have Paris
2014-10-01
We'll Never Have Paris
Overview: Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Devon, after his beautiful coworker, Kelsey, confesses that she has a crush on him. After a conversation with his best friend, Jameson, he clumsily tries to explain his doubts to Devon, but his possible proposal turns into a break-up. When Devon flees to Paris, he follows her in a last-ditch effort to win back "the one."
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-01
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Space Oddity
2023-03-31
Space Oddity
Overview: A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a woman who brings him down to Earth.
Genres: Comedy Romance Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-31
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Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus
2021-09-01
Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus
Overview: In 2019, the director Leos Carax proposes to Estelle Charlier and Romuald Collinet to design, make and animate "Annette", the puppet of his new film. This one will be the child of the couple Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver. Propelled into the world of cinema, begins for this charismatic duo a unique and singular adventure in their career as puppeteers. Faced with the demands of the filmmaker, the impossible, they are held.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-01
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Mumford
1999-09-24
Mumford
Overview: When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients!
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-24
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A Serious Man
2009-10-02
A Serious Man
Overview: It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-02
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American Symphony
2023-11-24
American Symphony
Overview: Musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-24
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The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2007-12-19
The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Overview: The making of 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-19
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Florence Foster Jenkins
2016-05-06
Florence Foster Jenkins
Overview: The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-06
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Hollywood Adventures
2015-06-26
Hollywood Adventures
Overview: A young man goes from China to Hollywood on short notice to find his girlfriend. He ends up connected with two others in his quest, which gets much more complicated than he envisioned.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-06-26
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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2008-07-15
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Overview: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 42-minute tragicomic musical in three acts, each released separately. It tells the story of Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain, Captain Hammer, his superhero nemesis, and Penny, their mutual love interest. The movie was written by writer/director Joss Whedon, his brothers Zack Whedon and Jed Whedon, and Jed's then fiancée, actress Maurissa Tancharoen. The writing team penned the musical during the WGA strike. The idea was to create something small and inexpensive, yet professionally done, in a way that would circumvent the issues that were being protested during the strike.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-15
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Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016-02-21
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Overview: The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director James Burrows. Watch Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-21
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A Cinderella Story
2004-07-16
A Cinderella Story
Overview: Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-16
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End of the Line
2018-01-20
End of the Line
Overview: A lonely man goes to the pet store and buys a tiny man in a cage.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-20
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Paint It Black
2016-06-03
Paint It Black
Overview: A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-03
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Annette
2021-07-07
Annette
Overview: The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-07-07
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Commentary! The Musical
2008-07-15
Commentary! The Musical
Overview: The cast and crew of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) perform a "most uncommon" musical commentary track for the show, acting as exaggerated versions of themselves. After reviewing the circumstances that led to the creation of Doctor Horrible, the characters sing of the contrary and cheap Joss Whedon, the aspirations of the minor actors, the egos of Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris, and everyone's favorite iPhone game.
Genres: Comedy Music Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-15
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Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette
2006-07-01
Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette
Overview: Derek and Simon meet two young women on the beach, but wind up in the emergency room.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-01
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Old School
2003-02-21
Old School
Overview: Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-21
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Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006-06-02
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Overview: When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-02
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As They Made Us
2022-04-08
As They Made Us
Overview: Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-08
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Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003-08-09
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Overview: Comedy special spotlighting Tracey Ullman’s larger than life character Ruby Romaine from HBO's “Tracey Takes On”. After an illustrious career, veteran Hollywood makeup artist Ruby has decided to call it quits. Or has she? In her makeup trailer, Ruby tells a series of hilarious tales and explains why she reconsidered her retirement. With Debbie Reynolds, Jane Kaczmarek.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-09
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For Worse
2025-03-08
For Worse
Overview: Lauren, a newly divorced, sober mom, feels like she has a new lease on life after joining her first acting class and starting a fling with her hot, young scene partner. However, when they attend their Gen Z classmate's wedding together, things begin to fall apart, and Lauren finds herself behaving like a drunk 25-year-old bridesmaid. Luckily after a disastrous night she stumbles into a new day and a new beginning.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-08
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