Simon Cowell
Acting • Born 1959-10-07
Biography
Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the founder and sole owner of the British entertainment company Syco and is the creator of the X Factor and Got Talent franchises. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK (2004–2010, 2014–2018) and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), and the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor US (2011–2013) and America's Got Talent (2016–present). After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent agent and consultant in the UK music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on Pop Idol, a talent television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz. He subsequently created The X Factor in 2004 and Got Talent in 2006, which have become successful television franchises sold around the world. Cowell often makes blunt and controversial comments as a television music and talent show judge, including insults and wisecracks about contestants and their singing abilities. He combines activities in both the television and music industries. Cowell has produced and promoted successful singles and albums for various recording acts whom he has signed and taken under his wing, including Little Mix, James Arthur, Labrinth, Leona Lewis, Fifth Harmony, Il Divo, Olly Murs, Noah Cyrus, Cher Lloyd, Fleur East, Ella Henderson, and Susan Boyle. He has also signed successful boy bands such as Westlife, One Direction, PrettyMuch, and CNCO. In 2004 and 2010, Time named Cowell one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him sixth in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".The same year, he received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards.At the 2010 British Academy Television Awards, Cowell received the BAFTA Special Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry and for his development of new talent". In 2018, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the television category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Phillip Cowell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
87 credits
Scary Movie 3
Movie • 2003
Simon Cowell
Julia Scotti: Funny That Way
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The X Factor Revealed: The Greatest Auditions Ever
Movie • 2004
Self
Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar
Movie • 2011
Self
Far Far Away Idol
Movie • 2004
Simon Cowell (voice)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
Movie • 2009
Simon Cowell (voice)
American Idol: The Search For A Superstar
Movie • 2002
Judge
Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop
Movie • 2023
Self
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Who Shot Simon Cowell?
Movie • 2017
Simon Cowell
American Idol: The Best of Seasons 1-4
Movie • 2005
Self - Judge (archive footage)
P!NK: Staying True
Movie • 2013
Self
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Movie • 2016
Simon Cowell
Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Britain's Greatest Hoaxer
Movie • 2017
Self
American Idol: The Worst of Seasons 1-4
Movie • 2005
Self - Judge
One Direction: This Is Us
Movie • 2013
Self
The Kylie Show
Movie • 2007
Self
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Movie • 2017
Self
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
Movie • 2018
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Movie • 2019
Self - Talent Scout
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Movie • 2020
Self
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Scoob!
Movie • 2020
Simon Cowell (voice)
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Movie • 2006
Self
Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
One Direction: A Year in the Making
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Made in Miami
Movie • 2018
Self
Top Gear
TV • 2002
Self
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Simon Cowell (voice)
Pop Idol
TV • 2001
Self - Judge
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Simon Cowell (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV • 2002
Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV • 2004
The Celebrity Apprentice
TV • 2004
World Idol
TV • 2003
Self
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
The Frank Skinner Show
TV • 1995
Self
So Graham Norton
TV • 1998
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
The Story of Light Entertainment
TV • 2006
Self
E!'s 101
TV • 2003
Self
Cupid
TV • 2003
Britain's Got More Talent
TV • 2007
Self
Britain's Got Talent
TV • 2007
Self - Judge
2009 Game Show Awards
TV • 2009
Self (archive footage)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
America's Got Talent
TV • 2006
Self - Judge
America's Got Talent: Extreme
TV • 2022
Self - Judge
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
TV • 2009
America's Got Talent: The Champions
TV • 2019
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
TV • 2024
Self - Judge
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
When Louis Met...
TV • 2000
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
The X Factor
TV • 2004
Self - Judge
OBJECTified
TV • 2017
Self
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self - Judge
The X Factor Celebrity
TV • 2019
Self - Judge
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions
TV • 2019
Judge
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop
TV • 2023
Self
America's Got Talent: All-Stars
TV • 2023
Self - Judge
The X Factor The Band
TV • 2019
Self - Judge
Loose Women
TV • 1999
Self (voice)
Britain's Got Talent: Unseen
TV • 2020
Judge
The X Factor
TV • 2011
Self - Judge
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Henry (voice)
Boybands Forever
TV • 2024
Self
1D Day
TV • 2013
Self
Canada's Got Talent
TV • 2022
Self - Guest Judge
The X Factor: Battle of the Stars
TV • 2006
Self - Judge
Simon Cowell: The Next Act
TV • 2025
Self - Host
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Guest