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Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Known for: Acting

Born 07/10/1959
Place of birth Lambeth, London, England, UK

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

The Simpsons Series ★ 8,0

The Simpsons

Simon Cowell (voice)

1989

The Simpsons Series ★ 8,0

The Simpsons

Henry (voice)

1989

Family Guy Series ★ 7,4

Family Guy

Simon Cowell (voice)

1999

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Series ★ 5,8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers Series ★ 5,2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

2014

Late Show with David Letterman Series ★ 6,4

Late Show with David Letterman

Self - Guest

1993

The Kelly Clarkson Show Series ★ 6,4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

2019

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975

The Jennifer Hudson Show Series ★ 5,6

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Self

2022

The Late Late Show with James Corden Series ★ 5,2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Self

2015

The View Series ★ 4,4

The View

Self

1997

LIVE with Kelly and Mark Series ★ 5,6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

1988

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series ★ 5,4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series ★ 5,4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Guest

2003

Top Gear Series ★ 7,6

Top Gear

Self

2002

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Series ★ 5,6

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

2003

American Idol Series ★ 5,1

American Idol

Self - Judge

2002

America's Got Talent Series ★ 5,7

America's Got Talent

Self - Judge

2006

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Series ★ 7,3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Series ★ 5,4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Self

1992

Loose Women Series ★ 3,6

Loose Women

Self (voice)

1999

Punk'd Series ★ 5,1

Punk'd

Self

2003

The Reichen Show Series ★ 4,8

The Reichen Show

Self

2005

The X Factor Series ★ 5,2

The X Factor

Self - Judge

2004

The Paul O'Grady Show Series ★ 5,1

The Paul O'Grady Show

2004

GMTV Series ★ 5,8

GMTV

Self

1993

Britain's Got Talent Series ★ 5,4

Britain's Got Talent

Self - Judge

2007

Scary Movie 3 Film ★ 6,0

Scary Movie 3

Simon Cowell

2003

The Celebrity Apprentice Series ★ 5,1

The Celebrity Apprentice

2004

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Series ★ 6,2

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Self

2002

On Air with Ryan Seacrest Series ★ 9,5

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Self

2004

Entertainment Tonight Series ★ 4,3

Entertainment Tonight

Self

1981

The Frank Skinner Show Series ★ 7,5

The Frank Skinner Show

Self

1995

The X Factor Series ★ 4,8

The X Factor

Self - Judge

2011

Kate Garraway's Life Stories Series ★ 5,9

Kate Garraway's Life Stories

2009

Scoob! Film ★ 7,0

Scoob!

Simon Cowell (voice)

2020

So Graham Norton Series ★ 7,4

So Graham Norton

Self

1998

Series

E!'s 101

Self

2003

Britain's Got More Talent Series ★ 2,8

Britain's Got More Talent

Self

2007

Pop Idol Series ★ 3,0

Pop Idol

Self - Judge

2001

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Film ★ 6,6

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Simon Cowell

2016

One Direction: This Is Us Film ★ 8,2

One Direction: This Is Us

Self

2013

Canada's Got Talent Series

Canada's Got Talent

Self - Guest Judge

2022

This Morning Series ★ 5,2

This Morning

Self

1988

OBJECTified Series ★ 5,0

OBJECTified

Self

2017

Britain's Got Talent: Unseen Series ★ 8,3

Britain's Got Talent: Unseen

Judge

2020

MADtv Series ★ 7,1

MADtv

Self

1995

Simon Cowell: The Next Act Series ★ 7,3

Simon Cowell: The Next Act

Self - Host

2025

America's Got Talent: Extreme Series ★ 7,4

America's Got Talent: Extreme

Self - Judge

2022

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie Film ★ 8,1

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie

Simon Cowell (voice)

2009

Britain's Got Talent: The Champions Series ★ 5,6

Britain's Got Talent: The Champions

Judge

2019

America's Got Talent: The Champions Series ★ 4,8

America's Got Talent: The Champions

2019

America's Got Talent: Fantasy League Series ★ 10,0

America's Got Talent: Fantasy League

Self - Judge

2024

The Story of Light Entertainment Series ★ 5,0

The Story of Light Entertainment

Self

2006

Far Far Away Idol Film ★ 6,3

Far Far Away Idol

Simon Cowell (voice)

2004

America's Got Talent: All-Stars Series ★ 8,0

America's Got Talent: All-Stars

Self - Judge

2023

When Louis Met... Series ★ 7,0

When Louis Met...

Self

2000

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants Film ★ 10,0

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Self (archive footage)

2009

P!NK: Staying True Film ★ 6,0

P!NK: Staying True

Self

2013

Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop Series ★ 5,7

Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop

Self

2023

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story Film ★ 7,5

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story

Self - Talent Scout

2019

1D Day Series

1D Day

Self

2013

The X Factor Celebrity Series ★ 4,5

The X Factor Celebrity

Self - Judge

2019

The X Factor Revealed: The Greatest Auditions Ever Film

The X Factor Revealed: The Greatest Auditions Ever

Self

2004

2009 Game Show Awards Series

2009 Game Show Awards

Self (archive footage)

2009

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives Film ★ 6,6

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Self

2017

The X Factor The Band Series ★ 10,0

The X Factor The Band

Self - Judge

2019

Series

The X Factor: Battle of the Stars

Self - Judge

2006

Series ★ 8,0

Cupid

2003

Series ★ 9,0

World Idol

Self

2003

The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years Film

The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years

Self

2020

Who Shot Simon Cowell? Film

Who Shot Simon Cowell?

Simon Cowell

2017

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story Film ★ 6,2

Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

Self

2006

Boybands Forever Series

Boybands Forever

Self

2024

The Kylie Show Film

The Kylie Show

Self

2007

20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows Film

20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows

Self (archive footage)

2015

Made in Miami Film ★ 8,0

Made in Miami

Self

2018

American Idol: The Best of Seasons 1-4 Film

American Idol: The Best of Seasons 1-4

Self - Judge (archive footage)

2005

One Direction: A Year in the Making Film ★ 9,0

One Direction: A Year in the Making

Self (archive footage)

2011

Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments Film

Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments

Self (archive footage)

2020

Film

Britain's Greatest Hoaxer

Self

2017

Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas Film ★ 9,0

Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas

2018

Julia Scotti: Funny That Way Film ★ 5,2

Julia Scotti: Funny That Way

Self (archive footage)

2020

American Idol: The Worst of Seasons 1-4 Film

American Idol: The Worst of Seasons 1-4

Self - Judge

2005

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3 Film ★ 10,0

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3

Self (archive footage)

2010

American Idol: The Search For A Superstar Film ★ 8,0

American Idol: The Search For A Superstar

Judge

2002

Film ★ 5,0

Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar

Self

2011

Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop Film ★ 7,0

Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop

Self

2023

Film

Men in Brown

Self

2020