Simon Cowell
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.
86 acting credits · 1 directing credit
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The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Top Gear
2002
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
American Idol
2002
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
America's Got Talent
2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Punk'd
2003
The Reichen Show
2005
GMTV
1993
The X Factor
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Loose Women
1999
The Celebrity Apprentice
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Britain's Got Talent
2007
Scary Movie 3
2003
Entertainment Tonight
1981
The X Factor
2011
So Graham Norton
1998
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
E!'s 101
2003
Scoob!
2020
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2009
Britain's Got More Talent
2007
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
One Direction: This Is Us
2013
Pop Idol
2001
MADtv
1995
This Morning
1988
OBJECTified
2017
Britain's Got Talent: Unseen
2020
The X Factor Celebrity
2019
Canada's Got Talent
2022
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
1D Day
2013
When Louis Met...
2000
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
America's Got Talent: All-Stars
2023
Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop
2023
World Idol
2003
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
2009
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
2017
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
2024
Simon Cowell: The Next Act
2025
America's Got Talent: Extreme
2022
America's Got Talent: The Champions
2019
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions
2019
2009 Game Show Awards
2009
Far Far Away Idol
2004
Boybands Forever
2024
The X Factor: Battle of the Stars
2006
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
2006
Cupid
2003
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
The X Factor The Band
2019
American Idol: The Best of Seasons 1-4
2005
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
2015
P!NK: Staying True
2013
One Direction: A Year in the Making
2011
American Idol: The Search For A Superstar
2002
The Kylie Show
2007
Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments
2020
The X Factor Revealed: The Greatest Auditions Ever
2004
Who Shot Simon Cowell?
2017
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
2018
Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar
2011
Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
2010
American Idol: The Worst of Seasons 1-4
2005
Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop
2023
Britain's Greatest Hoaxer
2017
Made in Miami
2018
Julia Scotti: Funny That Way
2020
