
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
