Cowell, Simon 1959–
Cowell, Simon 1959–
PERSONAL
Full name, Simon Phillip Cowell; born October 7, 1959, in Brighton, East Sussex, England; son of Eric P. (a real estate developer and music executive) and Julie (a ballet dancer) Cowell. Avocational Interests: Auto racing.
Addresses: Office —S Records, Bedford House, 67-79 Fulham High St., London SW6 3JW, England. Agent —Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Career: Television personality, producer, and writer. RCA, worked in mail room, then in artist and repertory department; EMI Music Publishing, worked in artist and repertory, c. 1977–82; Fanfare (record label), founder and co-owner, 1982–89; BMG Records, executive and artist and repertory consultant, beginning 1989; S Records (record label), creator and co-owner, 2001–; partner of 19 Entertainment, 19 Management, and Ronagold Ltd.; Syco (production company), founder; Simcow Productions, London, producer; music producer. Appeared in commercials for Pizza Hut restaurants, 2002, Vanilla Coke soft drink, 2003, and other products.
Awards, Honors: Named record executive of the year, 1998, 1999, and artist and repertory man of the year, 1999; Emmy Award nominations, outstanding reality/competition program (with others), 2003, 2004, Teen Choice Awards, favorite television personality, 2003, and Teen Choice Award nominations, choice male reality/variety television star and choice television personality, 2004, all for American Idol: The Search for a Superstar.
CREDITS
Television Appearances; Series:
Judge, Pop Idol, ITV (England), 2001–2002.
Himself, One Hit Wonderland, 2001.
Himself, Pop Idol Extra, ITV2, 2001.
Judge, American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (also known as American Idol, American Idol 2, and American Idol 3 ), Fox, 2002–.
Presenter of "Even More Annoying Records", Top Ten, Channel 4 (England), 2002.
The Xtra Factor, ITV2, 2004.
Judge, The X Factor, ITV, 2004.
Television Appearances; Specials:
The Hit Factory: The Pete Waterman Story, Channel 5 (England), 2001.
Bubblegum Babylon, VH1, 2002.
The Luvvies, 2003.
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do, BBC (England), 2003.
Pop Idol: One Year On, ITV2, 2003.
Being Simon Cowell, Granada (England), 2003.
Interviewee, Paul Abdul: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.
Greasemania, ITV (England), 2003.
The Importance of Being Famous, Channel 4 (England), 2003.
Judge, World Idol, Fox, 2003.
Judge, American Idol: The Final Two, 2003.
Judge, American Idol: Halfway Home, Fox, 2003.
Judge, American Idol: Best of the Worst, Fox, 2003.
Judge, American Idol: Uncut, Uncensored, and Untalented, Fox, 2004.
Judge, American Idol: The Road to Hollywood, Fox, 2004.
Interviewee, American Idol: The Phenomenon, Fox, 2004.
Judge, American Idol: The Final Three, Fox, 2004.
Judge, American Idol: Halfway Home, Fox, 2004.
Interviewee, American Idol: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Who Killed Saturday Night TV?, Channel 4, 2004.
National Television Awards Party of the Year, ITV, 2004.
Simon Cowell: American Idol, ITV, 2004.
The Record of the Year 2004, ITV, 2004.
Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:
Presenter, Brit Awards 2002, ITV (England), 2002.
Presenter, The Teen Choice Awards 2002, Fox, 2002.
Presenter, MTV Video Music Awards 2002, MTV, 2002.
MTV Video Music Awards 2003, MTV, 2003.
The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 2003.
Presenter, The National Music Awards 2003, ITV, 2003.
The British Comedy Awards 2003, ITV, 2003.
Presenter, The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2004.
The 2004 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 2004.
Presenter, The British Comedy Awards, ITV, 2004.
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 2005.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
Voice of Henry, "Smart and Smarter," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 2004.
Television Guest Appearances; Episodic:
The Frank Skinner Show, ITV (England), 2001.
Ruby, 2002.
So Graham Norton, Channel 4 (England), 2002.
Howard Stern, E! Entertainment Television, multiple appearances, 2002–2004.
Today, NBC, 2002, 2005.
Total Request Live (also known as TRL ), MTV, 2002.
The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2002.
Cribs (also known as MTV Cribs ), MTV, 2002.
RI:SE, 2002.
The Daily Show, Comedy Central, 2003.
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV, 2003, 2004.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, multiple appearances, beginning 2002.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, BBC (England), 2003.
American Juniors, Fox, 2003.
Mad TV, Fox, 2003.
Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2003.
Children in Need (telethon), BBC, 2003, 2004.
This Morning, ITV, 2003, 2004.
"Christmas Millionaire," Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, syndicated, 2003.
E!'s 101, E! Entertainment Television, multiple appearances, 2003.
Late Show with David Letterman, 2003.
Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, syndicated, 2003, 2004, 2005.
Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2004.
The Sharon Osbourne Show, syndicated, 2004.
Saturday Night Live, NBC, 2004.
GMTV, ITV, 2004.
Parkinson, BBC, 2004.
The Paul O'Grady Show, ITV, 2004.
Today with Des and Mel, ITV, 2004.
The View, ABC, 2004.
On Air with Ryan Seacrest, multiple appearances, 2004.
101 Most Starlicious Makeovers, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.
Ministry of Mayhem, 2004.
Girls on the Top, 2004.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2005.
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2005.
Extra, 2005.
Television Appearances; Pilots:
Himself, Banzai, Fox, 2003.
Television Work; Series:
Creator, Pop Idol, ITV (England), 2001.
Creator and executive producer, Cupid, CBS, 2003.
Creator, The X Factor, ITV, 2004.
Film Appearances:
Himself, Scary Movie 3, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2003.
Voice of judge, Shrek 2 (animated), 2004.
RECORDINGS
Videos:
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (also known as The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog ), Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 2004.
Voice, Far Far Away Idol (animated), DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2004.
WRITINGS
(With Tony Cowell) I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But … Backstage Gossip from American Idol & the Secrets that Can Make You a Star, Broadway Books, 2003.
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
Contemporary Musicians, Volume 52, Thomson Gale, 2005.
Cowell, Simon, and Tony Cowell, I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But … Backstage Gossip from American Idol & the Secrets that Can Make You a Star, Broadway Books, 2003.
Newsmakers, Issue 4, Gale, 2003.
Periodicals:
Billboard, June 28, 2003, p. 1.
Detroit Free Press, July 2, 2002.
Entertainment Weekly, August 9, 2002, pp. 20-25.
Heat, February 9, 2002, pp. 78-81.
Interview, April, 2003, p. 80.
People Weekly, July 8, 2002, p. 107; February 3, 2003, p. 86; May 26, 2003, p. 56; February 28, 2005, p. 88.
Radio Times, February 9, 2002, p. 18.
TV Guide, August 17, 2002, pp. 32-36; February 21, 2004, pp. 42-46; March 13, 2005, p. 20; March 20, 2005, pp. 48-50.
Electronic:
BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk, April 24, 2002; August 31, 2004; September 10, 2004.
Fox News, http://www.foxnews.com, May 27, 2003.
Other:
Being Simon Cowell (television special), Granada (England), 2003.
Simon Cowell: American Idol (television special), ITV (England), 2004.
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