Simon Cowell's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) American Idol Himself - J… The X Factor (UK) Judge 1 Britain's Got Talent (UK) Himself - J… The Xtra Factor (UK) Simon Cowell Britain's Got More Talent (UK) Simon Cowell Pop Idol (UK) Simon Cowell Parkinson (UK) Simon Cowell Banzai (UK) Simon Cowell The Xtra Factor: Battle of the Stars (UK) Simon Cowell World Idol Himself - J… BBC Children In Need (UK) Simon Cowell Live From Studio Five (UK) Simon Cowell X Factor: Battle Of The Stars (UK) Himself - J… The Wayne Brady Show (2001) Simon Cowell

Main Movie Roles 2003 - Scary Movie 3

BIOGRAPHY:

Simon was born in Brighton, England. His parents' names are Julie Cowell and Eric Cowell. First made a TV appearance on UK's Pop Idol. Then on America's American Idol.


TRIVIA:

• Ranked #6 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
• In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his U.S. earnings at $45 million for the year.
• Made his screen debut in 1990, on the UK TV series 'Sale of the Century', his prize for winning - Kitchen Utensils.
• His father Eric Cowell was a record company executive with EMI. He died at home in 1999 of a massive heart attack on the very day that Simon got his first Number One with a then-unknown band called 'Westlife' (qv) who his dad had predicted would become big.
• His best friend is his London neighbor Jackie St Claire.
• During an auditioning, a female participant told Simon and the other judges that she quit her job at a hair salon so she can pursue her dreams on American Idol; when getting rejected, Simon had asked for the phone and called the owner of the participant workplace where the rejected contestant got her job back.
• During auditions for 'The X Factor', he made a bet with auditionee Paul Holt that he would pay him £50,000 if he got a #1 single. Holt was quickly signed by a record label - and backed by X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne - to release "50 Grand for Christmas" in December 2004, which only charted at #35 in the UK.
• In 2007, he earned an estimated $72 million in income from his various projects. $45 million from American Idol, $15 million from Britain's Got Talent and X Factor, and $12 million from his record label.