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Big Bang Theory star to be a dad

Simon Helberg: going to be a father
Simon Helberg: going to be a father

Big Bang Theory Simon Helberg and wife Jocelyn Towne are expecting their first baby.

The Big Bang Theory actor's representative disclosed the news in a statement released last Friday January 26.

"The Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg and his wife, actress/writer/director Jocelyn Towne, have announced they are expecting their first child in the spring," the spokesperson told US Weekly.

Helberg - who plays Howard Wolowitz on the show - married Towne in Los Angeles in 2007.

In addition to The Big Bang Theory, Helberg has appeared in National Lampoon's Van Wilder, A Cinderella Story and A Serious Man.

Towne made a guest appearance in Gossip Girl and is currently working on drama I Am I, in which she appears alongside her husband. The film also stars Parenthood star Jason Ritter.

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