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.
Scary Movie 3
(Simon Cowell)
Julia Scotti: Funny That Way
(Self (archive footage))
The X Factor Revealed: The Greatest Auditions Ever
(Self)
Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar
(himself)
Far Far Away Idol
(Simon Cowell (voice))
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie
(Himself (voice))
American Idol: The Search For A Superstar
(Judge)
Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop
(Self)
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
(Self (archive footage))
Who Shot Simon Cowell?
(Simon Cowell)
American Idol: The Best of Seasons 1-4
(Self - Judge (archive footage))
P!NK: Staying True
(Self)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
(Simon Cowell)
Made in Miami
(Self)
Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
(Self (archive footage))
Britain's Greatest Hoaxer
(Self)
American Idol: The Worst of Seasons 1-4
(Self - Judge)
One Direction: This Is Us
(Self)
The Kylie Show
(Self)
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
(Self)
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
(Self - Talent Scout)
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
(Self)
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
(Self (archive footage))
Scoob!
(Simon Cowell (voice))
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
(Self)
Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments
(Self (archive footage))
One Direction: A Year in the Making
(Self (archive footage))
Top Gear
(Self)
This Morning
(Self)
The Simpsons
(Simon Cowell (voice))
Pop Idol
(Self - Judge)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Family Guy
(Simon Cowell (voice))
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Himself)
Punk'd
(Self)
The View
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Self)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
(Self)
The Paul O'Grady Show
The Celebrity Apprentice
World Idol
(Self)
MADtv
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
(Self)
The Frank Skinner Show
(Self)
So Graham Norton
(Self)
GMTV
(Self)
The Story of Light Entertainment
(Self)
E!'s 101
(Self)
Cupid
Britain's Got More Talent
Britain's Got More Talent
(Self)
Britain's Got Talent
(Self - Judge)
Canada's Got Talent
(Self - Guest Judge)
2009 Game Show Awards
(Self (archive footage))
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self)
America's Got Talent
(Self - Judge)
America's Got Talent: Extreme
(Self - Judge)
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
America's Got Talent: The Champions
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
(Self - Judge)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
When Louis Met...
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
The Reichen Show
(Self)
The X Factor
(Self - Judge)
OBJECTified
(Self)
American Idol
(Self - Judge)
The X Factor Celebrity
(Self - Judge)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions
(Judge)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Cameo (uncredited))
Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends of Pop
(Self)
America's Got Talent: All-Stars
(Self - Judge)
The X Factor The Band
(Self - Judge)
Loose Women
(Self(voz))
Britain's Got Talent: Unseen
(Judge)
The X Factor
(Self - Judge)
The Simpsons
(Henry (voice))
Boybands Forever
(Self)
1D Day
(Self)
One Direction: This Is Us
(Producer)
Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under
(Executive Producer)
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
(Producer)
One Chance
(Producer)
Italia's Got Talent
(Director)
Bulgaria Searches for a Talent
(Creator)
America's Got Talent: Extreme
(Executive Producer)
The X Factor
(Creator)
Idols
(Creator)
X Factor Polska
(Creator)
Got Talent España
(Creator)
China's Got Talent
(Creator)
Got Talent Portugal
(Creator)
Norske Talenter
(Creator)
Italia's Got Talent
(Creator)
The Dancer
(Creator)
Danmark har talent
(Creator)
X Factor Brasil
(Creator)
Canada's Got Talent
(Creator)
Bulgaria Searches for a Talent
(Creator)
X Factor
(Creator)
The X Factor
(Creator)
X Factor (DK)
(Creator)
Got Talent All Stars
(Creator)
Britain's Got Talent
(Creator)
The X Factor: Zhongguo Zui Qiang Yin
(Creator)
SA's Got Talent
(Creator)
Factor X España
(Creator)
X Factor
(Creator)
Albanians Got Talent
(Creator)
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
(Creator)
X Factor
(Creator)