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Simon Cowell
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Age
54
Birthday
Oct. 7th, 1959
Born in
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Height
5' 9"
Simon Cowell's Main TV Roles |
Main Movie Roles2003 - Scary Movie 3 |
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:
- He is good friends with 'Emma Noble (I)' (qv).
- Says that the first time he gave a criticism was at age four when he looked at his mother's white fuzzy pillbox hat and remarked "Mum, you look like a poodle" [Source: His book "I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But..."]
- 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.
- He worked as a mail boy at EMI and eventually worked his way to become an A&R representative.
- In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his U.S. earnings at $45 million for the year.
- Has 3 half-brothers, John, Michael and Tony, a half sister, June, a biological sister, Lindsay Elizabeth and a younger brother 'Nicholas Cowell' (qv).
- His sister's husband is the cousin of pop star 'Robbie Williams (I)' (qv).
- His best friend is his London neighbor Jackie St Claire.
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