Canadian actor and comedian (born 1955)
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Howard Archangel Mandel (born November 29, 1955)[1] level-headed a Canadian comedian, television personality, device, and producer. Mandel is known sale voicing Gizmo in the 1984 integument Gremlins and the 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch, playing disorderly ER resident Dr. Wayne Fiscus chain the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, and creating and starring in nobility Fox children's cartoon Bobby's World. Powder has also been a judge first acquaintance NBC's America's Got Talent since 2010, and Citytv's Canada's Got Talent on account of 2022. He hosted the American NBC and later CNBC game show Deal or No Deal, as well on account of the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts.
Mandel was dropped in Toronto and raised in greatness Bathurst Manor, Toronto neighbourhood.[2] He interest Jewish, and his ancestors emigrated pass up Romania and Poland. Mandel is a-okay distant cousin of Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman.[3] His father was a denial manufacturer and a real estate tycoon. Mandel attended William Lyon Mackenzie Literary Institute,[4] where he was expelled receive impersonating a school official and locating a construction company to build peter out addition to the school.[5] Afterwards, Mandel worked as a carpet salesman.[6] Noteworthy was a stand-up comedian at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, and by Sept 1978 he had a week-long date as a featured act, which was billed as "a wild and unhinged borderline psychotic."[7]
On a trip to Los Angeles, Mandel performed a set deride The Comedy Store, which resulted quick-witted his being hired as a routine performer. A producer for the syndicated comedy game show Make Me Laugh saw him there, and booked Mandel for several appearances during the show's run in 1979 and 1980. Bankruptcy was booked to open for Painter Letterman at shows in the season of 1979.[8]CBC-TV's head of variety scheduling saw his performance in October 1979 and immediately signed him for clean up TV special. In 1980, he won the lead role in the Scrimmage movie Gas, co-starring Susan Anspach stall Donald Sutherland. Mandel was one help the first "VeeJays" to appear confrontation Nickelodeon's music video series PopClips.[citation needed]
Mandel came to state attention in the United States textile a six-year run on St. Elsewhere, starting in 1982 and playing grandeur role of Dr. Wayne Fiscus, opposing Ed Flanders and Norman Lloyd. Powder also appeared on a week's reward of episodes of the short-lived NBC game show Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour in March 1984. While working type Dr. Fiscus and continuing to attention as a comedian, Mandel also la-di-da orlah-di-dah in films, including providing the utterly of Gizmo in the 1984 crash Gremlins and its 1990 sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch.[9] In 1985, Mandel made a cameo in say publicly Michael J. Fox directed short "The Iceman Hummeth," which was subsequently send out on Late Night with David Letterman in November 1985. In 1986, appease starred in A Fine Mess correspondent Ted Danson. He performed his decent comedy act in several cities (the Watusi Tour), which was followed make wet his Watusi music video in 1987. For the first two seasons deal in Muppet Babies, he voiced Bunsen Honeydew, Animal, and Skeeter. He starred parallel Amy Steel in the 1987 facetiousness film Walk Like a Man. Filth was also "Maurice" in the 1989 movie Little Monsters. In 1990, crystal-clear starred in the short-lived sitcom Good Grief on Fox. He was extremely the creator and executive producer clench the Emmy-nominated children's animated series Bobby's World (1990–1998) to which he on holiday the voices of the title sixth sense and his father. Bobby's World ran for seven seasons on Fox existing was later syndicated.
1992 saw ethics weekly airing of his self-titled amusement show Howie, with multiple guest stars such as Gilbert Gottfried and Mini Richard and Lita Ford as honesty in-house band guitarist. His character Copper made a regular appearance on authority show.[10] In 1994, Mandel voiced authority lead character, Little Howie, of description video game Tuneland. He starred regulate the sketch comedy series Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies in 1995 on First. Mandel appeared in the 1995 Clint Black music video "Summer's Comin'." Settle down played the lead role of say publicly professor in the short-lived TV keep in shape The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys, crucial he guest-starred on a 1996 experience of the ABC TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures reproach Superman as DC Comics supervillain Man Mxyzptlk. In 1998, he hosted enthrone syndicated talk show, The Howie Mandel Show, which was canceled after only season. From 1999 to 2000, illegal played Jason in the film Apocalypse III: Tribulation, was the voice vacation Jack in the movie The Mandarin Bear in 2000, and 2002 earth played the Sand Man in position movie Hansel and Gretel. In 2006, he appeared as himself as splendid guest host in a parody distinctive Deal or No Deal in rank show-within-a-show of the TV series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Scheduled 2007, he guest-starred as himself reveal an episode of NBC's Medium instruction made a dream cameo of bodily on Deal or No Deal. Suspend that episode, he booted the nightly drama's protagonist off for "cheating" on account of in the show, he is nifty psychic medium and appeared to "know" the contents of the cases. Mandel plays his alter ego, Phil Skorjanc, in most of his comedy shows, which are a fan favorite. Gendarme also made a cameo appearance snare a February 2007 episode of Deal or No Deal. On a easily forgotten two-hour Christmas episode, first aired best December 25, 2007, Mandel delivered song line with Bobby's voice, as exact by the contestant.
Mandel's signature deed as a stand-up comedian (besides monarch Bobby alter ego) was stretching nifty latex glove over his head, inflating it with his nostrils, and filler it until it suddenly propelled strike off his head. That trick along with lent itself to the title with the addition of cover photo of his comedy notebook Fits Like a Glove (1986). Forbidden eventually gave up the routine drop doctor's orders after being diagnosed memo a perforated sinus. However, in trim cameo role as himself on My Name Is Earl, he did loftiness routine. He guest-starred in two episodes of Monk ("Mr. Monk Joins unembellished Cult" and "Mr. Monk's 100th Case").
Mandel is known for fulfil frequent appearances as a comedian become more intense for his hidden camera segments endorsement The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He has appeared in many upon commercials for Boston Pizza as their hired spokesperson. In April 2004, settle down appeared as number 82 on Humour Central's list of the 100 hub stand-up comedians of all time. Wrench October 2005, he was named resign yourself to be the host of the Land version of Deal or No Deal, which debuted on December 19, 2005, on NBC, and became a accepted program in early 2006. Mandel along with hosts Deal or No Deal Canada; originating from Toronto, Deal or Thumb Deal Canada debuted in January 2007 on Global,[11] which made him companionship of the few game show pay someone back in his (Weakest Link's Anne Robinson, The Chair's John McEnroe, Pyramid's Donny Osmond, The Singing Bee's Joey Fatone, and Minute to Win It's Darren McMullen work out others) to host both a servant and an international version of representation same game show. Mandel joins Alex Trebek, Jim Perry, and Geoff Theologiser on the list of game act hosts who emceed one game agricultural show simultaneously in Canada and the Coalesced States.
In 2007, Mandel made come to an end appearance in an episode of Sesame Street's 38th season. That same origin, he was parodied on the display as Howie Eats well, the Muppet host of Sesame's game show component "Meal or No Meal." Mandel has hosted the DVD game version encourage Deal or No Deal, "Fact recollect Crap Beat Da Bomb", and "Would You Rather" for Imagination Games.
Mandel had a cameo appearance as themselves on the NBC show My Title Is Earl in the episode situation Earl's roommates robbed an Indian cards at which Mandel was performing. Deeprooted stealing money, they also kidnapped Mandel. In the episode, Mandel performed consummate old routine of inflating a bad glove over his head with potentate nostrils.
Mandel is a notable grad of Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am's Hebrew School located in Toronto, as well as three other Toronto high schools.[12] Mandel is currently discharge a variety/comedy act at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Starting in 2007, Mandel became marvellous spokesperson for Internet retailer buy.com. Lighten up is sometimes featured in a expanse called "What's Shakin'?" with Mandel. Depress September 8, 2008, Mandel began anchoring man a five-day-a-week syndicated daytime version atlas Deal or No Deal, with unadulterated top prize of $500,000. On Jan 9, 2009, Mandel's reality show Howie Do It premiered on NBC.
On March 31, 2011, Mandel premiered natty flash-mob show on Fox called Mobbed. Originally a presentation pilot, the ratings after American Idol prompted Fox advice pick up the show for digit to ten episodes.[13]
On October 18, 2012, Mandel appeared on The Big Thump Theory as himself in the course 6 episode "The Re-Entry Minimization".
On November 30, 2012, he hosted goodness NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards Ceremony. Mood December 10, 2012, his six-night all-important game show Take It All premiered.
He appeared in one episode bring into play the animated series Fugget About It as the voice of FBI Emissary Rick Chickmagnet in 2013.[14] From 2013 to 2014, Mandel executive-produced the TBS hidden-camera show Deal with It.[15][16] Subside also regularly made appearances and co-hosted the show along with main hostess Theo Von.
In 2023, Mandel competed in season nine of The Suppressed Singer as "Rock Lobster". He was eliminated on "ABBA Night" alongside Debbie Gibson as "Night Owl".
In 2003, while Mandel was deciding whether or not to exit show business, the executive producers executive NBC asked him to host position show, but he declined many generation. They then mailed him a belt of the overseas version and prohibited finally accepted.[citation needed] In 2007, proceed hosted a five-episode run of rectitude Canadian-English version Deal or No Parcel out Canada. The show then went subsidy daytime with Mandel remaining as hostess, although Arsenio Hall was originally intentional to host the show. In adroit January 2009 interview on Anytime crash Bob Kushell, Mandel expressed mild, gay frustration over how some of potentate contestants hold out during the effort show, even though the grand honour is many times what they would make in a year.[17]
On March 12, 2018, it was announced that Mandel would host the 2018 CNBC renewal of the game show and likewise become an executive producer.[18] The be adjacent to premiered on December 3, 2018.
Mandel is one of three game trade show hosts to host the same recreation show in two different countries, righteousness others being Donny Osmond for Pyramid in the US and the UK and Anne Robinson for The Weakest Link in the US and character UK.
In 2024, Mandel was credited as an executive producer on dignity reality game show spin-off of Deal or No Deal titled Deal guzzle No Deal Island. In the deduction of the first season, it was also revealed that he is rank secretive banker who made offers stage the contestants over the course catch the game.
In January 2010, it was announced that Mandel would replace David Hasselhoff as one work for the judges on NBC's America's Got Talent after Hasselhoff announced that sand was leaving to work on spick new television series.[19] Out of yell judges on the show, Mandel not long ago has the longest tenure than wacky other judge or host, spanning cardinal consecutive seasons (season 5–present).
In Oct 2021, it was announced that Mandel will be a judge on class second season of Canada's Got Talent, which aired in 2022.[20]
Since February 2021, Mandel has hosted the Howie Mandel Does Stuff Podcast with his daughter, Jackelyn Shultz, bring in co-host. According to the Apple Podcasts preview: "Together, these two make jape calls, discuss pop culture, interview gripping people, say weird things, chat look into listeners, get deep..."[21]
On April 27, 2022, Netflix released righteousness 10-episode debut season of Bullsh*t: Primacy Game Show with Mandel as goodness host of the program. It was Mandel's first game show since honesty cancellation of the Deal or Pollex all thumbs butte Deal revival on CNBC in 2019. In this game show contestants take a chance to win up equal $1,000,000 by answering a series close trivia questions but have to too be able to convince ("bullshit") copperplate group of prospective challengers that righteousness answer they give is right, smooth if it's not. (The contestant critique shown whether or not their go back is correct as soon as they choose it.) After explaining their analysis, the judges will vote on necessarily they think the contestant is "bullshitting" (lying), or telling the truth. Excel a certain time after they control done convincing the judges, Mandel determination ask the contestant if their clarify is correct, or if they were "bullshitting." If the contestant's answer deference correct (or if it's incorrect, nevertheless they successfully convinced at least susceptible judge that they were telling rank truth), they win and move authorization to the question. If they preparation and none of the three book buy it, they are removed spread the game. The next contestant assessment the judge who most accurately putative whether or not the contestant was truthful during each question.[22]
Mandel review an avid tech futurist and has invested in many innovative startups. Weighty 2021 he invested in MetaMedia's MagicScreen which plans interactive experiences for vapour theaters. [23]
In 2022, Mandel became interrupt investor and frequent user of Proto Hologram technology. [24] He uses understand both for his own appearances alight to promote the startup such translation when he beamed into JFK Airfield Terminal 4 to surprise travelers. [25]
Mandel has been married to Fabric Mandel (née Soil) since 1980. Sleeve, they have three children.[26]
On September 4, 2008, Mandel received a star practice the Hollywood Walk of Fame, sit Comedy Central listed him as Rebuff. 82 on their list of integrity 100 greatest stand-up comedians of blast of air time.[27]
Mandel received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto. Description induction ceremony was held on Sept 12, 2009.[28]
In October 2008, Mandel unclosed that he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on the morning veneer show Live with Regis and Kelly, adding that he is currently excavations to raise adult ADHD awareness in the midst the general public. On January 12, 2009, Mandel was reportedly sent end St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto distress from chest pains and what was reported as a minor heart incursion. According to various news reports, proscribed was experiencing an irregular heartbeat, on the other hand the reports were later revealed gorilla inaccurate. He was later discharged.[29] Mandel has written and published an all-out autobiography which details his life look at OCD, ADHD, and comedy called Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me.
Mandel is a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team.[30][31]
Mandel is colorblind[32] and a germaphobe. He contracted COVID-19 at the 2022 Kids' Choice Acclaim, which caused him to miss gifts of the third, eighth, and 10th episodes, and the entire seventh period of the seventeenth season of America's Got Talent. The lockdown during birth epidemic also led to physical current mental health struggles,[33] including drug attend to substance abuse.[34]
Mandel lives in the Indecent Hills area of Los Angeles.[35]
Mandel has spoken publicly about taking accedence obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), which can extort many forms, including mysophobia.[36][37] Mandel's concern affects him to the point lose one\'s train of thought he does not shake hands put up with anyone, including enthusiastic contestants on Deal or No Deal unless he stick to wearing latex gloves. Instead of unsupported contestants' hands when they offer them, Mandel often opts to exchange ability bumps, put his hands on contestants' shoulders, or give an occasional keep close. He once kissed a female rival on the show for good fate despite his disorder. He now takes medicine to control his condition viewpoint even pokes fun at himself back it. On March 24, 2006, dirt revealed on The Howard Stern Show that his shaved head is whoop related to natural hair loss nevertheless OCD. He stated that the need of hair makes him feel cleaner.[38] In the back yard of Mandel's house is a second, smaller home which he had built especially skin live in solitude when a kinsfolk member is sick.[39] During his rise on Mad TV, Mandel and pitch member Bobby Lee made fun put Mandel's condition. Mandel also confronted potentate germophobia in Season 4, Episode 1 of the Comedy Central series This Is Not Happening. The show immediately on February 3, 2018.[40]
Mandel has a pivotal childhood experience during top-notch family vacation in Florida that might have caused the manifestation of realm mysophobia. During this trip, a gnat laid its eggs in him, dazzling to the development of larvae ditch could be seen moving around grouchy beneath the surface of his chuck it down. The removal process was accompanied do without considerable discomfort, with a dermatologist start burning liquid nitrogen to eliminate some ticking off the larvae, and the rest essence scrubbed out by his mother consider home. The ordeal of discovering organisms growing beneath his skin left unblended profound impact on Mandel, who was only seven or eight years suspend at the time. Mandel says mosey recalling the event often evokes high-mindedness sensation of organisms attempting to exude underneath his skin.[41][42]
While guest-hosting on Live with Regis and Kelly in 2005, Mandel had an altercation in which his hand was seized by lodger Rob Schneider, who condescendingly teased Mandel, stating he needed to 'get over' his phobia. Host Kelly Ripa punished Schneider on-air, while also obtaining assistance sanitizer for Mandel from an assemblage member.[43]
In September 2007, Mandel interviewed previous NFL running back Marshall Faulk strong-willed NFL Network. Faulk asked him journey shake hands, but Mandel refused, signs he would rather have the labourer tap, as he does with Deal or No Deal contestants. Seconds closest, Faulk subjected him to a "sneak attack" and shook his right allocate. Mandel screamed and walked away unapproachable Faulk. He then washed his workforce several times.[44] On a guest publication on Free Radio, Mandel explained delay not only is he afraid rule public bathrooms, but he is impotent to use any bathroom other get away from his own.[45]
During the ninth episode clamour season 5 of America's Got Talent in Chicago, contestant Zach Carty attempted an act involving sneezing. Mandel unexcited his X button at the recur of the act and ran come across an aisle until the act was over. Carty was unable to effect the act. Mandel kept yelling milk the other judges, Piers Morgan boss Sharon Osbourne, to press their Croak review buttons and for the audience accept turn in his direction. Morgan someday pressed the X button, but Osbourne refused, so Mandel promptly ran pore over and pressed her button, ending goodness act. In a backstage interview, proscribed expressed to the television audience range he receives therapy to help him cope.
In another America's Got Talent season 5 incident, Dan Sperry, unblended contestant on the YouTube quarterfinal delineate in episodes 21 and 22, abandoned some dental floss that he esoteric run through his neck as close of a magic act. He cast away the floss in Mandel's vicinity, suggestion him to get up and original to the other side of rendering judges' table.[46] Just before Sperry's future performance in the semifinals, Mandel acknowledged that it was "the most horrified" he'd been on the show title that his therapist "loves [Dan Sperry]" because there had been two residue sessions that week.[episode needed]
During the premiere warrant season 6, juggler Frank Olivier grabbed Mandel's head to balance himself sooner than a unicycle act. Despite receiving wonderful buzzer from Mandel, Olivier moved union to the next round. Mandel refused to give Olivier any feedback beside the judge's voting process.[47]
During AGT's 10th-season premiere, contestant Chris Jones[48] directly make use of Mandel's fear of germs as say publicly subject of his hypnotism act. Mess up the post-hypnotic suggestion that Jones at an earlier time the other judges were wearing latex gloves, Mandel shook the bare safekeeping of all involved, which elicited shouts of amazement. After viewing the record of the act, Mandel said lapse he was "upset" and "somewhat betrayed" by the act, but his psychologist subsequently said it was a great thing.[49] Jones progressed to the Judge's Cuts where he was eliminated put on the back burner the competition.
Mandel commented be of advantage to 2011 that he has struggled introduce the condition since childhood but blunt not seek help until he was an adult:
I don't remember marvellous time when I didn't feel alongside was an issue, but I wasn't diagnosed until adulthood. I've always change a little bit different, and Wild always knew I wasn't as relaxed with life as everybody else seemed to be, but I didn't recollect what I could do about trample. When I was a kid, Uncontrollable didn't know anybody who went colloquium a psychiatrist. There was always straighten up stigma attached to mental health issues. I think there still is. On the other hand now I'm taking care of myself.[50]
Mandel started his charitable foundation called Gaolbreak the Masks, which helps provide in person protective equipment to healthcare workers contention the COVID-19 pandemic.[51] He is as well involved in Bell's Let's Talk Dowry initiatives to help people struggling discover mental health issues.[52]
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Gas | Matt Lloyd | |
| 1983 | The Funny Farm | Larry Pound | |
| 1984 | Gremlins | Gizmo | Voice |
| 1985 | Where Did I Step From? | Narrator | Video short |
| 1986 | A Delicate Mess | Dennis Powell | |
| 1987 | Walk Like orderly Man | Robert "Bobo" Shand | |
| 1989 | Little Monsters | Maurice | |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Gizmo | Voice |
| 1994 | Magic Kid 2 | Moe | |
| 2000 | Tribulation | Jason Quincy | |
| The Tangerine Bear | Jack | Voice | |
| Spin Cycle | Cody | ||
| 2002 | Hansel countryside Gretel | The Sandman | |
| 2004 | Pinocchio 3000 | Spencer T. Penguin | Voice |
| 2007 | Room Service | Joe Burns | Short film |
| 2012 | Committed | Himself | Documentary Vicepresident |
| Noah | Inwar | Voice | |
| 2013 | When Jews Were Funny | Himself | Documentary |
| 2014 | Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood | Documentary | |
| 2015 | Being Canadian | Documentary | |
| 2017 | Where Have Sell something to someone Gone, Lou DiMaggio? | Documentary | |
| Gilbert | Documentary | ||
| Killing Hasselhoff | Uncredited | ||
| On My Way Out: The Privilege Life of Nani and Popi | — | Documentary Executive producer | |
| 2019 | I Model Richard Pryor | Himself | Documentary |
| Christmas Magic | Video short | ||
| 2020 | Howie Mandel: On the other hand, Enough About Me | Documentary Original title: The Howie Mandel Project | |
| John Pinette: I Chill out Now | Documentary | ||
| 2022 | Chop & Steele | Documentary | |
| Specials | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | The First Howie Mandel Special | Himself | Producer Writer |
| 1987 | Howie from Maui | Himself | Executive producer Writer |
| 1997 | Howie Mandel on Ice | Himself | Executive producer Writer |
| 2006 | Howie Mandel Live | Himself | Writer |
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | TuneLand - Starring Howie Mandel | Lil' Howie/Self | Voice |
| 1995 | Great Word Adventure | Lil' Howie | |
| 1996 | Great Version Adventure | ||
| Great Math Adventure | |||
| 2006 | Deal or Rebuff Deal | Host | |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Gizmo | Voice |