Howie Mandel

Howie Mandel
Mandel at America's Got Talent in 2020
Birth name	Howard Michael Mandel
Born	(1955-11-29) November 29, 1955 (age 68) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Medium	Stand-up, television, film, books
Years active	1978–present
Genres	Observational comedy, improvisational comedy
Subject(s)	Everyday life, self-deprecation
Spouse	Terry Soil ​ (m. 1980)​
Children	3
Website	www.howiemandel.com

Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955)^[1] is a Canadian comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel is known for voicing Gizmo in the 1984 film Gremlins and the 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch, playing rowdy ER resident Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, and creating and starring in the Fox children's cartoon Bobby's World. He has also been a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent since 2010, and Citytv's Canada's Got Talent since 2022. He hosted the American NBC and later CNBC game show Deal or No Deal, as well as the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts.