Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, writer, actor, producer, director, entrepreneur, game show presenter, and author.
Howard Michael Mandel voiced the character Gizmo in the 1984 film Gremlins and the 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
D7 first gained media attention in 2020 when a video of her singing "Nowhere to Go" was shared over a million times. Her deput album was well received.
Mandel starred as the rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 until 1988.
He has been a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent since 2010 and Citytv's Canada's Got Talent since 2022.
Famous celebrity Howard Michael Mandel hosted the first season of Netflix's Bullsh*t the Game Show in 2022.
Mandel grew up in the Willowdale neighbourhood of North York, Ontario. He is Jewish, with origins from Romania and Poland.
Mandel is a distant cousin of Israeli musician Itzhak Perlman. His father was a lighting manufacturer and a real estate salesman.
Mandel is well-known as a comedian and for his hidden camera segments on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
He was ranked number 82 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 best stand-up comedians of all time in April 2004.
He was chosen to host the US version of Deal or No Deal, which aired on NBC on December 19, 2005, and quickly became a popular show in early 2006.
Since 1980, Mandel has been married to Terry Mandel (née Soil). They have three children: two daughters, Jackie and Riley, and a son, Alex.