Howard Michael Mandel, a Canadian comedian, television host, actor, and producer, was born on November 29, 1955.

Mandel grew up in the Willowdale neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, where he was born. He is Jewish, and his ancestors left their native countries of Poland and Romania.

Itzhak Perlman, an Israeli musician, and Mandel are distant cousins. His father was a real estate broker as well as a manufacturer of lighting.

Mandel was dismissed from William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute for posing as a school employee and contracting a construction company to build an expansion to the school.

Mandel had been a student there. Mandel went on to work as a carpet salesman.

In the 1984 film Gremlins and its 1990 prequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Mandel provided the voice of the character Gizmo.

Mandel co-starred with Amy Steel in the comedy Walk Like a Man in 1987. Mandel portrayed the boisterous ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988.

In addition, he produced, voiced, and starred in the Bobby’s World animation for kids on Fox.

Additionally, he has served as a judge for both Citytv’s Canada’s Got Talent and NBC’s America’s Got Talent since 2022.

Deal or No Deal on American NBC and later CNBC, as well as the afternoon and Canadian-English versions of the program, were all hosted by him.

 

 

Howie Mandel salary and net worth: How did Howie Mandel make his $60m net worth?

Mandel earned his money from both his on- and off-screen activities. The achievement of Mandel in stand-up comedy has also greatly increased his wealth.

Mandel’s salary for AGT is $80,000 per episode, or $1.6 million for the whole 2023 season.