Howie Mandel

Howie Mandel is married to Terry Mandel and the couple has three children – daughters, Jackie and Riley, and a son named Alex.

The actor-comedian is colorblind and suffers from ADHD and OCD. He was reportedly admitted to a hospital on January 12, 2009 after a minor heart attack. His struggles with OCD and ADHD are depicted in his autobiography, ‘Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me’.

Howie Mandel was born on November 29, 1955 in Ontario, Canada to Al Mandel and Evy Mandel. His parents were of Polish descent. His father manufactured lightings and worked in the real estate industry.

While on a trip to Florida, a sand fly left him infected with Myiasis and it grew visibly under his skin. Though he got rid of the infection with the help of doctors and his mother, the incident made sure he would sufferfrom severe OCD right from his childhood.

He went to William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, but was expelled after he impersonated a member of the school board. After getting expelled, he started a carpet business.

Howie started performing at The Comedy Store, a comedy club, in Los Angeles after he wasdared by his friends to give it a shot. Luckily, his performance was noticed by a producer who booked him for an appearance in the comical game show, ‘Make Me Laugh’ in 1979.

In the same year, he opened shows for David Letterman. In 1980, he was cast in an important role in the movie ‘Gas’, alongside actors Susan Anspach and Donald Sutherland.

In 1982, the comedian became a household name when he was cast as Dr. Wayne Fiscus in the American medicaldark comedy drama, ‘St. Elsewhere’. The show ran from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988 and won 13 Emmy Awards in the process.

From 1983 to 1984, the comedic actor appeared in a number of movies. He was first cast as Larry Pound in the movie ‘The Funny Farm’. He then lent his voice for the character Gizmo in the horror comedy movie ‘Gremlins’, and played the role of Wienerhead Waldo in the TV movie, ‘The Princess Who Had Never Laughed’.

He also lent his voice for three different characters namely, Bunsen Honeydew, Skeeter and Animal in 26 episodes of the TV series ‘Muppet Babies’. Hewas also the narrator of the TV animated short, ‘Where Did I Come From?’

In 2008, Howie Mandel was nominated under the category,Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program at the Primetime Emmy Awards for hosting ‘Deal or No Deal’.

In 1991, he was nominated, along with the cast of his show ‘Bobby’s World’, for Outstanding Animated Program at the Daytime Emmy Awards. The same cast was once againnominated for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program in 1994.

In 1998, he won the award for Male Discovery of the Year at the Golden Apple Awards.

Howie Mandel has worked with almost all the genres of the entertainment industry, and is hugely popular as a judge in ‘America’s Got Talent’. He has been a part of the show for seven seasons. It was one of the highest rated shows of 2017, registering 15.64 million viewers for the Finale.