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My Take
To me Howie Mandel is one of those rare performers who's genuinely everywhere and somehow never feels stale. I grew up knowing him as the voice of Gizmo in Gremlins and the manic Dr. Fiscus on St. Elsewhere, then later as the fist-bumping, germ-conscious judge on Deal or No Deal and America's Got Talent. What I respect most is that he's been openly candid about living with OCD and anxiety. That honesty, paired with the relentless clown energy, makes him feel human rather than just a TV personality. A Canadian who earned stars on both the Hollywood and Canada Walks of Fame is no small feat.
Overview
Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) 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 emergency room resident Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere; and creating and starring in the Fox children's cartoon Bobby's World.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Howie Mandel
- Name (Japanese)
- ホーウィー・マンデル
- Reading
- ほーうぃー・まんでる
- Born
- November 29, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Willowdale, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television presenter / actor / film actor / screenwriter / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Canada's Walk of Fame
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Family Switch | — |
6. Links
Television presenter — see all → · Actor — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.