Howard Michael Mandel 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.