From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Howard Michael Howie Mandel born November 29 1955 is a Canadian standup comedian television host and actor He is well known as host of the NBC game show Deal or No Deal as well as the shows daytime and CanadianEnglish counterparts Before his career as a game show host Mandel was best known for his role on the NBC medical drama St Elsewhere He is also wellknown for being the creator and star of the childrens cartoon Bobbys World On June 6 2009 he hosted the 2009 Game Show Awards on GSN Mandel became a judge on NBCs Americas Got Talent replacing David Hasselhoff in the fifth season of the reality talent contest He was a supporting character in the 2000 film Tribulation from Cloud Ten Pictures Description above from the Wikipedia article Howie Mandel licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia