Howie Mandel is a Canadian actor, comedian, and television personality who has enjoyed a very quiet personal life. He has been married to Terry Mandel since 1980, and the couple is celebrating 40 years of marriage this year. They have three children: Jackie Mandel, their oldest, who, unlike her father, has chosen a different path and is not involved in the show industry.
Childhood, Family, And Education
Jackie Mandel (Pinterest)Jackie Mandel was born on December 14, 1984, in Calabasas, California, USA, and has two siblings: Alex, born in 1989, and Riley, born in 1992.
Jackie attended a local high school, where she met her future spouse, but more on that later. Jackie matriculated at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies. Her education did not end there, as she went on to earn a Master’s degree in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jackie Mandel Is A teacher.
Jackie selected a less popular job than her father; she is an elementary school teacher, particularly of first and second-grade students, in Los Angeles area schools, and she also works with kindergarten students.
Channel An YouTube
Jackie is also well-known on YouTube; she launched her channel in 2015 and has been streaming footage of her daily life ever since. Life With Jackie has acquired around 50,000 subscribers, and her videos have been seen over 12 million times. Her most popular films, which include her children, include “Dancing Into Labor” and “Earthquake At Preschool,” among many more.
Private Life
Jackie met her future husband in high school, but it wasn’t until years later that they revived their connection and started dating.
Her husband is DJ Lex Larson, real name Alex Shultz; the couple married on July 22, 2013, in Los Angeles at the Hotel Bel-Air, followed by a honeymoon in Greece. Since then, the couple has welcomed two children, Abbey and Axel.
Howie Mandel, Jackie Mandel’s father
Howard Michael Mandel was born on November 29, 1955, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Polish Jewish parents and Romanian ancestors; his distant cousin is Itzhak Perlman, a well-known Israeli musician.
He attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate before being expelled for impersonating a school administrator to engage a construction business to build a school extension. Following that, he concentrated on his profession as a comedian.
Begin Your Career
Howie used to make a fool of himself at the national comedy club Yuk Yuk in Toronto before becoming a famous comedian and TV personality. Because the crowd adored him, he became a regular at the club; during his routine, he would place a latex glove over his head and blow through his nose to inflate the glove, and the latex fingers would come over his head as a cockscomb.
He subsequently moved to Los Angeles to perform at The Comedy Store, where he was recruited as a regular performer. Soon after, he made his first on-screen debut in the TV show “Make Me Laugh,” and he later appeared as an opening act for David Letterman in appearances throughout the summer of 1979. He became the face of CBC-TV and landed his first leading part in the film “Gas,” alongside Susan Anspach and Donald Sutherland, in 1980.
Ascend To Prominence
Howie rose to prominence in the early 1980s, mainly largely to his portrayal of Dr. Wayne Fiscus in the TV series “St. Elsewhere,” in which he appeared in 137 episodes.
During the 1980s, he also played Gizmo, an adorable Gremlin in the 1984 film “Gremlins” and its sequel “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” albeit the picture was released in 1990. In the 1980s, he appeared in numerous other films, including “A Fine Mess” (1986) and “Walk Like a Man” (1987).
Throughout the 1990s, he became increasingly focused on his work as a comedian, traveling the United States with his routine while also appearing in several TV shows and supplying the voice for various characters from animated series. He also had his show, “The Howie Mandel Show,” from 1998 to 1999, but it was in the 2000s that he realized his full potential.
Beginning with leading roles in films such as “Apocalypse III: Tribulation” (2000), “Hansel and Gretel” (2002), and “Crown Heights” (2004), among others. However, he was selected as the presenter of the US version of the iconic game show “Deal or No Deal” in 2005, and he hosted over 230 episodes of the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated series till 2019. This recognized him as a television star, and he was then selected host of the Canadian edition, anchoring the show for five episodes before it was discontinued.
Howie earned another lucrative television agreement in 2010 when he was picked to replace David Hasselhoff as one of the judges on NBC’s show “America’s Got Talent,” with Hasselhoff departing the show to focus on other projects, primarily a new TV series. Since then, Howie has held the record for the longest tenure of any judge or host, having served for 11 seasons.
Personal life, Health Issues, And Net Worth Of Jackie Mandel
Jackie Mandel (Pinterest)Howie has enjoyed a stable existence; he has been married to his high school sweetheart, Terry Mandel, since 1980; the two met when they were 12 years old.
Howie has had obsessive-compulsive disorder since childhood but was finally diagnosed as an adult. He’s been honest about his disease, and he’s on medication to keep his disorder and ticks at bay. Furthermore, Howie is an adult ADHD patient who is attempting to raise awareness of the condition. He has not only spoken about his experiences with OCD and ADHD, but he has also published the book “Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me,” an in-depth autobiography about his life with the diseases.
According to sources, Howie Mandel’s net worth as of mid-2020 might be as high as $40 million.