Jonathan Mangum

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Jonathan Mangum
Born (1971-01-16) January 16, 1971 (age 53)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Leah Stanko
(m. 2001)
Children2

Jonathan Mangum (born January 16, 1971) [1] is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member of the variety show The Wayne Brady Show and is the announcer for the game show Let's Make a Deal .

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Early life

Mangum was born in Charleston, South Carolina and grew up in Mobile, Alabama. [2] After high school, he moved to Orlando and graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in psychology. [2] While in Orlando, Mangum started his comedy career at the SAK Comedy Lab alongside Wayne Brady, whom he would later collaborate with in Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza , The Wayne Brady Show and Let's Make a Deal . He moved to Los Angeles in 1995 to pursue a career in comedy. [2]

Career

Comedy

Mangum guest-starred in several episodes as the owner of a web-based start-up company on The Drew Carey Show . He has toured with Drew Carey's Improv All-Stars, establishing himself as an improv comedian and was also a regular cast member on Drew Carey's Green Screen Show . At the beginning of 2011, he and Brady made guest appearances in the British comedy series Fast and Loose , an improv show similar to Whose Line Is It Anyway? . He was a regular performer in Drew Carey's Improv-a-ganza and performed in improvisational singing games, along with co-stars like Jeff B. Davis and Charles Esten. He is also one of the rotating guest performers on the revived CW Whose Line is it Anyway? which started in the summer of 2013.

Starting March 27, 2020, Mangum began live-streaming the show Ujokes, a comedy game show that features two professional comedians. Contestants play mini-games and compete for who has the funniest joke, which is decided by the audience. Along with the comedians, the audience can compete with their own jokes, and the winner from the audience is invited to join next week's stream for a segment. The show is live-streamed on Twitch and YouTube every Monday. [3]

Television

Mangum made guest appearances on ER , Reno 911! , and Just Shoot Me! . In addition to his work in television and on stage, Mangum has also appeared in over 100 national American commercials. He has written for the Disney Channel and The N, as well as having twice written for director Ben Rock on the short films The Meeting and Conversations, which stars Curtis Armstrong. [2]

In 2012, Mangum starred in the ABC improv comedy series Trust Us with Your Life . [4]

In addition to his role on Let's Make A Deal, he has appeared on The Price is Right during the show's "Mash-Up Week" episodes which have aired annually since 2016.

Personal life

Mangum is married to Leah Stanko, a casting director; the couple have two sons.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994The Upstairs ManDarrenShort film
1998Suicide, the ComedyCarl
1999The MeetingWriter
2001Tea TimeSoldierShort film
2003The Devil Made Me Do ItThe AngelShort film
2004ConversationsShort film
Writer
2006Round It GoesShort film
The Enigma with a StigmaAndy Thiele
2007 Manband the Movie Joey
2007 The Bucket List Richard [5]
2008 iCarly: iGo to Japan Henri P'TwaThree-part episode directed by Steve Hoefer turned into a film [6]
2009 Imagine That Franklin's associate [7]
2014House at the End of the DriveRobert
2016Monkey UpJim
2017Pup Star: Better 2GetherRoverVoice
2018Pup Star: World TourRoverVoice
2018 Smallfoot Additional voicesVoice
I'll Be Next Door for Christmas Bradley
2019 A Patient Man Tom AlexanderProducer
2020WRZ: White Racist ZombiesOfficer ChompProducer
2021Jon HammCountry Club ConnorShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Welcome Freshmen Mr. X / Older Boy 12 episodes
Clarissa Explains it All Blind dateEpisode: "Blind Date"
1994 Fortune Hunter HowardEpisode: "Red Alert"
1994 SeaQuest DSV CovingtonEpisode: "The Sincerest Form of Flattery"
1996 Roseanne FlipEpisode: "Hoi Polloi Meets Hoiti Toiti "
1996 Goode Behavior WyattEpisode: "Goode Grades"
1996 Married... with Children HalEpisode: "God Rest Ye Merry Bundymen"
1998 Clueless GarrickEpisode: "Labor of Love"
USA High MarvinEpisode: "Raphael's Proposal"
1999 Just Shoot Me! Brian ToliverEpisode: "A Spy in the House of Me"
2000 ER Ryan BradfordEpisode: "Homecoming"
2000–2001 Strip Mall Josh MacIntosh22 episodes
2001 The Wayne Brady Show Various1 episode
Writer
2002–2004 The Drew Carey Show Scott18 episodes
2003 Reno 911! YokelEpisode: "Dangle's Moving Day"
2004 Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show Himself7 episodes
Everyday LifeZackTV movie
2006 Come On Over Dr. Jonathan SillinessEpisode: "Brain Freeze"
Home Purchasing ClubJonathan1 episode
Writer
The Brandon T. Jackson ShowWriter
2007 The 1/2 Hour News Hour Various5 episodes
2007 Pushing Daisies Bernard SlaybeckEpisode: "Dummy"
2008 NCIS Special Agent Daniel KeatingEpisode: "Last Man Standing"
2009–
present
Let's Make a Deal Himself / AnnouncerProducer - 82 episodes
2010 The Sarah Silverman Program Matt MarkusEpisode: "A Slip Slope"
2011 Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza Himself20 episodes
2012 Trust Us With Your Life Himself6 episodes
2013Doin' It YourselfTV movie
Writer
2013–present Whose Line Is It Anyway? HimselfRecurring
2014 The Bold and the Beautiful Allen1 episode
2015 The BET Honors Writer
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Writer - 5 episodes
Open CarrieWriter
2016Robots Are HardTV movie
Producer
Writer
History of the World... For NowJim, Monty2 episodes
Milo Murphy's LawFernandoTV short
Voice
Episode: "The Doctor Zone Files/The Note"
2017Take It from the TopAdamTV movie
2018 GLOW Priest / Judge EricEpisode: "Every Potato Has a Receipt"
2019 Chicago Med Delmer BrendlEpisode: "With a Brave Heart"
Baskets TonyEpisode: "Mrs. Baskets Goes to Sacrament"
20 Seconds to LiveDanielEpisode: "Fish"
2019-2020Live from the 8th DimensionDee Fordoo / Dr. Long Island2 episodes
2020-2021UjokesHost96 episodes
Producer
Writer - 1 episode
2021 Game of Talents Producer
TBARelatively SuperProfessor Poindexter PowersTV movie

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