Jonathan Mangum

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.

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

Comedy[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Upstairs Man Darren Short film
1998 Suicide, the Comedy Carl
1999 The Meeting Writer
2001 Tea Time Soldier Short film
2003 The Devil Made Me Do It The Angel Short film
2004 Conversations Short film
Writer
2006 Round It Goes Short film
The Enigma with a Stigma Andy Thiele
2007 Manband the Movie Joey
2007 The Bucket List Richard [5]
2008 iCarly: iGo to Japan Henri P'Twa Three-part episode directed by Steve Hoefer turned into a film[6]
2009 Imagine That Franklin's associate [7]
2014 House at the End of the Drive Robert
2016 Monkey Up Jim
2017 Pup Star: Better 2Gether Rover Voice
2018 Pup Star: World Tour Rover Voice
2018 Smallfoot Additional voices Voice
I'll Be Next Door for Christmas Bradley
2019 A Patient Man Tom Alexander Producer
2020 WRZ: White Racist Zombies Officer Chomp Producer
2021 Jon Hamm Country Club Connor Short film

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Welcome Freshmen Mr. X / Older Boy 1 2 episodes
Clarissa Explains it All Blind date Episode: "Blind Date"
1994 Fortune Hunter Howard Episode: "Red Alert"
1994 SeaQuest DSV Covington Episode: "The Sincerest Form of Flattery"
1996 Roseanne Flip Episode: "Hoi Polloi Meets Hoiti Toiti "
1996 Goode Behavior Wyatt Episode: "Goode Grades"
1996 Married... with Children Hal Episode: "God Rest Ye Merry Bundymen"
1998 Clueless Garrick Episode: "Labor of Love"
USA High Marvin Episode: "Raphael's Proposal"
1999 Just Shoot Me! Brian Toliver Episode: "A Spy in the House of Me"
2000 ER Ryan Bradford Episode: "Homecoming"
2000–2001 Strip Mall Josh MacIntosh 22 episodes
2001 The Wayne Brady Show Various 1 episode
Writer
2002–2004 The Drew Carey Show Scott 18 episodes
2003 Reno 911! Yokel Episode: "Dangle's Moving Day"
2004 Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show Himself 7 episodes
Everyday Life Zack TV movie
2006 Come On Over Dr. Jonathan Silliness Episode: "Brain Freeze"
Home Purchasing Club Jonathan 1 episode
Writer
The Brandon T. Jackson Show Writer
2007 The 1/2 Hour News Hour Various 5 episodes
2007 Pushing Daisies Bernard Slaybeck Episode: "Dummy"
2008 NCIS Special Agent Daniel Keating Episode: "Last Man Standing"
2009–
present
Let's Make a Deal Himself / Announcer Producer - 82 episodes
2010 The Sarah Silverman Program Matt Markus Episode: "A Slip Slope"
2011 Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza Himself 20 episodes
2012 Trust Us With Your Life Himself 6 episodes
2013 Doin' It Yourself TV movie
Writer
2013–present Whose Line Is It Anyway? Himself Recurring
2014 The Bold and the Beautiful Allen 1 episode
2015 The BET Honors Writer
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Writer - 5 episodes
Open Carrie Writer
2016 Robots Are Hard TV movie
Producer
Writer
History of the World... For Now Jim, Monty 2 episodes
Milo Murphy's Law Fernando TV short
Voice
Episode: "The Doctor Zone Files/The Note"
2017 Take It from the Top Adam TV movie
2018 GLOW Priest / Judge Eric Episode: "Every Potato Has a Receipt"
2019 Chicago Med Delmer Brendl Episode: "With a Brave Heart"
Baskets Tony Episode: "Mrs. Baskets Goes to Sacrament"
20 Seconds to Live Daniel Episode: "Fish"
2019-2020 Live from the 8th Dimension Dee Fordoo / Dr. Long Island 2 episodes
2020-2021 Ujokes Host 96 episodes
Producer
Writer - 1 episode
2021 Game of Talents Producer
TBA Relatively Super Professor Poindexter Powers TV movie

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rose, Mike (January 16, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 16, 2023 includes celebrities Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kate Moss". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bio". Jonathan Mangum. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "UJokes". YouTube.
  4. ^ "About this show: Trust us with your life". The Futon Critic. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  5. ^ "The Bucket List". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  6. ^ "iGo to Japan". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  7. ^ "Imagine That". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 14, 2016.

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