Occupation Actor, comedian Nationality American Role Actor | Name Jonathan Mangum Years active 1993–present | |
Spouse Leah Stanko Mangum (m. 2001) Children Chase Mangum, Austin Mangum Movies and TV shows Drew Carey's Improv‑A‑Ganza, The Wayne Brady Show, Trust Us with Your Life, The Bucket List, Drew Carey's Green Sc Similar People Leah Stanko Mangum, Wayne Brady, Tiffany Coyne, Jeff B Davis, Brad Sherwood Profiles | ||
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Jonathan Mangum (born January 16, 1971) 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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- Improvaganza the best of jonathan mangum
- Actor Jonathan Mangum Shares How Lets Make A Deal Celebrates 1001st Episode
- Early life
- Comedy
- Television
- Personal life
- References
Actor Jonathan Mangum Shares How "Let's Make A Deal" Celebrates 1001st Episode
Early life
Mangum was born in Charleston, South Carolina and grew up in Alabama. After high school, he moved to Orlando and graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in psychology. 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.
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 occasionally joined co-stars Jeff Davis and Chip Esten in improvisational singing games. He has also made guest appearances on the revived Whose Line is it Anyway? in the summer of 2013.
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 Network. He has twice written for director Ben Rock on the short films The Meeting and Conversations, which stars Curtis Armstrong.
In 2012, Mangum starred in the ABC improv comedy series Trust Us with Your Life.
Personal life
Mangum is married to Leah Stanko, a casting director, and they have two sons.