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Emmy® Award-winner Wayne Brady will host LET'S MAKE A DEAL, the classic game show where audience members dressed in outlandish costumes try to win cash and prizes by making deals.

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WAYNE BRADY - (Host, LET'S MAKE A DEAL)

Emmy® Award-winning Wayne Brady is one of the most versatile performers in show business today, entertaining audiences with his acting, improv, singing, and dancing on television, film and the stage.

He became well known for his improvisational skills on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" for which he won an Emmy Award and earned two Emmy Award nominations. Brady went on to host his own syndicated talk/variety show "The Wayne Brady Show" for two years. Brady picked up two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show Host and the show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show.

Brady has guest starred on "The Dave Chappelle Show," "30 Rock," "Dirt" and "Everybody Hates Chris," as well as "How I Met Your Mother," on the Network. Brady was last seen hosting "Don't Forget the Lyrics," a game show in which contestants are charged with finishing the rest of popular songs to win up to $1 million.

In film, Brady recently provided a voice for the upcoming animated feature, "Foodfight!" for Lions Gate. He starred in the feature, "Crossover," and the independent feature "The List," a romantic comedy with Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Illeana Douglas. Brady was also featured in "Roll Bounce."

Brady earned a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for his single "A Change is Gonna Come" off his debut musical album "A Long Time Coming."

In 2005, he completed a run playing Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of "Chicago." He has also made a big splash in Vegas with his hit stage show "Makin' *@it Up." A native of Orlando, Fla., Brady's birth date is June 2.

 

MIKE RICHARDS - (Executive Producer, LET'S MAKE A DEAL)

Mike Richards is the rare combination of a seasoned producer and network on-air talent. He started his career hosting, writing and producing a late night comedy talk show called "The Randumb Show" at Pepperdine University. This weekly comedy show won multiple college broadcasting awards.

Richards has produced several shows including "The Other Half," "Friends or Lovers" and "Bloopers." Richards worked for television legend Dick Clark as his Vice President of Development and Current Programs. During his time with Clark, he produced several awards shows and was a correspondent on "Rockin' New Years Eve."

Continuing to excel both behind the camera and in front, Richards was the host and producer of the reality phenomenon "Beauty and the Geek" for The CW. In 2008, Richards took over as co-executive producer of the "The Price is Right," and recently became executive producer.

Richards lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. His birth date is July 5.

 

MONTY HALL - (Creative Consultant, LET'S MAKE A DEAL)

Monty Hall was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He attended the University of Manitoba, where he performed in college musical and dramatic productions and served as emcee of Canadian Army shows during World War II, and was elected President of the Student Body. After earning his Bachelor of Science degree, he moved to Toronto where he resumed his career as an actor, singer, emcee and sportscaster.

In 1955, he went to New York to do a five-year run of NBC's "Monitor." In 1960, he became emcee of CBS's "Video Village" which brought him to Hollywood. It was in Hollywood, while doing "Video Village," that his packaging career commenced as he sold his first production, "Your First Impression," to NBC.

Hall teamed with writer-producer Stefan Hatos in 1963 to create "Let's Make a Deal" which ran until August 1986. Their next production, "Split Second," hosted by Tom Kennedy, aired on ABC in the 1970's. Hall took the helm as emcee for a syndicated version of the popular quiz show in 1986. In 1990, Hall returned to do "Let's Make a Deal" for another cycle.

Additionally, Hall has headlined at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas and starred in his own variety show specials on ABC. On August 24, 1973, he was honored by having his star placed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has appeared as a guest star on "The Odd Couple," "Love, American Style," "The Flip Wilson Show," "The Dean Martin Show," "The Love Boat," "The Wonder Years," "Arliss," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," "Hollywood Squares" (2002), "Providence," "That 70's Show," "The Surreal Life," as well as "The Nanny" and "Love & War," on the Network. He also appeared in the TV movie "The Courage and the Passion" and he was the subject of an A&E Biography.

Hall's life away from television has been as important as that on the stage. He has traveled the United States, Canada and Europe extensively, speaking and performing for countless charities. Currently, he is currently on the boards of many charitable organizations. His philanthropic activities have brought him over 500 awards. In April 1975, he was elected President of Variety Clubs International, the world's largest children's charity, and in 1981 was honored with the lifetime title of International Chairman. In 1983, he received the prestigious Variety Clubs International Humanitarian Award. In May 1988, the Government of Canada bestowed on him the highest award that Canada can offer - the prestigious Order of Canada - for his humanitarian works in Canada and other nations of the world. In 2002, Hall was inducted into the Order of Manitoba. For the past 35 years, Hall has hosted the annual Monty Hall/Cedars-Sinai Tennis Tournament to benefit the Diabetes Center and Pancreatic Cancer Program. As of June 2009, he has raised over one billion dollars for various charities.

He has received three honorary doctorates from the University of Manitoba, Haifa University and Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. He has children's wings named for him at Hahnemann Hospital, UCLA Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He has streets named for him in Cathedral City (California) and Winnipeg. In August 2005, he was honored by his peers who presented him with the Game Show Congress Award for Career Community Service. In June 2009, he received the Game Show Icon award from the 2009 Game Show Network Awards.

Hall is married to Marilyn, a writer-producer and Emmy Award-winner as co-executive producer of "Do You Remember Love," a drama concerning Alzheimer's disease. The Halls have three children - Joanna Gleason, a Tony Award-winning actress who recently appeared on Broadway in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels;" Richard Hall, an Emmy Award- winning television producer; and Sharon Hall, who is a television executive – and five grandchildren. His birth date is Aug. 25.