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Ben Mankiewicz
Actor, Producer, WriterBorn March 25, 1967 (58 years)
Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz (born March 25, 1967) is an American television journalist and host for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). He is a progressive political commentator for The Young Turks. He has served as a film critic for the 2008–2009 season for the TV program At the Movies and the web series What the Flick?!
A descendant of the Mankiewicz family, Ben Mankiewicz graduated from Tufts University, and earned a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He subsequently worked as a news reporter and anchor, first for WCSC-TV in Charleston, South Carolina and later for WAMI in Miami. Mankiewicz left news journalism, and auditioned as a television host for Turner Classic Movies.
Mankiewicz was hired in 2003 as an afternoon weekend host, second to Robert Osborne, who was the channel's primetime host. In 2013, for health reasons, Osborne delegated weekday primetime hosting appearances to Mankiewicz. In 2017, Osborne died at the age of 84, and Mankiewicz became the network's primetime host. Additionally, he hosts the TCM-produced podcast series, The Plot Thickens and Talking Pictures.
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A descendant of the Mankiewicz family, Ben Mankiewicz graduated from Tufts University, and earned a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He subsequently worked as a news reporter and anchor, first for WCSC-TV in Charleston, South Carolina and later for WAMI in Miami. Mankiewicz left news journalism, and auditioned as a television host for Turner Classic Movies.
Mankiewicz was hired in 2003 as an afternoon weekend host, second to Robert Osborne, who was the channel's primetime host. In 2013, for health reasons, Osborne delegated weekday primetime hosting appearances to Mankiewicz. In 2017, Osborne died at the age of 84, and Mankiewicz became the network's primetime host. Additionally, he hosts the TCM-produced podcast series, The Plot Thickens and Talking Pictures.
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Ben Mankiewicz Filmography
| 2024 | Sugar (2024) (TV Series) · as Announcer |
| 2020 | Mank · as Broadcaster, Academy Awards |
| 2013 | White House Down · as Reporter |
| 2011 | The Bling Ring · as Host |
| 2009 | Party Down (TV Series) · as Sportscaster |
| 2006 | Big Love (TV Series) · as News Presenter |
| 2005 | The Young Turks (TV Series) · as Host |
| 2004 | Cartoon Alley (TV Series) · as (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | The District (TV Series) · as Reporter #4 |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as News Anchor |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Ben Mankiewicz (voice) |
| 2024 | John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special · as Self - Host |
| 2023 | All Elite Wrestling: Collision (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Remembering Gene Wilder · as Self |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros. (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In · as Self |
| 2022 | 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen · as Self - Commentator |
| 2021 | Film: The Living Record of Our Memory · as Self |
| 2021 | I Am Alfred Hitchcock · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Memory: The Origins of Alien · as Self |
| 2019 | The Movies (TV Series) · as Self - Tcm Host |
| 2019 | The Very VERY Best Of The 70s (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2018 | The Great Buster · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | The Cowboy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Mad As Hell · as Self |
| 2014 | I Am Steve McQueen · as Self |
| 2014 | Hannibal: This Is My Design · as Self |
| 2012 | Hot Set (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2009 | The Rotten Tomatoes Show (TV Series) · as Self - Turner Classic Movies |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | TMZ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Expert |
| 1996 | Private Screenings (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1986 | At The Movies (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Self - Clue Giver |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Cbs News Correspondent |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Young Turks (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Young Turks (TV Series) |