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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 25, 1967
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As
- Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz
Ben Mankiewicz
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Mankiewicz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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From the Shtetl to the Studio: The Jewish Story of Hollywood
2024
5.8
Self
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
7.3
Announcer
Sugar
2024
7.2
Self
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
7.7
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
6.0
Self
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
2023
8.1
Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022
6.7
Broadcaster, Academy Awards
Mank
2020
6.1
Self
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
2020
6.3
Self
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019
Credits
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From the Shtetl to the Studio: The Jewish Story of Hollywood
2024
0.0
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
as Self
2024
5.8
Sugar
as Announcer
2024
7.3
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self
2024
7.2
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
7.7
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
as Self
2023
6.0
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022
8.1
Mank
as Broadcaster, Academy Awards
2020
6.7
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
as Self
2020
6.1
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self
2019
6.3
The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Self
2018
7.2
Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
as Host
2018
0.0
Faye Dunaway: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2017
0.0
The Cowboy
as Self
2016
0.0
Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival: Norman Lloyd
2016
0.0
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
as Self
2015
0.0
I Am Steve McQueen
as Self
2014
6.1
White House Down
as Reporter
2013
6.5
The Bling Ring
as Host
2011
4.9
Party Down
as Sportscaster
2009
7.5
Big Love
as News presenter
2006
6.9
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Cartoon Alley
as (archive footage)
2004
0.0
The District
as Reporter #4
2000
6.8
The Practice
as News Anchor
1997
7.6
The Simpsons
as Ben Mankiewicz (voice)
1989
8.0
The Young Turks
as Host
N/A
6.1