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Ben Mankiewicz
Washington, D.C., USA
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 Th…
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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.
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2026
Kim Novak's Vertigo
Movie Thanks
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2026
Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast
TV show Self - Host
- 2024
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2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
TV show Self
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2024
Sugar
TV show Announcer
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2024
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie Self
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2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV show Self
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2023
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
Movie Self
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2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Movie Self
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2020
Mank
Movie Broadcaster, Academy Awards
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2020
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
Movie Self
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2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Movie Self
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2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Movie Self
- 2018
- 2017
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2016
The Cowboy
TV show Self
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- 2016
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2015
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Movie Self
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2014
I Am Steve McQueen
Movie Self
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2013
White House Down
Movie Reporter
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2011
The Bling Ring
Movie Host
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2009
Party Down
TV show Sportscaster
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2006
Big Love
TV show News presenter
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2004
Cartoon Alley
TV show (archive footage)
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2000
The District
TV show Reporter #4
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1997
The Practice
TV show News Anchor
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1989
The Simpsons
TV show Ben Mankiewicz (voice)
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1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV show Self - Correspondent
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The Young Turks
TV show Host
