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Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz[1] (born March 25, 1967) is an American television personality, political commentator, and film critic. He is a host on Turner Classic Movies[2] and has been a commentator on The Young Turks and What the Flick?!

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Ben Mankiewicz
Mankiewicz in 2012
Born	Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz (1967-03-25) March 25, 1967 (age 55) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma mater	Tufts University (BA) Columbia University (MA)
Occupation	Analyst, critic, journalist
Political party	Democratic[citation needed]
Movement	Progressive
Spouse(s)	Contessa Kellogg ​ ​ (m. 2005⁠–⁠2009)​ Lee Russo ​ (m. 2013)​
Parent(s)	Frank Mankiewicz Holly Mankiewicz
Family	Mankiewicz

Early life

Mankiewicz was born in Washington, D.C., to press secretary Frank Mankiewicz and Holly Mankiewicz (née Jolley)[3] of German–Jewish descent.[4] He is the cousin of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz and filmmaker/television producer Nick Davis,[5] the grandson of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, the grand-nephew of screenwriter, producer, and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz,[5][6] and the brother of NBC News reporter Josh Mankiewicz.

He attended Georgetown Day School for his primary and secondary education, Tufts University for undergraduate studies, and Columbia University for graduate studies.[7]

Career

Mankiewicz began his career as a reporter and an anchor for WCSC-TV (a CBS affiliate) in Charleston, South Carolina. He joined WAMI in Miami, Florida, in 1998, where he served as anchor of The Times, a daily news magazine show and the station's highlight program.[8]

Since 2003, Mankiewicz has been a host of Turner Classic Movies. When he made his debut[2] on TCM, he became the second host hired in the network's history (Robert Osborne being the first). As a film critic, Mankiewicz co-hosted the nationally syndicated television series At the Movies from 2008 to 2009 and co-hosted the online film review show What the Flick?! on The Young Turks Network.[9] He launched TCM original podcast (April 2020), "The Plot Thickens" in which he interviews renowned director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, etc.) who chronicles his life in and out of film. The podcast is scheduled to have others connected to film interviewed in subsequent podcasts.

Mankiewicz has made cameo appearances in the Lifetime television movie The Bling Ring (2011) and the action film White House Down (2013). Mankiewicz also appears regularly on other shows as a political and media commentator, including The Michael Brooks Show in 2017,[10] and hosts a segment on the CBS Sunday morning show called Screen Time. He was among the people interviewed for the documentary film Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Bling Ring	Host	TV movie
2012	Ten Years of the Young Turks	Himself
2013	White House Down	Reporter
	The Screenwriters: The Stars Behind the Camera	Himself
2014	TCM: Twenty Classic Moments	Host	TV movie
	Mad as Hell	Himself
	I Am Steve McQueen	Film critic
	Hannibal: This Is My Design	Himself
2015	Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute	Himself
2017	Faye Dunaway: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival	Host
2018	Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival	Host
	The Great Buster	Himself
	The Producers: Q&A with Mel Brooks from the TCM Classic Film Festival	Moderator/Interviewer
2019	Memory: The Origins of Alien	Host, Turner Classic Movies
2020	Mank	Broadcaster, Academy Awards	Voice role
	Stuntwoman: The Untold Hollywood Story	Himself
2021	I Am Alfred Hitchcock	Himself	Voice role
	Film, the Living Record of our Memory	Himself
TBA	Untitled Mad As Hell Anthology Film	Himself	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Practice	News Anchor	Episode: "Les Is More"
	Summer Under the Stars	Host
2004	Cartoon Alley	Host
2006-2020	The Young Turks	Host/Himself/Guest	18 episodes
2007-2008	TMZ on TV	Himself	3 episodes
2007	Big Love	News presenter	Episode: "Good Guys and Bad Guys"
2008-2009	At the Movies	Co-Host	25 episodes
2009	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Guest Expert	3 episodes
	The Bonnie Hunt Show	Himself	1 episode
2010-2015	TYT Sports	Host/Anchor	21 episodes
2010-2017	What the Flick?!	Host	154 episodes
2010	Party Down	Sportscaster	Episode: "Cole Landry's Draft Day Party"
	The Rotten Tomatoes Show	Himself	4 episodes
2011; 2014	The Point	Himself	2 episodes
2012	TYT Arm Wrestling Tournament	Competitor	Episode: "Michael vs. Ben"
	AM Northwest	Himself	Episode: "Ernest Borgnine"
	Hot Set	Host	Episode: "Alien Queen"
	SAG Foundation Conversations	Host	Episode: "Illeana Douglas"
2013	The War Room with Michael Shure	Guest	1 episode
2014-2019	Jeopardy!	Clue Giver/Video Clue Presenter	4 episodes
2015	Mad as Hell: The Series	Himself	4 episodes
	AFI Life Achievement Award	Himself	Episode: "AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin"
2016-2019	TCM Guest Programmer	21 episodes
2016	The Cowboy	Himself	2 episodes
2017	TCM Spotlight: 50 Years of Hitchcock	Host	10 episodes
	TCM Co-Host	Himself	Episode: "George Pal Tribute"
	The Michael Brooks Show	Himself	1 episode
2018	Good Day L.A.	Himself	1 episode
2019-2020	The Very Very Best of the 70s	Himself/Commentator	2 episodes
2019-2022	CBS News Sunday Morning	Himself/CBS News Correspondent	17 episodes
2019	Private Screenings	Host	Episode: "The Best of Private Screenings"
	TCM Presents: Never Surrender - WWII in the Movies	Host	27 episodes
	TCM Presents: Out of This World	Host	3 episodes
	The Movies	TCM Host	6 episodes
	TCM Spotlight: Gridiron Glory - College Football in the Movies	Host	13 episodes
	TCM Spotlight: Pets on Sets	Host	12 episodes
2020-2022	The Plot Thickens	Host	36 episodes
2020	The Simpsons	Himself	Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXXI"[11]
	Now Showing	Host	48 episodes
	AFI Movie Club	Himself	Episode: "Ben Mankiewicz announces Ben Hur"
	Well, This Isn't Normal	Himself	Episode: "Ben Mankiwicz Has a Voice for Storytelling"
	The Essentials	Host	20 episodes
2021	Cartoon Network's Cartoonito	Himself
2022	The Big Lie	Narrator	Podcast series

References

External links

• Ben Mankiewicz on Facebook
• Ben Mankiewicz at IMDb

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