Ben Mankiewicz is an American television personality, progressive political commentator, and film critic. He is a host on Turner Classic Movies and has been a commentator on The Young Turks and What the Flick?!
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Two for One (2024)
Starring as Host
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: Rosie Perez - Killer's Kiss & The Harder They Fall (Jul 19, 2025)
- Episode 2x08: Joe Dante - The Night of the Hunter & The Fool Killer (Jul 5, 2025)
- Episode 2x07: Nathan Lane - Double Indemnity & Chinatown (Jun 28, 2025)
- Episode 2x06: Brian Tyree Henry - Imitation of Life & The Learning Tree (Jun 14, 2025)
- Episode 2x05: Paul Giamatti - Carnival of Souls & Rosemary's Baby (Jun 7, 2025)
- Episode 2x04: Kathy Bates - Bringing Up Baby & Stage Door (May 31, 2025)
- Episode 2x03: John Carpenter - Frankenstein & The Curse of Frankenstein (May 17, 2025)
- Episode 2x02: Jamie Lee Curtis - The Manchurian Candidate & Sweet Smell of Success (May 10, 2025)
- Episode 2x01: Lin Manuel Miranda - The Bandwagon & All That Jazz (May 3, 2025)
100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)
Guest starring as Ben Mankiewicz
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Heroes, Villains and Friends (Jun 1, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Clint, Kubrick & Kryptonite (May 25, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (May 25, 2023)
Party Down (2009)
Guest starring as Sportscaster
- Episode 2x09: Cole Landry's Draft Day Party (Jun 18, 2010)
At the Movies (2008)
Starring as Host
(50 episodes)
- Episode 1x50: The Final Destination/Halloween II/The Open Road/The September Issue (Aug 29, 2009)
- Episode 1x49: The Marc Pease Experience/Shorts/Post Grad (Aug 22, 2009)
- Episode 1x48: Inglourious Basterds/The Time Traveler's Wife/District 9/Bandslam/Ponyo/The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (Aug 15, 2009)
- Episode 1x47: Paper Heart/Julie & Julia/A Perfect Getaway/Cold Souls/Fragments (Aug 8, 2009)
- Episode 1x46: Funny People/Adam/In the Loop/World's Greatest Dad/Thirst (Aug 1, 2009)
- Episode 1x45: G-force; The Ugly Truth/Orphan/Shrink/The Answer Man (Jul 25, 2009)
- Episode 1x44: Best of first half of 2009 (Jul 18, 2009)
- Episode 1x43: (500) Days of Summer/I Love You, Beth Cooper/Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/Soul Power/The Answer Man/Bruno (Jul 11, 2009)
- Episode 1x42: Public Enemies/Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs/Local Color/I Hate Valentine's Day/The Girl From Monaco (Jul 4, 2009)
- Episode 1x41: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen/My Sister's Keeper/Chéri/The Hurt Locker (Jun 27, 2009)
- Episode 1x40: The Proposal/Year One/Dead Snow (Jun 20, 2009)
- Episode 1x39: The Taking of Pelham 123/Imagine That/Tetro/Food, Inc./Moon (Jun 13, 2009)
- Episode 1x38: Land of the Lost/The Hangover/Away We Go/My Life in Ruins/Tennessee (Jun 6, 2009)
- Episode 1x37: Up/Drag Me to Hell/The Brothers Bloom/Departures/Pontypool/What Goes Up (May 30, 2009)
- Episode 1x36: Terminator: Salvation/Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian/Easy Virtue/Summer Hours/Not Forgotten (May 23, 2009)
- Episode 1x35: Angels & Demons/The Brothers Bloom/Management/Rudo y Cursi (May 16, 2009)
- Episode 1x34: Star Trek/Next Day Air/Little Ashes/The Merry Gentleman/Love N' Dancing (May 9, 2009)
- Episode 1x33: X-Men Origins: Wolverine/Star Trek/Ghosts of Girlfriends Past/Obsessed/Battle for Terra (May 2, 2009)
- Episode 1x32: The Soloist/Fighting; Tyson/The Informers/Every Little Step (Apr 25, 2009)
- Episode 1x31: 17 Again/State of Play/Grey Gardens/Is Anybody There?/Earth (Apr 18, 2009)
- Episode 1x30: Observe & Report/Lymelife/Hannah Montana The Movie/The Mysteries of Pittsburgh/Anvil! the Story of Anvil (Apr 11, 2009)
- Episode 1x29: Fast & Furious/Gigantic/The Escapist/Adventureland/Bart Got a Room/Sugar (Apr 4, 2009)
- Episode 1x28: Monsters VS. Aliens/Spinning into Butter/The Education of Charlie Banks/Goodbye Solo/Adventureland (Mar 28, 2009)
- Episode 1x27: Duplicity/I Love You, Man/Knowing/Sin Nombre/The Cake Eaters (Mar 21, 2009)
- Episode 1x26: Race to Witch Mountain/Sunshine Cleaning/The Last House on the Left/Brothers at War (Mar 14, 2009)
- Episode 1x25: All About Steve/Watchmen/12/Bob Funk/Phoebe in Wonderland (Mar 7, 2009)
- Episode 1x24: Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience/Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li/Crossing Over/An American Affair/Bob Funk/Echelon Conspiracy (Feb 28, 2009)
- Episode 1x23: Episode 23 (Feb 21, 2009)
- Episode 1x22: He's Just Not That Into You/Confessions of a Shopaholic/The International/Two Lovers/Friday the 13th (Feb 14, 2009)
- Episode 1x21: Oscar Picks (Feb 7, 2009)
- Episode 1x20: Last Chance Harvey/Notorious/Paul Blart: Mall Cop/Hotel for Dogs/Defiance/Che (Jan 17, 2009)
- Episode 1x19: Worst of 2008 (Jan 10, 2009)
- Episode 1x18: Best of 2008 (Jan 3, 2009)
- Episode 1x17: Revolutionary Road/Bedtime Stories/Marley & Me/Valkyrie/The Spirit (Dec 27, 2008)
- Episode 1x16: Episode 16 (Dec 20, 2008)
- Episode 1x15: Episode 15 (Dec 13, 2008)
- Episode 1x14: Episode 14 (Dec 6, 2008)
- Episode 1x13: Episode 13 (Nov 29, 2008)
- Episode 1x12: Episode 12 (Nov 22, 2008)
- Episode 1x11: Bolt/JCVD/Slumdog Millionaire/Quantum of Solace (Nov 15, 2008)
- Episode 1x10: Quantum of Solace/Madagascar 2/Soul Men/Repo! The Genetic Opera/The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Nov 8, 2008)
- Episode 1x09: Episode 9 (Nov 1, 2008)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Oct 25, 2008)
- Episode 1x07: Episode 7 (Oct 18, 2008)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Oct 11, 2008)
- Episode 1x05: How To Lose Friends & Alienate People/Flash of Genius/Beverly Hills Chihuahua/Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist/Rachel Getting Married (Oct 4, 2008)
- Episode 1x04: Miracle at St. Anna/Nights in Rodanthe/Choke/Battle in Seattle/The Duchess (Sep 27, 2008)
- Episode 1x03: Ghost Town/Eagle Eye/Appaloosa/Righteous Kill/Igor (Sep 20, 2008)
- Episode 1x02: Lakeview Terrace/The Women/Surfer Dude/Towelhead (Sep 13, 2008)
- Episode 1x01: Burn After Reading/Traitor/College/Babylon A.D./Hamlet 2 (Sep 6, 2008)
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Ben Mankiewicz
- Episode 32x04: Treehouse of Horror XXXI (Nov 1, 2020) [Special Guest Star]
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Guest starring as Ben Mankiewicz
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2025-07-27: Kristin Scott Thomas, Michael Feinstein (Jul 27, 2025)
- Episode 2025-07-20: Bridget Everett, Keith McNally, Herbert Blomstedt, Kathy Bates (Jul 20, 2025)
- Episode 2025-07-06: Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Carl Gottlieb, Sabrina Carpenter, David Sedaris (Jul 6, 2025)
- Episode 2025-06-29: Michael Tilson Thomas, Dara Khosrowshahi, James Gunn, David Corenswet, Jim Gaffigan (Jun 29, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-02: Warren Buffett, Geoffrey Rush, John Lithgow (Mar 2, 2025)
- Episode 2024-12-22: Werner Herzog, Darren Criss (Dec 22, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-13: Bob Woodward, Jack Antonoff, Al Pacino, Shirley MacLaine (Oct 13, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-06: Sabrina Carpenter, Pharrell Williams, Kathy Bates (Oct 6, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-08: This Time Is Different (Sep 8, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-07: Wayne Brady, Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman, Cailee Spaeny (Apr 7, 2024)