# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-mankiewicz
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:40:10.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-mankiewicz"
name: "Ben Mankiewicz"
slug: "ben-mankiewicz"
description: "Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz 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?!"
tagline: "American film critic and television personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BenMankiewicz2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1967-03-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.139369186870875
  historical:           7.145508
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/BenMank77"
    handle:    "BenMank77"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BenMankiewicz"
    handle:    "BenMankiewicz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1502382/"
    handle:    "nm1502382"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بين مانكيويكز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mankiewicz"
    title: "Ben Mankiewicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mankiewicz"
    title: "Ben Mankiewicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mankiewicz"
    title: "Ben Mankiewicz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mankiewicz"
    title: "Ben Mankiewicz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886114"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump