---
name: "Ben Karlin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-karlin"
fi1m_id: "ben-karlin"
imdb_id: "nm0439499"
tmdb_id: 1224222
wikidata_id: "Q4885977"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:12:30.487963+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben Karlin

## Identity

Ben Karlin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-karlin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-karlin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0439499
- **TMDB ID:** 1224222
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4885977
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Karlin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4885977, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224222

Writer. Born 1 January 1971 in Needham.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, Needham
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Karlin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4885977, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224222

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bait*](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*Modern Family*](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben Karlin is an American television producer and writer. Born in 1971 in Needham, Massachusetts, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He began his career contributing to The Onion before moving into television. Karlin served as head writer and executive producer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and was a co-creator and executive producer of The Colbert Report. He later wrote for and produced episodes of Modern Family.

Karlin has won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards. His credits include producing the film 50/50 (2011) and serving as writer and executive producer on the series Bait (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, needhamobserver.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bait* (2026), Fi1m 81, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md)
- *Modern Family* (2009), Fi1m 77, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bait* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/bait-2026.md)
- *Minx* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Future Man* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Ghosted* (2017), series, Consulting Producer
- *Sausage Party* (2016), Thanks
- *A.C.O.D.* (2013), Producer, Writer
- *50/50* (2011), Producer
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, Writer, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)

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