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B.J. Novak
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B.J. Novak
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1979-07-31,Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, author, and producer. He gained traction as a comedian during the early 2000s before becoming a field agent for the MTV reality prank show Punk'd (2003). Novak had his breakout with a leading role as Ryan Howard on seasons 1–8 of the NBC mockumentary sitcom The Office (2005–2013). His acting, writing and producing for the show earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award, alongside five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In the late 2000s, Novak had supporting roles in the films Reign Over Me (2007) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). In the 2010s, he portrayed musician Robert B. Sherman in Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and Marvel Comics character Alistair Smythe in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He had a starring role as Harry J. Sonneborn in the biographical film The Founder (2016) and voiced Baker Smurf in The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013). In television, he had a recurring role as Lucas Pruit on the HBO series The Newsroom (2014). In the 2020s, Novak made his film directorial debut with Vengeance (2022), which he also produced and starred in. He created and wrote the FX on Hulu anthology series The Premise (2021). In addition to his film and television career, Novak authored the books One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories (2014) and The Book with No Pictures (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article B.J. Novak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.212

Reign Over Me
2007-03-22

6.296

Knocked Up
2007-06-01

5.761

The Smurfs
2011-07-29

Inglourious Basterds

8.2

Inglourious Basterds
2009-08-02

Saving Mr. Banks

7.345

Saving Mr. Banks
2013-11-29

6.245

The Internship
2013-06-07

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

6.522

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014-04-16

7.135

The Founder
2016-11-24

Untitled Mitch Hedberg documentary

0

Untitled Mitch Hedberg documentary

Unaccompanied Minors

5.962

Unaccompanied Minors
2006-12-08

5.753

The Smurfs 2
2013-07-30

The Bitter Buddha

7.6

The Bitter Buddha
2012-06-15

6.581

Vengeance
2022-07-29

The Office Retrospective

7.25

The Office Retrospective
2013-05-16

Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor

0

Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor
2014-04-05

6.206

The Dictator
2012-05-15

The Devil Wears Prada 2

0

The Devil Wears Prada 2
2026-04-29

The Office: Subtle Sexuality - Kelly and Erin Make a Music Video

0

The Office: Subtle Sexuality - Kelly and Erin Make a Music Video
2011-03-04

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.405

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.191

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

7.063

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009-06-01

6.4

The Premise
2021-09-16

E! Live from the Red Carpet

3.679

E! Live from the Red Carpet
2002-01-13

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

6.818

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015-10-12

5

Punk'd
2003-03-17

5

Punk'd
2003-03-17

The Mindy Project

6.2

The Mindy Project
2012-09-25

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

7.467

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020-06-29

Lessons in Chemistry

8.3

Lessons in Chemistry
2023-10-12

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.3

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.083

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.243

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

Real Time with Bill Maher

6.038

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21

8.579

The Office
2005-03-24

Celebrity Jeopardy!

6

Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022-09-25

6.4

Some Good News
2020-03-29

7.998

Community
2009-09-17

8.096

The Newsroom
2012-06-24

7.117

Conan
2010-11-08

7.556

Poker Face
2023-01-26