B. J. Novak, Acting - KorPlix:Korean Person Archives

Back

Back

Top

Korplix
Korean Online
Content Archives

0
1.756

B. J. Novak
Acting

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

6.303

Knocked Up
2007-06-01

5.8

The Smurfs
2011-07-29

Inglourious Basterds

8.214

Inglourious Basterds
2009-08-02

Saving Mr. Banks

7.3

Saving Mr. Banks
2013-11-29

6.241

The Internship
2013-06-07

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

6.525

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

5.95

Unaccompanied Minors
2006-12-08

5.8

The Smurfs 2
2013-07-30

The Bitter Buddha

7.6

The Bitter Buddha
2012-06-15

6.583

Vengeance
2022-07-29

The Office Retrospective

7.143

The Office Retrospective
2013-05-16

Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor

0

Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor
2014-04-05

6.214

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

5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.199

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

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

7.049

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

6.4

The Premise
2021-09-16

3.7

Live from E!
2002-01-13

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

6.799

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015-10-12

5.101

Punk'd
2003-03-17

5.101

Punk'd
2003-03-17

The Mindy Project

6.256

The Mindy Project
2012-09-25

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

7.5

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020-06-29

Lessons in Chemistry

8.264

Lessons in Chemistry
2023-10-12

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.261

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.056

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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.2

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

Real Time with Bill Maher

6

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21

8.588

The Office
2005-03-24

Celebrity Jeopardy!

6

Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022-09-25

6.4

Some Good News
2020-03-29

8.001

Community
2009-09-17

8.074

The Newsroom
2012-06-24

7.1

Conan
2010-11-08

7.474

Poker Face
2023-01-26

The Office: Superfan Episodes

7.5

The Office: Superfan Episodes
2021-04-22