B.J. Novak

  • a.k.a. B.J. Novak
  • BJ Novak
  • Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak
  • بی. جی. نواک

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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.

Gender
male
Date of Birth
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Place of Birth
Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Credits

Cast

CharacterMovie / TV ShowGenresReleaseRating
Allistar SmytheThe Amazing Spider-Man 265% · 13,609
Male InterviewerThe Internship62% · 4,266
(uncredited)The Dictator62% · 6,035
Baker Smurf (voice)The Smurfs58% · 3,837
Mr. EgyptCommunityTV80% · 1,859
Ryan HowardThe OfficeTV165 Episodes86% · 4,569

Crew

DepartmentJobMovie / TV ShowGenresReleaseRating
DirectingDirectorThe OfficeTV5 Episodes86% · 4,569
ProductionCo-Executive ProducerThe OfficeTV74 Episodes86% · 4,569
Co-ProducerThe OfficeTV22 Episodes86% · 4,569
Executive ProducerThe OfficeTV24 Episodes86% · 4,569
Supervising ProducerThe OfficeTV37 Episodes86% · 4,569
WritingExecutive Story EditorThe OfficeTV3 Episodes86% · 4,569
WriterThe OfficeTV15 Episodes86% · 4,569
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