B. J. Novak
Known For
Acting
Born
1979-07-31 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Most Known For
The Office
as Ryan Howard
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Conan
as Self
Community
as Mr. Egypt
The View
as Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
The Mindy Project
as Jamie
Poker Face
as Hiram Lubinski
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
as B.J. Novak
Inglourious Basterds
as PFC. Smithson Utivich
The Newsroom
as Lucas Pruit
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Allistar Smythe
Lessons in Chemistry
as Six-Thirty (voice)
Punk'd
as Field Agent
Punk'd
as Self
Live from E!
as Self