B.J. Novak
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America 1 won
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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).
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Filmography
Acting
40 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Office
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Conan
Real Time with Bill Maher
The View
Community
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Poker Face
The Mindy Project
Inglourious Basterds
Punk'd
The Newsroom
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Smurfs
Lessons in Chemistry
The Dictator
The Founder
The Smurfs 2
Knocked Up
Live from E!
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Reign Over Me
Saving Mr. Banks
Some Good News
The Premise
Unaccompanied Minors
Vengeance
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Red Carpet World Premiere
The Office Retrospective
Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor
The Bitter Buddha
Untitled Mitch Hedberg Documentary
The Internship
Writing
5 credits
Directing
4 credits
Producing
4 credits
Other credits
2 credits
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