B.J. Novak

Birthday: 31 July 1979, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name: Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak

Height: 174 cm

B.J. Novak was born on July 31, 1979 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA as Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak. He is an actor and producer, known for The Office (2005), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and The Amazin ...Show More

'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other 'comedies' that have been on the air. It's really a Show more 'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other 'comedies' that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic. Hide

The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or pe Show more The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh. Hide

Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy. Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.

I do not have very much office experience. I do not have very much office experience.

Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in Show more Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over. Hide

I'm a believer in trusting the director. I'm a believer in trusting the director.

There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them. There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.

Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, ho Show more Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully. Hide

I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found st Show more I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative. Hide

B.J. Novak's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (93)

Arthur - Season 19

Arthur - Season 18

Arthur - Season 17

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Season 1

The Amazing Spider-man 2

Watch What Happens: Live - Season 22

Arthur - Season 13

The Newsroom - Season 3

Arthur - Season 11

The Newsroom - Season 1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 9

Arthur - Season 7

The Daily Show - Season 23

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2010

The Mindy Project - Season 5

Punkd - Season 2

Arthur - Season 6

Arthur - Season 8

The Daily Show - Season 22

The Office - Season 5

Community - Season 1

Unaccompanied Minors

Arthur - Season 20

Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 10

Saving Mr. Banks

The Office: Superfan Episodes - Season 2

B.J. Novak'S roles

Harry J. Sonneborn

Pfc. Smithson Utivich

Lucas Pruit

Jamie

Alistair Smythe

Ryan Howard

Young Doctor

Mr. Fallon

Robert Sherman

Baker Smurf