B.J. NovakFilmography

Occupation:
Actor, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:
B.J. Novak plays permanently apathetic temp Ryan so well on the hit comedy The Office, that you'd never guess he's actually a producer of the show. The actor and comedian grew up near Boston in the suburb of Newton, and graduated from high school with his Office co-star John Krasinski. He then...Read More

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Actors: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger

    Synopsis: A group of hardened Nazi-killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache) (Brad Pitt) is concerned, the only Read More

    8/21/09

  • The Office: Season 05

    Synopsis: Love and reinvention -- sometimes touching, other times cringe-worthy -- are major themes in Season 5 of the acclaimed mockumentary that perfectly captures the petty agonies and daily lunacies of corporate America. The first episode sets up story arcs that resonate throughout the season. Repressed Read More

    2008

  • Knocked Up

    Actors: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel

    Synopsis: When a one-night stand that should have stayed that way has unexpected consequences, the reluctant odd couple attempts to transform their tentative relationship into a lasting love in this conception comedy. Twenty-four-year-old entertainment journalist Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is on the Read More

    6/1/07

  • Reign Over Me

    Actors: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows

    Synopsis: A chance run-in with an old college roommate becomes the catalyst for healing in writer/director Mike Binder's tale of friendship and understanding in post-9/11 New York. When the Twin Towers went down on that fateful morning in 2001, Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) lost everything that he had to Read More

    3/23/07

  • The Office: Season 04

    Synopsis: Season 4 of the acclaimed mockumentary opens with the discovery that Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) has ascended the corporate ladder from fresh-faced intern to stylishly bearded corporate chieftain. The young gun promptly exercises his authority by charging Dunder Mifflin into the digital age, an Read More

    2007

  • Unaccompanied Minors

    Actors: Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher

    Synopsis: A handful of kids stranded without their parents is determined to make the most of a bad situation in this comedy. It's Christmas Eve, and Oliver Porter (Lewis Black), the passenger relations manager at a busy airport in the Midwest, is looking forward to spending Christmas in Hawaii with his wife Read More

    12/8/06

  • The Office: Initiation

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Dwight takes new full-timer Ryan (B.J. Novak, who also wrote the episode) out on his first sales call, but he puts the novice through a series of demanding tests and challenges, not to mention an unnecessary excursion to the Schrute family beet farm. Meanwhile, Michael is ordered by corporate to Read More

    2006

  • The Office: Season 03

    Synopsis: As Season 3 of The Office gets underway, Pam (Jenna Fischer) remains unable to express her feelings for Jim (John Krasinski) after the pair recently shared a kiss and now Jim has taken a promotion that means transferring to Connecticut. Michael (Steve Carell) has discovered that Oscar (Oscar Read More

    2006

  • The Office [TV Series]

    Crew: Producer

    Synopsis: The NBC sitcom The Office was based on the British comedy series of the same name, co-created by Ricky Gervais, who in the original series had also starred as David Brent, terminally disingenuous office manager of Wernham Hogg Paper Merchants (Slough Branch). The American version top-billed Steve Carell Read More

    2005

  • The Office: Season 02

    Actors: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak

    Synopsis: Season 2 of the hit mockumentary opens with the hardly coveted Dundie Awards, the annual ceremony honoring Scranton employees in such esteemed categories as Hottest in the Office and Whitest Tennis Shoes. In a typical move, regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell) emcees the show and picks Read More

    2005

  • The Office: Season 01

    Actors: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak

    Synopsis: The American TV version of the award-winning British sitcom The Office opens by establishing its faux documentary format, as Michael Scott (Steve Carell), regional manager of a branch office of Dunder-Mifflin Paper, jumps through hoops to convince the filmmakers that he presides over a happy Read More

    2005

  • Punk'd: Season 02

    2003

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