Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak\u00a0(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\u00a0field agent\u00a0for the\u00a0MTV\u00a0reality prank show\u00a0Punk’d\u00a0(2003).<\/p>\n
Novak had his breakout with a leading role as\u00a0Ryan Howard\u00a0on seasons 1\u20138 of the\u00a0NBC mockumentary sitcom\u00a0The Office\u00a0(2005\u20132013). His acting, writing and producing for the show earned him two\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Writers Guild of America Award, alongside five nominations for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.<\/p>\n
In the late 2000s, Novak had supporting roles in the films\u00a0Reign Over Me\u00a0(2007) and\u00a0Inglourious Basterds\u00a0(2009). In the 2010s, he portrayed musician\u00a0Robert B. Sherman\u00a0in Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and\u00a0Marvel Comics\u00a0character\u00a0Alistair Smythe\u00a0in\u00a0The Amazing Spider-Man 2\u00a0(2014). He had a starring role as\u00a0Harry J. Sonneborn\u00a0in the biographical film\u00a0The Founder\u00a0(2016) and voiced Baker Smurf in\u00a0The Smurfs\u00a0(2011) and\u00a0The Smurfs 2\u00a0(2013). In television, he had a recurring role as Lucas Pruit on the HBO series\u00a0The Newsroom\u00a0(2014).<\/p>\n
In the 2020s, Novak made his film directorial debut with\u00a0Vengeance\u00a0(2022), which he also produced and starred in. He created and wrote the\u00a0FX on Hulu\u00a0anthology series\u00a0The Premise (2021). In addition to his film and television career, Novak authored the books\u00a0One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories\u00a0(2014) and\u00a0The Book with No Pictures\u00a0(2014).<\/p>\n
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Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak\u00a0(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\u00a0field agent\u00a0for the\u00a0MTV\u00a0reality prank show\u00a0Punk’d\u00a0(2003). Novak had his breakout with a leading role as\u00a0Ryan Howard\u00a0on seasons 1\u20138 of the\u00a0NBC mockumentary sitcom\u00a0The Office\u00a0(2005\u20132013). His acting, writing and producing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-170","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n