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Dan Bucatinsky
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Dan Bucatinsky

Known for The Good Doctor · Grey's Anatomy · Friends

Dan Bucatinsky (/ˌbʊkəˈtɪnski/) is an American actor, writer and producer, best known for his role as James Novak in the Shonda Rhimes drama series Scandal, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2013. In 2014, Bucatinsky starred on NBC's Marry Me and the revived HBO series The Comeback, which he also executive produced. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Bucatinsky,…

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Born
Sep 22, 1965
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Dan Bucatinsky (/ˌbʊkəˈtɪnski/) is an American actor, writer and producer, best known for his role as James Novak in the Shonda Rhimes drama series Scandal, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2013. In 2014, Bucatinsky starred on NBC's Marry Me and the revived HBO series The Comeback, which he also executive produced.

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Known For

TVThe Good Doctor
The Good DoctorSpence · 2017
★ 8.5
TVGrey's Anatomy
Grey's AnatomyJeffrey · 2005
★ 8.2
TVFriends
FriendsWaiter · 1994
★ 8.4
MOVIEThe Post
The PostJoe Alsop · 2017
★ 7.0
TVCSI: Miami
CSI: MiamiOscar Serino · 2002
★ 7.7
TVChicago Med
Chicago MedRichard Evans · 2015
★ 8.3
TVWeeds
WeedsMax · 2005
★ 7.5
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your EnthusiasmMan on the cell phone · 2000
★ 8.1

Filmography

Movies

Another Midnight RunBellhop
1994
The Opposite of SexTimothy
1998
All Over the GuyEli Wyckoff
2001
All Over the GuyWriter
2001
The Sky is FallingLab Technician
2001
Directed by Alan SmitheeNarrator
2002
I Love Your WorkThe Director
2003
Picking Up & Dropping OffExecutive Producer
2003
Call WaitingProducer
2004
TB
The Best TV Shows That Never WereNarrator (voice)
2004
Fabulous! The Story of Queer CinemaSelf
2006
When Do We Eat?High Strung Client
2006
The Other WomanExecutive Producer
2010
The PostJoe Alsop
2017
Every Act of LifeDr. Jason Pepper (voice)
2018
Second ActArthur Coyle
2018
SC
So CloseChristopher
2018
Ghosting: The Spirit of ChristmasExecutive Producer
2019
The GrottoKip Gorman
2022
AirRichard
2023
Our Little SecretLeonard
2024
elle/elle
2025
The Highest StakesDr. Scott Stevens
2026
13 Going on 30
A
August
SG
She Gets It from Me
SG
She Gets It from MeWriter
SG
She Gets It from MeExecutive Producer

Television

Entertainment TonightSelf - It Got Better · 1 eps
1981
Entertainment TonightSelf · 1 eps
1981
FrasierJewelry Clerk · 1 eps
1993
Chicago HopePolitico Man · 1 eps
1994
FriendsWaiter · 1 eps
1994
Party of FiveCheck Out Guy · 1 eps
1994
CybillCasting Director · 1 eps
1995
CybillTroy · 1 eps
1995
The PretenderEmery · 1 eps
1996
JennyCarl · 1 eps
1997
Significant Others1 eps
1998
The Wild ThornberrysRamon (voice) · 1 eps
1998
Will & GraceNeil · 1 eps
1998
Curb Your EnthusiasmMan on the cell phone · 1 eps
2000
M
M.Y.O.B.Reuben · 4 eps
2000
CSI: MiamiOscar Serino · 1 eps
2002
MDsKurt · 1 eps
2002
That '80s ShowRick · 1 eps
2002
All Grown Up!TV Doctor / Body Cast Man (voice) · 1 eps
2003
Grey's AnatomyJeffrey · 1 eps
2005
Grey's AnatomyWriter
2005
Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant Patron · 1 eps
2005
The ComebackBilly · 6 eps
2005
The ComebackExecutive Producer
2005
WeedsMax · 1 eps
2005
DirtDillon Frawley · 1 eps
2007
In Plain SightFred Zeitlin · 3 eps
2008
Lipstick JungleProducer
2008
Lipstick JungleWriter
2008
Web TherapyJerome Sokoloff · 28 eps
2008
Web TherapyProducer
2008
Web TherapyCreator
2008
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 2 eps
2009
Who Do You Think You Are?Producer
2010
Web TherapyJerome Sokoloff · 33 eps
2011
Web TherapyCreator
2011
ScandalJames Novak · 29 eps
2012
MomArthur · 1 eps
2013
Celebrity Name GameSelf · 2 eps
2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2014
Marry MeKevin Two · 14 eps
2014
Chicago MedRichard Evans · 2 eps
2015
Dinner at Tiffani'sSelf · 1 eps
2015
Grace and FrankieArnold · 1 eps
2015
SuperstoreSteve · 1 eps
2015
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeJim Nelson · 1 eps
2016
24: LegacyAndy Shalowitz · 12 eps
2017
The Good DoctorSpence · 1 eps
2017
Will & GraceNeil · 1 eps
2017
25 Words or LessSelf · 23 eps
2018
25 Words or Less11 eps
2018
A Million Little ThingsHarrison · 1 eps
2018
All RiseTim Landy · 1 eps
2019
The Baker and the BeautyLewis · 9 eps
2020
Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSelf - Contestant · 1 eps
2020
HacksRob · 10 eps
2021
RebelProfessor Jason Erickson · 4 eps
2021
The Sex Lives of College GirlsDanny Marawitz · 1 eps
2021
How I Met Your FatherFred · 2 eps
2022
Pictionary3 eps
2022
ElsbethKidder Hawes · 1 eps
2024
Mid-Century ModernWriter
2025
CM
Carry MeCreator

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