Dan Bucatinsky

Dan Bucatinsky

Known for
Acting
Born
September 22, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Bucatinsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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She Gets It from Me

She Gets It from Me

Movie

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August

August

Movie

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13 Going on 30 poster

13 Going on 30

Movie

2026
The Highest Stakes poster

The Highest Stakes

Movie · as Dr. Scott Stevens

2025
elle/elle poster

elle/elle

Movie

2024
Our Little Secret poster

Our Little Secret

Movie · as Leonard

2024
Elsbeth poster

Elsbeth

TV · as Kidder Hawes · 1 ep

2023
Air poster

Air

Movie · as Richard

2022
The Grotto poster

The Grotto

Movie · as Kip Gorman

2022
How I Met Your Father poster

How I Met Your Father

TV · as Fred · 2 eps

2022
Pictionary poster

Pictionary

TV · 3 eps

2021
Rebel poster

Rebel

TV · as Professor Jason Erickson · 4 eps

2021
The Sex Lives of College Girls poster

The Sex Lives of College Girls

TV · as Danny Marawitz · 1 ep

2021
Hacks poster

Hacks

TV · as Rob · 10 eps

2020
The Baker and the Beauty poster

The Baker and the Beauty

TV · as Lewis · 9 eps

2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2019
All Rise poster

All Rise

TV · as Tim Landy · 1 ep

2018
Every Act of Life poster

Every Act of Life

Movie · as Dr. Jason Pepper (voice)

2018
Second Act poster

Second Act

Movie · as Arthur Coyle

2018
So Close

So Close

Movie · as Christopher

2018
25 Words or Less poster

25 Words or Less

TV · as Self · 23 eps

2018
A Million Little Things poster

A Million Little Things

TV · as Harrison · 1 ep

2017
The Post poster

The Post

Movie · as Joe Alsop

2017
24: Legacy poster

24: Legacy

TV · as Andy Shalowitz · 12 eps

2017
The Good Doctor poster

The Good Doctor

TV · as Spence · 1 ep

2017
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Neil · 1 ep

2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life poster

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

TV · as Jim Nelson · 1 ep

2016
The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Superstore poster

Superstore

TV · as Steve · 1 ep

2015
Chicago Med poster

Chicago Med

TV · as Richard Evans · 2 eps

2015
Grace and Frankie poster

Grace and Frankie

TV · as Arnold · 1 ep

2015
Dinner at Tiffani's poster

Dinner at Tiffani's

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Marry Me poster

Marry Me

TV · as Kevin Two · 14 eps

2014
Celebrity Name Game poster

Celebrity Name Game

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Mom poster

Mom

TV · as Arthur · 1 ep

2012
Scandal poster

Scandal

TV · as James Novak · 29 eps

2011
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Jerome Sokoloff · 33 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Jerome Sokoloff · 28 eps

2008
In Plain Sight poster

In Plain Sight

TV · as Fred Zeitlin · 3 eps

2007
Dirt poster

Dirt

TV · as Dillon Frawley · 1 ep

2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema poster

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Movie · as Self

2006
When Do We Eat? poster

When Do We Eat?

Movie · as High Strung Client

2005
Weeds poster

Weeds

TV · as Max · 1 ep

2005
The Comeback poster

The Comeback

TV · as Billy · 6 eps

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Jeffrey · 1 ep

2005
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep

2004
The Best TV Shows That Never Were

The Best TV Shows That Never Were

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2003
I Love Your Work poster

I Love Your Work

Movie · as The Director

2003
All Grown Up! poster

All Grown Up!

TV · as TV Doctor / Body Cast Man (voice) · 1 ep

2002
Directed by Alan Smithee poster

Directed by Alan Smithee

Movie · as Narrator

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Oscar Serino · 1 ep

2002
That '80s Show poster

That '80s Show

TV · as Rick · 1 ep

2002
MDs poster

MDs

TV · as Kurt · 1 ep

2001
All Over the Guy poster

All Over the Guy

Movie · as Eli Wyckoff

2001
The Sky is Falling poster

The Sky is Falling

Movie · as Lab Technician

2000
M.Y.O.B.

M.Y.O.B.

TV · as Reuben · 4 eps

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Man on the cell phone · 1 ep

1998
The Opposite of Sex poster

The Opposite of Sex

Movie · as Timothy

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Neil · 1 ep

1998
Significant Others poster

Significant Others

TV · 1 ep

1998
The Wild Thornberrys poster

The Wild Thornberrys

TV · as Ramon (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Jenny poster

Jenny

TV · as Carl · 1 ep

1996
The Pretender poster

The Pretender

TV · as Emery · 1 ep

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Casting Director, Troy · 1 ep

1994
Another Midnight Run poster

Another Midnight Run

Movie · as Bellhop

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Waiter · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Politico Man · 1 ep

1994
Party of Five poster

Party of Five

TV · as Check Out Guy · 1 ep

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Jewelry Clerk · 1 ep

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · as Self - It Got Better · 1 ep