
Dan Bucatinsky
Known for Acting · 69 credits
- Born
- 1965-09-22 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Daniel Bucatinsky
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
TV Shows (50)

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Jeffrey

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

Friends
1994
as Waiter

CSI: Miami
2002
as Oscar Serino

Chicago Med
2015
as Richard Evans

The Good Doctor
2017
as Spence

Frasier
1993
as Jewelry Clerk

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Man on the cell phone

Hacks
2021
as Rob

Scandal
2012
as James Novak

Chicago Hope
1994
as Politico Man

Mom
2013
as Arthur

Will & Grace
1998
as Neil

Weeds
2005
as Max

Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron

Elsbeth
2024
as Kidder Hawes

Party of Five
1994
as Check Out Guy

All Rise
2019
as Tim Landy

Superstore
2015
as Steve

Grace and Frankie
2015
as Arnold

The Pretender
1996
as Emery

The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Ramon (voice)

25 Words or Less
2018
as Self

The Sex Lives of College Girls
2021
as Danny Marawitz

A Million Little Things
2018
as Harrison

Cybill
1995
as Casting Director / Troy

In Plain Sight
2008
as Fred Zeitlin

Will & Grace
2017
as Neil

Pictionary
2022

All Grown Up!
2003
as TV Doctor / Body Cast Man (voice)

How I Met Your Father
2022
as Fred

The Comeback
2005
as Billy

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
as Self - Contestant

Web Therapy
2008
as Jerome Sokoloff

Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self - It Got Better

Celebrity Name Game
2014
as Self

Dirt
2007
as Dillon Frawley

Web Therapy
2011
as Jerome Sokoloff

24: Legacy
2017
as Andy Shalowitz

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
as Jim Nelson

Rebel
2021
as Professor Jason Erickson

Jenny
1997
as Carl

Marry Me
2014
as Kevin Two

MDs
2002
as Kurt

Dinner at Tiffani's
2015
as Self

The Baker and the Beauty
2020
as Lewis

That '80s Show
2002
as Rick

Significant Others
1998
M.Y.O.B.
2000
as Reuben
Movies (19)

Air
2023
as Richard

The Post
2017
as Joe Alsop

Second Act
2018
as Arthur Coyle

Our Little Secret
2024
as Leonard

The Grotto
2022
as Kip Gorman

The Highest Stakes
2026
as Dr. Scott Stevens

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
as Self

The Opposite of Sex
1998
as Timothy

I Love Your Work
2003
as The Director

Every Act of Life
2018
as Dr. Jason Pepper (voice)

All Over the Guy
2001
as Eli Wyckoff

The Sky is Falling
2001
as Lab Technician

Another Midnight Run
1994
as Bellhop

When Do We Eat?
2006
as High Strung Client
She Gets It from Me
So Close
2018
as Christopher

Directed by Alan Smithee
2002
as Narrator

elle/elle
2025
The Best TV Shows That Never Were
2004
as Narrator (voice)
About Dan Bucatinsky
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. With 69 credits spanning from 1981 to 2026, Dan Bucatinsky has appeared in 19 films and 50 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dan Bucatinsky Movies
- Air (2023) — as Richard
- The Post (2017) — as Joe Alsop
- Second Act (2018) — as Arthur Coyle
- Our Little Secret (2024) — as Leonard
- The Grotto (2022) — as Kip Gorman
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