Novak's television acting career began on MTV's Punk'd. He performed on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He was a writer for the short-lived The WB sitcom Raising Dad. He was named one of Variety 's "Ten Comedians To Watch" in 2003. His first live stand-up performance was at the Hollywood Youth Hostel on October 10, 2001. Career Īfter Harvard, Novak moved to Los Angeles, California and began working in clubs as a comedian. Aside from the Lampoon, he occasionally staged and performed in a variety show called The B.J. He majored in English and Spanish literature, and wrote his honors thesis on the films of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Novak graduated from Harvard University in 2001, where he was a member of the Harvard Lampoon. Novak edited one of the school newspapers, The Lion's Roar, and cowrote a satirical play with Krasinski. He attended Newton South High School with future The Office costar John Krasinski they graduated in 1997.
He went to Camp Ramah in New England in Massachusetts in the summers of his 6th, 7th and 9th grades. He attended Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston and Brown Middle School. Novak has two younger brothers: Lev Novak and composer Jesse Novak. His father co-edited The Big Book of Jewish Humor, and has ghostwritten memoirs for Nancy Reagan, Lee Iacocca, Magic Johnson and others. His parents are Linda (née Manaly) and author William Novak. Novak was born on July 31, 1979, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts. In addition to his film career, Novak authored the acclaimed books One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories (2014) and The Book with No Pictures (2014). He portrays Alistair Smythe in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).
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Novak also appeared in The Mindy Project (2013–2016) and The Newsroom (2014), and was the creator and executive producer of Hulu anthology series The Premise (2021). He made his directorial debut in 2022 with the dark comedy thriller Vengeance, which he also wrote and starred in. He appeared in the films Inglourious Basterds (2009), Saving Mr. Novak became known for starring as Ryan Howard in the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), for which he was also a writer and executive producer. He has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and writer.
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