Dan Bucatinsky
Known for acting · Born 22 September 1965 · 61 · New York City, New York, USA
85 credits
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
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Scandal
2012
Web Therapy
2011
24: Legacy
2017
Hacks
2021
All Over the Guy
2001
Web Therapy
2008
The Comeback
2005
Marry Me
2014
25 Words or Less
2018
Mid-Century Modern
2025
The Baker and the Beauty
2020
Acting (71)
2026The Highest StakesDr. Scott StevensFilm
2025elle/elleFilm
2024Our Little SecretLeonardFilm
2024ElsbethKidder HawesSeries
2023AirRichardFilm
2022How I Met Your FatherFred · 2 episodesSeries
2022Pictionary · 3 episodesSeries
2022The GrottoKip GormanFilm
2021HacksRob · 10 episodesSeries
2021The Sex Lives of College GirlsDanny MarawitzSeries
2021RebelProfessor Jason Erickson · 4 episodesSeries
2020The Baker and the BeautyLewis · 9 episodesSeries
2020Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSelf - ContestantSeries
2019All RiseTim LandySeries
2018Second ActArthur CoyleFilm
2018A Million Little ThingsHarrisonSeries
2018Every Act of LifeDr. Jason Pepper (voice)Film
201825 Words or LessSelf · 23 episodes, · 11 episodesSeries
2018So CloseChristopherFilm
2017The Good DoctorSpenceSeries
2017The PostJoe AlsopFilm
201724: LegacyAndy Shalowitz · 12 episodesSeries
2017Will & GraceNeilSeries
2016Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeJim NelsonSeries
2015Chicago MedRichard Evans · 2 episodesSeries
2015SuperstoreSteveSeries
2015Grace and FrankieArnoldSeries
2015Dinner at Tiffani'sSelfSeries
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - GuestSeries
2014Marry MeKevin Two · 14 episodesSeries
2014Celebrity Name GameSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2013MomArthurSeries
2012ScandalJames Novak · 29 episodesSeries
2011Web TherapyJerome Sokoloff · 33 episodesSeries
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2008In Plain SightFred Zeitlin · 3 episodesSeries
2008Web TherapyJerome Sokoloff · 28 episodesSeries
2007DirtDillon FrawleySeries
2006Fabulous! The Story of Queer CinemaSelfFilm
2006When Do We Eat?High Strung ClientFilm
2005Grey's AnatomyJeffreySeries
2005WeedsMaxSeries
2005Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant PatronSeries
2005The ComebackBilly · 6 episodesSeries
2004The Best TV Shows That Never WereNarrator (voice)Film
2003All Grown Up!TV Doctor / Body Cast Man (voice)Series
2003I Love Your WorkThe DirectorFilm
2002CSI: MiamiOscar SerinoSeries
2002That '80s ShowRickSeries
2002Directed by Alan SmitheeNarratorFilm
2002MDsKurtSeries
2001All Over the GuyEli WyckoffFilm
2001The Sky is FallingLab TechnicianFilm
2000Curb Your EnthusiasmMan on the cell phoneSeries
2000M.Y.O.B.Reuben · 4 episodesSeries
1998Will & GraceNeilSeries
1998The Wild ThornberrysRamon (voice)Series
1998The Opposite of SexTimothyFilm
1998Significant OthersSeries
1997JennyCarlSeries
1996The PretenderEmerySeries
1995CybillCasting Director, TroySeries
1994FriendsWaiterSeries
1994Party of FiveCheck Out GuySeries
1994Chicago HopePolitico ManSeries
1994Another Midnight RunBellhopFilm
1993FrasierJewelry ClerkSeries
1981Entertainment TonightSelf - It Got BetterSeries
—She Gets It from MeFilm
—AugustFilm
—13 Going on 30Film
Creator (2)
2011Web TherapyCreatorSeries
—Carry MeCreatorSeries
Production (8)
2019Ghosting: The Spirit of ChristmasExecutive ProducerFilm
2010The Other WomanExecutive ProducerFilm
2010Who Do You Think You Are?ProducerSeries
2008Lipstick JungleProducer, WriterSeries
2008Web TherapyProducer, CreatorSeries
2005The ComebackExecutive ProducerSeries
2004Call WaitingProducerFilm
2003Picking Up & Dropping OffExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (4)
2025Mid-Century ModernWriterSeries
2005Grey's AnatomyWriterSeries
2001All Over the GuyWriterFilm
—She Gets It from MeWriter, Executive ProducerFilm