Dan Bucatinsky

ActorWriterProducer Sep 22 (age 60) New York City, New York, USA 1981–2026 (45 year career)

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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

Film

Grey's Anatomy

Writer

Film

The Post

Joe Alsop

Film

Air

Richard

Film

Second Act

Arthur Coyle

Film

Our Little Secret

Leonard

Film

The Other Woman

Executive Producer

Film

24: Legacy

Andy Shalowitz

Film

The Opposite of Sex

Timothy

Filmography

Acting (67)

Movies (18)

The Highest Stakes

2026 Upcoming

as Dr. Scott Stevens

Apr 14

elle/elle

Our Little Secret

as Leonard

Air

as Richard

The Grotto

as Kip Gorman

Second Act

as Arthur Coyle

Every Act of Life

as Dr. Jason Pepper (voice)

6.4

The Post

2017

as Joe Alsop

7.0

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

2006

as Self

5.4

When Do We Eat?

2006

as High Strung Client

5.1

The Best TV Shows That Never Were

2004

as Narrator (voice)

I Love Your Work

2003

as The Director

4.5

Directed by Alan Smithee

as Narrator

All Over the Guy

as Eli Wyckoff

The Sky is Falling

as Lab Technician

The Opposite of Sex

as Timothy

Another Midnight Run

as Bellhop

She Gets It from Me

Television (49)

Elsbeth

2024

as Kidder Hawes

6.9

How I Met Your Father

as Fred

Pictionary

Hacks

as Rob

The Sex Lives of College Girls

2021

as Danny Marawitz

7.2

Rebel

2021

as Professor Jason Erickson

7.2

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2020

as Self - Contestant

9.8

The Baker and the Beauty

as Lewis

All Rise

as Tim Landy

A Million Little Things

as Harrison

25 Words or Less

as Self

The Good Doctor

as Spence

Will & Grace

as Neil

24: Legacy

as Andy Shalowitz

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as Jim Nelson

Chicago Med

as Richard Evans

Grace and Frankie

as Arnold

Superstore

as Steve

Dinner at Tiffani's

as Self

Celebrity Name Game

as Self

Marry Me

as Kevin Two

Mom

as Arthur

Scandal

as James Novak

Web Therapy

as Jerome Sokoloff

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

In Plain Sight

as Fred Zeitlin

Web Therapy

as Jerome Sokoloff

Dirt

as Dillon Frawley

Grey's Anatomy

as Jeffrey

Weeds

as Max

Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

The Comeback

as Billy

All Grown Up!

as TV Doctor / Body Cast Man (voice)

CSI: Miami

as Oscar Serino

MDs

as Kurt

That '80s Show

as Rick

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Man on the cell phone

M.Y.O.B.

as Reuben

Will & Grace

as Neil

The Wild Thornberrys

as Ramon (voice)

Significant Others

Jenny

as Carl

The Pretender

as Emery

Cybill

as Casting Director

Friends

as Waiter

Chicago Hope

as Politico Man

Party of Five

as Check Out Guy

Frasier

as Jewelry Clerk

Entertainment Tonight

1981

as Self - It Got Better

4.1

Crew (14)

Movies (7)

Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas

Executive Producer

The Other Woman

Executive Producer

Call Waiting

Producer

Picking Up & Dropping Off

Executive Producer

All Over the Guy

Writer

She Gets It from Me

Executive Producer

She Gets It from Me

Writer

Television (7)

Mid-Century Modern

Writer

Web Therapy

Story

Who Do You Think You Are?

Producer

Web Therapy

Producer

Lipstick Jungle

Producer

Lipstick Jungle

Writer

Grey's Anatomy

Writer