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Dan Bucatinsky

Acting

Born September 22, 1965 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Bucatinsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series · 2013
  • Primetime Emmy Award

Filmography50+ titles

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2020as Self - Contestant

The Good Doctor

2017as Spence

Friends

1994as Waiter

Chicago Med

2015as Richard Evans

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Jeffrey

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000as Man on the cell phone

Grace and Frankie

2015as Arnold

All Grown Up!

2003as TV Doctor / Body Cast Man (voice)

CSI: Miami

2002as Oscar Serino

Frasier

1993as Jewelry Clerk

Superstore

2015as Steve

Weeds

2005as Max

Hacks

2021as Rob

All Rise

2019as Tim Landy

The Comeback

2005as Billy

The Pretender

1996as Emery

Air

2023as Richard

The Baker and the Beauty

2020as Lewis

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

2016as Jim Nelson

Mom

2013as Arthur

The Sex Lives of College Girls

2021as Danny Marawitz

Rebel

2021as Professor Jason Erickson

A Million Little Things

2018as Harrison

Scandal

2012as James Novak

In Plain Sight

2008as Fred Zeitlin

The Post

2017as Joe Alsop

The Wild Thornberrys

1998as Ramon (voice)

Party of Five

1994as Check Out Guy

Will & Grace

1998as Neil

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010Producer

Hell's Kitchen

2005as Self - Restaurant Patron

Elsbeth

2024as Kidder Hawes

Web Therapy

2011as Jerome Sokoloff

Dirt

2007as Dillon Frawley

How I Met Your Father

2022as Fred

Every Act of Life

2018as Dr. Jason Pepper (voice)

Second Act

2018as Arthur Coyle

Our Little Secret

2024as Leonard

24: Legacy

2016as Andy Shalowitz

The Other Woman

2009Executive Producer

Lipstick Jungle

2008Producer, Writer

The Opposite of Sex

1998as Timothy

Mid-Century Modern

2025Writer

Cybill

1995as Troy

Marry Me

2014as Kevin Two

All Over the Guy

2001as Eli Wyckoff

Pictionary

Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas

2019Executive Producer

Picking Up & Dropping Off

2003Executive Producer

The Highest Stakes

2026as Dr. Scott Stevens