B. J. Novak
American actor
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| 2023 | Voices character Six-Thirty in an episode of Lessons in Chemistry titled 'Living Dead Things' |
| 2023 | Appears as a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! |
| 2022 | Starred in, wrote, and directed the mystery-thriller Vengeance. |
| 2021 | Confirmed in a podcast interview with Dax Shepard that he was offered the Season 9 showrunner position but declined, feeling his passion for the show had diminished. |
| 2021 | Created and became executive producer of the Hulu anthology series The Premise. |
| 2021 | Voiced Bruce in the short film Melinda's Wish |
| October 7 2021 | Aired 'Butt Plug' episode of The Premise |
| September 30 2021 | Aired 'The Commenter' episode of The Premise |
| September 23 2021 | Aired 'The Ballad of Jesse Wheeler' episode of The Premise |
| September 16 2021 | B.J. Novak appears in The Premise episode 'Moment of Silence' during Season 1 |
| September 16 2021 | Premiered first two episodes of The Premise: 'Social Justice Sex Tape' and 'Moment of Silence' |
| January 2021 | Resumed filming Vengeance after COVID-19 pandemic delays. |
| 2020 | Appears as Count Rugen in an episode of Home Movie: The Princess Bride focusing on 'The Fire Swamp' |
| May 2020 | Announced as writer and executive producer for Young People on HBO Max. |
| April 19 2020 | B.J. Novak contributed a 'Special Report' to 'Current Mood' with John Mayer, focusing on the topic of Coronavirus |
| March 2020 | Began filming for the mystery-thriller Vengeance. |
| November 19 2019 | Novak published My Book with No Pictures, a fill-in-the-blanks companion book to The Book with No Pictures, designed to allow children to write their own stories. |
| February 17 2019 | B.J. Novak appeared on Instagram Live's 'Current Mood' with John Mayer, contributing a segment titled 'Pants' |
| September 2017 | The List App was shut down due to insufficient user engagement. |
| 2016 | Acted in the biographical drama The Founder about McDonald's founder. |
| 2016 | The List App was nominated for a Webby Award, ultimately losing to Beme and Pocket in its category. |
| May 2016 | The List App was rebranded to 'li.st' and expanded to the Android platform. |
| 2015 | Voices MC in an episode of Arthur titled 'The Last Day' |
| October 14 2015 | B.J. Novak released The List App, an iOS application co-founded with Dev Flaherty that allowed users to create lists. |
| 2014 | Portrayed Alistair Smythe in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and appeared in The Newsroom. |
| 2014 | Plays Lucas Pruit in 4 episodes of The Newsroom |
| 2014 | Appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. |
| 2014 | Appears as Mr. Egypt in a single episode of Community titled 'Basic Sandwich' |
| September 30 2014 | Novak wrote and released The Book With No Pictures through Penguin's children's books label, which went on to spend 174 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller Picture Books List, with 34 weeks at #1. |
| February 4 2014 | Novak published One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, a book of 64 stories that spent 6 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Fiction List. |
| 2013 | Portrayed Robert B. Sherman in Saving Mr. Banks |
| 2013 | B.J. Novak begins recurring role as Jamie in The Mindy Project, appearing in 5 episodes through 2016 |
| 2013 | Starred in the film Saving Mr. Banks and began appearing in The Mindy Project. |
| 2013 | Appeared in Saving Mr. Banks and voiced Baker Smurf in The Smurfs 2. Also acted in The Internship. |
| April 11 2013 | Alfred A. Knopf publishing house signed a seven-figure, two-book deal with B.J. Novak, with the first book planned as a collection of Woody Allen-like fiction stories. |
| April 9 2013 | B.J. Novak appears in The Mindy Project episode 'Santa Fe' during Season 1 |
| February 19 2013 | B.J. Novak appears in The Mindy Project episode 'Mindy's Minute' during Season 1 |
| January 29 2013 | Wrote episode 'Harry & Sally' for The Mindy Project (Season 1, Episode 13) |
| 2012 | Appeared uncredited in The Dictator |
| 2012 | B.J. Novak was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for a New Series for his work on The Mindy Project |
| May 10 2012 | B.J. Novak appears in The Office episode 'Free Family Portrait Studio' during Season 8 |
| January 12 2012 | B.J. Novak appears in The Office episode 'Trivia' during Season 8 |
| 2011 | Final year of consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series as a writer/producer of The Office. |
| 2011 | Voiced Baker Smurf in the animated film The Smurfs. |
| September 22 2011 | B.J. Novak appears in The Office episode 'The List' during Season 8 premiere |
| January 27 2011 | B.J. Novak appears in The Office episode 'The Seminar' during Season 7 |
| 2010 | B.J. Novak received multiple award nominations for his work on The Office, including Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, and Writers Guild of America Awards for Comedy Series. |
| July 21 2010 | Signed a contract to remain with The Office for its seventh and eighth seasons, with plans to become an executive producer midway through Season 7 and direct two episodes. |
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