Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director. Novak was one of the writers and executive producers of The Office. He has appeared in the films Unaccompanied Minors, Reign Over Me, The Internship, Knocked Up, The Smurfs, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Saving Mr. Banks. In April 2013, Alfred A. Knopf announced it had a seven-figure, two-book deal with Novak.
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Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director. Novak was one of the writers and executive producers of The Office, in which he also played Ryan Howard. He has appeared in the films Unaccompanied Minors, Reign Over Me, The Internship, Knocked Up, The Smurfs, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Saving Mr. Banks. In April 2013, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf announced it had a seven-figure, two-book deal with Novak, with the first book slated to be released in February 2014. He also wrote a collection of Woody Allen-like stories, One More Thing and Other Stories, which was published and spent 6 weeks on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Listers’ List for 6 weeks in a row.
He was named one of Variety’s \”Ten Comedians To Watch\” in 2003, and was a writer for the short-lived The WB sitcom Raising Dad. His father co-edited The Big Book of Jewish Humor, and has ghostwritten memoirs for Nancy Reagan, Lee Iacocca, Magic Johnson, and others. He attended Newton South High School with future The Office costar John Krasinski, and they graduated in 1997. His parents are Linda and author William Novak; his family is Jewish.
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