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Daniel Bucatinsky 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, as well as the newly revived HBO series The Comeback, which he also executive produces.
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Our Little Secret | 2024 | |
| Air | Richard | 2023 |
| How I Met Your Father | Fred | 2022 |
| The Sex Lives of College Girls | Danny Marawitz | 2021 |
| Pictionary | Self - Team Captain | 2021 |
| Rebel | Professor Jason Erickson | 2021 |
| The Baker and the Beauty | Lewis | 2020 |
| All Rise | Tim Landy | 2019 |
| Second Act | Arthur Coyle | 2018 |
| A Million Little Things | Harrison | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Our Little Secret | 2024 | |
| Air | Richard | 2023 |
| How I Met Your Father | Fred | 2022 |
| The Sex Lives of College Girls | Danny Marawitz | 2021 |
| Pictionary | Self - Team Captain | 2021 |
| Rebel | Professor Jason Erickson | 2021 |
| The Baker and the Beauty | Lewis | 2020 |
| All Rise | Tim Landy | 2019 |
| Second Act | Arthur Coyle | 2018 |
| A Million Little Things | Harrison | 2018 |
| 25 Words or Less | Self - Contestant / Self | 2018 |
| Every Act of Life | Dr. Jason Pepper (voice) / Dr. Jason Pepper | 2018 |
| The $100,000 Pyramid | Self - Celebrity Player | 2018 |
| The Post | Joe Alsop | 2017 |
| Will & Grace | Neil | 2017 |
| The Good Doctor | Spence | 2017 |
| So Cosmo | Self | 2017 |
| 24: Legacy | Andy Shalowitz | 2016 |
| Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Jim Nelson | 2016 |
| Superstore | Steve | 2015 |
| Chicago Med | Richard Evans | 2015 |
| Hollywood Today Live | Self | 2015 |
| The Hotwives of Las Vegas | Maxwell Octavius | 2015 |
| Grace and Frankie | Arnold | 2015 |
| Marry Me | Kevin Two / Kevin 2 | 2014 |
| Celebrity Name Game | Self - Contestant | 2014 |
| Dinner at Tiffani's | Self | 2014 |
| Mom | Arthur | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Hello Ross! | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| In Bed with Joan | Self | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self - Guest / Self | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Scandal | James Novak | 2012 |
| Oprah Prime | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Web Therapy | Jerome Sokoloff | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| Gaysharktank.com | Self | 2010 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Web Therapy | Jerome Sokoloff | 2008 |
| In Plain Sight | Fred Zeitlin | 2008 |
| Chelsea Lately | James Novak on 'Scandal' | 2007 |
| Dirt | Dillon Frawley | 2007 |
| When Do We Eat? | High Strung Client | 2006 |
| Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Self | 2006 |
| Weeds | Max | 2005 |
| The Comeback | Billy Stanton | 2005 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Self - Restaurant Patron | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Jeffrey | 2005 |
| I Love Your Work | The Director | 2003 |
| Under the Tuscan Sun | Tour Member Rodney | 2003 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself | 2003 |
| All Grown Up! | TV Doctor / Body Cast Man | 2003 |
| MDs | Kurt | 2002 |
| CSI: Miami | Oscar Serino | 2002 |
| Who Is Alan Smithee? | Narrator | 2002 |
| That '80s Show | Rick | 2002 |
| All Over the Guy | Eli Wyckoff | 2001 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Cell-Phone Jerk | 2000 |
| M.Y.O.B. | Reuben | 2000 |
| Rocket Power | Sportscaster | 1998 |
| Will & Grace | Neil | 1998 |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Ramon | 1998 |
| Maggie | Mr. Sampson | 1998 |
| The Opposite of Sex | Timothy | 1998 |
| Significant Others | Josh | 1998 |
| Fame L.A. | Drew Douglas | 1997 |
| Jenny | Carl | 1997 |
| The View | Himself - Scandal | 1997 |
| The Pretender | Emery | 1996 |
| Night Stand | Sam | 1996 |
| High Incident | Bootz Brotman | 1996 |
| Cybill | Casting Director / Troy | 1995 |
| Friends | the Waiter | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Politico Man | 1994 |
| Party of Five | Check Out Guy | 1994 |
| Another Midnight Run | Bellhop | 1994 |
| NYPD Blue | PAA David 'Dave' Moore | 1993 |
| Frasier | Jewelry Clerk | 1993 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self / Self - It Got Better | 1981 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| It Got Better | 2014 |
| Web Therapy | 2011 |
| Web Therapy | 2008 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas | 2019 |
| 25 Words or Less | 2018 |
| Web Therapy | 2016 |
| Shitty Boyfriends | 2015 |
| It Got Better | 2014 |
| Web Therapy | 2011 |
| The Other Woman | 2010 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | 2010 |
| Web Therapy | 2008 |
| Lipstick Jungle | 2008 |
| The Comeback | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2005 |
| Call Waiting | 2004 |
| Picking Up & Dropping Off | 2003 |
| All Over the Guy | 2001 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Structured Reality Program | Nominated |
| 2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Structured Reality Program | Nominated |
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Structured Reality Program | Nominated |
| 2014 | Emmy | Outstanding Structured Reality Program | Nominated |
| 2013 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
| 2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Reality Program | Nominated |
| 2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs | Nominated |
