Dan 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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2013. As of 2014, Bucatinsky regularly appears o...
Actor, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Television Director, Television producer
Education
Vassar College
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Don Roos
Children
Eliza Bucatinsky, Jonah Bucatinsky
Parents
Myriam Bucatinsky, Julio Bucatinsky
Nicknames
Daniel Bucatinsky
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs
Movies
When Do We Eat?, Under the Tuscan Sun, All Over the Guy, The Opposite of Sex, Directed by Alan Smithee
TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer - 18 episodes
Web Therapy
2016
TV Series consulting executive producer - 18 episodes
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010-2016
TV Series documentary executive producer - 60 episodes
Shitty Boyfriends
2015
TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes
Web Therapy
2011-2015
TV Series executive producer - 44 episodes
The Comeback
2005-2014
TV Series executive producer - 21 episodes
Web Therapy
2008-2014
TV Series executive producer - 130 episodes
Grey's Anatomy
2012-2014
TV Series consulting producer - 48 episodes
The Other Woman
2009
executive producer
Lipstick Jungle
TV Series co-executive producer - 13 episodes, 2008 - 2009 consulting producer - 6 episodes, 2008
Me and Everyone Else
2008
TV Movie producer
The Commuters
2005
TV Movie executive producer
Deal
2005
TV Movie executive producer
My Life, Inc.
2004
TV Movie executive producer
Call Waiting
2004
producer
Beck and Call
2004
TV Short executive producer
Picking Up & Dropping Off
2003
TV Movie executive producer
All Over the Guy
2001
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Show & Tell
TV Movie announced
Web Therapy
2016
TV Series creator - 18 episodes
Web Therapy
TV Series creator - 32 episodes, 2011 - 2013 story - 32 episodes, 2011 - 2013 created by - 12 episodes, 2014 - 2015 story by - 12 episodes, 2014 - 2015
Web Therapy
TV Series creator - 130 episodes, 2008 - 2014 story - 84 episodes, 2009 - 2013 story by - 33 episodes, 2014
Grey's Anatomy
2013
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Lipstick Jungle
2008
TV Series written by - 3 episodes
The Commuters
2005
TV Movie
Call Waiting
2004
uncredited
All Over the Guy
2001
Cybill
1997
TV Series story by - 1 episode
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
24: Legacy
2017
TV Series announced
Andy
Superstore
2016
TV Series
Steve
The Hotwives of Las Vegas
2015
TV Series
Maxwell Octavius
Marry Me
2014-2015
TV Series
Kevin 2
Scandal
2012-2015
TV Series
James Novak
Web Therapy
2011-2015
TV Series
Jerome Sokoloff
The Comeback
2005-2014
TV Series
Billy Stanton
Web Therapy
2008-2014
TV Series
Jerome Sokoloff
In Plain Sight
2011-2012
TV Series
Fred Zeitlin
Gaysharktank.com
2010
Short
Grey's Anatomy
2010
TV Series
Jeffrey
CSI: Miami
2008
TV Series
Oscar Serino
Dirt
2008
TV Series
Dillon Frawley
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2007
TV Series
Man on the cell phone
Weeds
2006
TV Series
Max
When Do We Eat?
2005
High Strung Client
All Grown Up!
2004
TV Series
TV Doctor / Body Cast Man
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
Tour Member Rodney
I Love Your Work
2003
The Director
Friends
2002
TV Series
the Waiter
MDs
2002
TV Series
Kurt
NYPD Blue
2002
TV Series
PAA David 'Dave' Moore
That '80s Show
2002
TV Series
Rick
Frasier
2002
TV Series
Jewelry Clerk
Rocket Power
2001
TV Series
Sportscaster
The Sky Is Falling
2001
Lab Technician
All Over the Guy
2001
Eli Wyckoff
M.Y.O.B.
2000
TV Series
Reuben
Will & Grace
2000
TV Series
Neil
The Wild Thornberrys
2000
TV Series
Ramon
Chicago Hope
1998
TV Series
Politico Man
The Pretender
1998
TV Series
Emery
Maggie
1998
TV Series
Mr. Sampson
Cybill
1996-1998
TV Series
Troy / Casting Director
Significant Others
1998
TV Series
Josh
The Opposite of Sex
1998
Timothy
Fame L.A.
1997
TV Series
Drew Douglas
Jenny
1997
TV Series
Carl
High Incident
1997
TV Series
Bootz Brotman
Night Stand
1997
TV Series
Sam
Party of Five
1996
TV Series
Check Out Guy
Another Midnight Run
1994
TV Movie
Bellhop
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
It Got Better
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary 1 episode
Web Therapy
2011-2012
TV Series 4 episodes
Web Therapy
2010
TV Series 2 episodes
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Golden and Gone
thanks announced
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show
2014
Documentary very special thanks
Happy Endings
2005
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Entertainment Tonight
2014-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - It Got Better
Dinner at Tiffani's
2016
TV Series
Himself
Home & Family
2013-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Celebrity Name Game
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself
Today
2015
TV Series
Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2014
TV Series
Himself
The View
2014
TV Series
Himself - Scandal
The Insider
2014
TV Series
Himself
Hello Ross!
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013-2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Access Hollywood Live
2014
TV Series
Himself
In Bed with Joan
2013
TV Series
Himself
Good Day L.A.
2013
TV Series
Himself
Oprah's Next Chapter
2013
TV Series
Himself
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
The 38th Annual Gracie Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself
2013 New Now Next Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself
Family Guys? What Sitcoms Say About America Now
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Actor, Writer & Producer
2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys
2012
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
A Really Intimate Portrait... of a Complete Unknown
2006
Short
Himself
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
Documentary
Himself
Who Is Alan Smithee?
2002
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice)
The Test
2001
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chelsea Lately
2013
TV Series
James Novak on 'Scandal'
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Scandal (2012)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
2014
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Drama Guest Actor
Scandal (2012)
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Reality Program
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs
Web Therapy (2011)
2012
Emmy
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards