Cast & creator
Dan Bucatinsky
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Grey's Anatomy
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.
Also known as: Daniel Bucatinsky
28
film credits
63
television credits
74
1981–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (91)
Showing 91 of 91 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Grey's Anatomy
Jeffrey
2005Grey's Anatomy
Writer
2005
Friends
Waiter
1994
Chicago Med
Richard Evans
2015
Frasier
Jewelry Clerk
1993
The Good Doctor
Spence
2017
CSI: Miami
Oscar Serino
2002
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Man on the cell phone
2000
Scandal
James Novak
2012
Chicago Hope
Politico Man
1994
Will & Grace
Neil
1998
Mom
Arthur
2013
Weeds
Max
2005
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Party of Five
Check Out Guy
1994
25 Words or Less
Self
201825 Words or Less
2018
Hacks
Rob
2021
Superstore
Steve
2015
Elsbeth
Kidder Hawes
2024
Grace and Frankie
Arnold
2015
The Pretender
Emery
1996
A Million Little Things
Harrison
2018
Pictionary
2022
The Wild Thornberrys
Ramon (voice)
1998
The Sex Lives of College Girls
Danny Marawitz
2021
All Rise
Tim Landy
2019
In Plain Sight
Fred Zeitlin
2008
Cybill
Casting Director
1995Cybill
Troy
1995
Will & Grace
Neil
2017
The Comeback
Billy
2005The Comeback
Executive Producer
2005
Web Therapy
Jerome Sokoloff
2008Web Therapy
Producer
2008Web Therapy
Creator
2008
How I Met Your Father
Fred
2022
All Grown Up!
TV Doctor / Body Cast Man (voice)
2003
Celebrity Name Game
Self
2014
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
2020
Who Do You Think You Are?
Producer
2010
Dirt
Dillon Frawley
2007
The Post
Joe Alsop
2017
Entertainment Tonight
Self - It Got Better
1981Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Lipstick Jungle
Writer
2008Lipstick Jungle
Producer
2008
Mid-Century Modern
Writer
2025
Web Therapy
Jerome Sokoloff
2011Web Therapy
Creator
2011
24: Legacy
Andy Shalowitz
2017
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Jim Nelson
2016
Air
Richard
2023
Jenny
Carl
1997
The Baker and the Beauty
Lewis
2020
Marry Me
Kevin Two
2014
Rebel
Professor Jason Erickson
2021
That '80s Show
Rick
2002
MDs
Kurt
2002
Dinner at Tiffani's
Self
2015
The Highest Stakes
Dr. Scott Stevens
2026
Second Act
Arthur Coyle
2018
Significant Others
1998
The Other Woman
Executive Producer
2010
The Opposite of Sex
Timothy
1998
Our Little Secret
Leonard
2024M.Y.O.B.
Reuben
2000
The Sky is Falling
Lab Technician
2001
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
Executive Producer
2019
I Love Your Work
The Director
2003
All Over the Guy
Eli Wyckoff
2001All Over the Guy
Writer
2001
Picking Up & Dropping Off
Executive Producer
2003
Every Act of Life
Dr. Jason Pepper (voice)
2018So Close
Christopher
2018
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
2006
13 Going on 30
August
When Do We Eat?
High Strung Client
2006
Another Midnight Run
Bellhop
1994
elle/elle
2025She Gets It from Me
She Gets It from Me
Executive Producer
She Gets It from Me
Writer
Call Waiting
Producer
2004
Directed by Alan Smithee
Narrator
2002
The Grotto
Kip Gorman
2022The Best TV Shows That Never Were
Narrator (voice)
2004Carry Me
Creator