Biography
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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Our Little Secret
2024
as Leonard
After discovering their significant others are siblings, two resentful exes must spend Christmas under one roof — while hiding their romantic history.
Air
2023
as Richard
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the wo...
The Grotto
2022
as Kip Gorman
When her fiancé dies unexpectedly and she loses her job, 40-something music manager Alice Kendall inherits half ownership of The Grotto, a struggling ...
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
2019
Executive Producer
The quirky and heart-warming story of Jess, who goes on the greatest first date of her life, but inadvertently ‘ghosts’ Ben when she tragically dies i...
Second Act
2018
as Arthur Coyle
Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion. While her résumé may not scream upper management, ...
Every Act of Life
2018
as Dr. Jason Pepper (voice)
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay righ...
The Post
2017
as Joe Alsop
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented ...
The Other Woman
2010
Executive Producer
Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief followi...
When Do We Eat?
2006
as High Strung Client
An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic...
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
as Self
A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback M...
The Best TV Shows That Never Were
2004
as Narrator (voice)
A look at notable TV pilots that were not picked up as series.
Call Waiting
2004
Producer
Two women: The impossible diva and the bed-ridden writer. One's an actress. The other, the character she plays. Both lives hijacked by fractured famil...
Picking Up & Dropping Off
2003
Executive Producer
Divorced father Will and divorced mother Jane start to meet at Denver International Airport when picking up and sending off their children to ex-spous...
I Love Your Work
2003
as The Director
A fictional movie star, Gray Evans, goes through the disintegration of his marriage, his gradual mental breakdown, and his increasing obsession with a...
Directed by Alan Smithee
2002
as Narrator
This documentary on the elusive director Alan Smithee was first shown on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel. We learn where the name came...
All Over the Guy
2001
as Eli Wyckoff
A contemporary romantic comedy exploring the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniti...
All Over the Guy
2001
Writer
A contemporary romantic comedy exploring the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniti...
The Sky is Falling
2001
as Lab Technician
A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to ...
The Opposite of Sex
1998
as Timothy
A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
She Gets It from Me
N/A
When the teenage adoptive daughter of two hyper-devoted gay parents seeks a relationship with her nonjudgmental birth mother, they explore the complic...
The Highest Stakes
N/A
as Dr. Scott Stevens
Five strangers are invited to a high-stakes poker game, but as the night unfolds and buried secrets come to light, they discover the game isn’t about ...
She Gets It from Me
N/A
Executive Producer, Writer
When the teenage adoptive daughter of two hyper-devoted gay parents seeks a relationship with her nonjudgmental birth mother, they explore the complic...