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Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, author, and producer. He gained traction as a comedian during the early 2000s before becoming a field agent for the MTV reality prank show Punk'd (2003). Novak had his breakout with a leading role as Ryan Howard on seasons 1–8 of the NBC mockumentary sitcom The Office (2005–2013). His acting, writing and producing for the show earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award, alongside five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In the late 2000s, Novak had supporting roles in the films Reign Over Me (2007) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). In the 2010s, he portrayed musician Robert B. Sherman in Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and Marvel Comics character Alistair Smythe in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He had a starring role as Harry J. Sonneborn in the biographical film The Founder (2016) and voiced Baker Smurf in The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013). In television, he had a recurring role as Lucas Pruit on the HBO series The Newsroom (2014). In the 2020s, Novak made his film directorial debut with Vengeance (2022), which he also produced and starred in. He created and wrote the FX on Hulu anthology series The Premise (2021). In addition to his film and television career, Novak authored the books One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories (2014) and The Book with No Pictures (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article B.J. Novak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
B. J. Novak
Robert Sherman
for Robert Sherman in THE MAN BEHIND THE MAGIC
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A biopic that shows the life and career of Walter Elias Disney, an artistic man who brought a mouse to life via animated cartoons. From when he struggled in grade school to when served in the Red Cross, to when he created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, to when he got married, to when he created Mickey Mouse, to when he worked on the first animated feature-length in animation, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Even though he wasn't actually the first man to use and publish animated works, he introduced "Steamboat Willie," the first animated cartoon, not only to star Mickey and Minnie Mouse, but also to have synchronized sound. Later he helped create and release "Flowers and Trees," the first cartoon in full color. The movie should also show the animators' strike at the studio while they were developing "Dumbo." There was also the time of Walt's most controversial film ever, "Song of the South" which resulted in backlash. There should also be a moment in the movie where Walt is on stage with Shirley Temple. All the while, he produced the popular TV show, "Mickey Mouse Club" with the Mouse-keteers. In his later years, Walt developed ideas for theme parks, like Disneyland. And unfortunately, Walt died while Walt Disney World was under construction. Rated PG-13 for "thematic elements, language, and smoking."
