# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/b-j-novak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:33:38.105Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/b-j-novak"
name: "B. J. Novak"
slug: "b-j-novak"
description: "Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, author, and producer. He gained traction as a comedian during the early 2000s before becoming an actor for the MTV reality prank show Punk'd (2003)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BJNovak-byPhilipRomano.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1979-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "BJNovak"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump