‘The Office’ co-star checks out the Plaza
The guy who looked like Ryan from “The Office” at the Plaza the other night, was.
Standup-comic-actor-screenwriter-producer B.J. Novak visited the Plaza, and Oscar’s Steakhouse, on Wednesday. He and Plaza CEO Jonathan Jossel conversed about a project Novak is developing, related to Las Vegas.
Novak has spent the past week in town and is due back by the end of the month. Details forthcoming.
Novak is best known for portraying Ryan Howard on NBC’s “The Office” for eight years. But he’s a wide-ranging entertainment vet, appearing in such feature films as “Inglourious Basterds,” “Saving Mr. Banks” and “The Founder.”
Novak is also creator and executive producer of “The Premise” anthology series on Hulu. And, he and fellow “Office” co-star John Krasinski were classmates at Newton South High School in Massachusetts, class of ‘97.
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