For the American football coach, see Frank Novak (American football)

Frank Novak (American football)

Frank Novak is a retired American football coach. He is best known for coaching special teams in the National Football League.-Early career:Novak was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, and attended Leominster High School. He later played football at Northern Michigan University, where he earned...

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Frank Novak (born March 4, 1945) is an American character actor

Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...

 who has made dozens of film and television appearances in Independence Day

Independence Day (film)

Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same...

, Newsies, Breast Men

Breast Men

Breast Men is a 1997 United States semibiographical, dark comedy film written by John Stockwell and directed by Lawrence O'Neil for HBO.- Plot :The film tells the tale of the doctors who pioneered the usage of silicone breast implants...

, Seinfeld

Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...

, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...

, Becker

Becker (TV series)

Becker is an American television sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2004 on CBS. Set in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the show starred Ted Danson as John Becker, a misanthropic doctor who operates a small practice and is constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically...

, Charmed

Charmed

Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...

, Party of Five

Party of Five

Party of Five is an American teen drama television series that aired on Fox for six seasons, from September 12, 1994, until May 3, 2000.Critically acclaimed, the show suffered from low ratings and after its first season was slated for cancellation...

, Monk

Monk (TV series)

Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...

, and Las Vegas

Las Vegas (TV series)

Las Vegas was an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the ficticional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and...

. He gave a memorable performance as General Douglas MacArthur in the miniseries The Korean War made for Chinese television, and played Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...

 in the science fiction epic Watchmen

Watchmen (film)

Watchmen is a 2009 superhero film directed by Zack Snyder and starring Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson. It is an adaptation of the comic book of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons...

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Theatre work

Novak has appeared in numerous theatrical productions including A Cat Among Pigeons, as Lenny in Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California, USA....

for the Santa Susanna Repertory Company, the title role in King Lear

King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...

at the Basement Theater, and as the mob boss Salvadore Lombardi in Jon Mullich’s

Jon Mullich

Jon Mullich American actor, playwright, director and Academy Award historian who played Gloucester in Reza Abdoh's vision of King Lear and Abel Drugger in The Alchemist at the Globe Playhouse among other roles before achieving recognition for his performance in the title role of Mark Ringer's...

 adaptation of A Servant of Two Masters, set in Prohibition

Prohibition in the United States

Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. The ban was mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Volstead Act set down the rules for enforcing the ban, as well as defining which...

-era Chicago.

Filmography

Watchmen

Watchmen (film)

Watchmen is a 2009 superhero film directed by Zack Snyder and starring Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson. It is an adaptation of the comic book of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons...

(2009)

Necessary Evil (film)

Necessary Evil (film)

Necessary Evil is an American thriller film from 2008. It was directed by Peter J. Eaton, written by Eric Feldman and Christopher James Harvill, starring Frank Novak, Donald Agnelli and Lance Henriksen...

(2008)

The Fall of Night

The Fall of Night

The Fall of Night is the final episode of the second season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.-Synopsis:The Centauri have been expanding their war of aggression; now they are launching attacks into Drazi and pak'ma'ra space...

(2007)

Rumor Has It...

Rumor Has It...

Rumor Has It... is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Rob Reiner, starring Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine and Mark Ruffalo...

(2005)

Air Marshal

Air Marshal

Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

(2003)

Scorcher

Scorcher (film)

Scorcher is a 2002 science fiction disaster film directed by James Seale and starring Mark Dacascos, John Rhys-Davies, Jeffrey Johnson, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston and Rutger Hauer. It was first released in the USA in 2002...

(2002)

Rennie's Landing (2001)

Cahoots (2001)

Role of a Lifetime (2001)

Shadow Hours

Shadow Hours

A 2000 film with Peter Weller as Stuart Chappell and Balthazar Getty as Michael Holloway.Michael Holloway is a recovering addict working as a gas station attendant to support his pregnant wife, Chloe Rebecca Gayheart. Michael is drawn into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles by Stuart Chappell, a...

(2000)

What's Cooking?

What's Cooking?

What's Cooking? is a 2000 British/American comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Joan Chen, Lainie Kazan, Maury Chaykin, Julianna Margulies, Alfre Woodard, and Dennis Haysbert.-Plot:...

(2000)

Breast Men

Breast Men

Breast Men is a 1997 United States semibiographical, dark comedy film written by John Stockwell and directed by Lawrence O'Neil for HBO.- Plot :The film tells the tale of the doctors who pioneered the usage of silicone breast implants...

(1997)

Independence Day

Independence Day (film)

Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same...

(1996)

The Nature of the Beast

The Nature of the Beast

The Nature of the Beast is a 1995 horror mystery film written and directed by Victor Salva. It stars Eric Roberts and Lance Henriksen.- Plot :The story is set in Southern California...

(1995)

Night of the Running Man

Night of the Running Man

Night of the Running Man is a 1995 American crime thriller film produced by Trimark Pictures and American World Pictures starring Andrew McCarthy and Scott Glenn. It is based on the 1981 novel by Lee Wells, who also wrote the screenplay for the film...

(1995)

Holy Matrimony

Holy Matrimony (1994 film)

Holy Matrimony is a 1994 comedy film directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring Patricia Arquette. The film tells the story of a beautiful thief, hiding in a small, isolated religious community, who marries a young boy in order to retrieve a hidden fortune....

(1994)

The Force

The Force (film)

The Force is a 1994 thriller film with Yasmine Bleeth and Jason Gedrick.-Plot:Cal Warner is a rookie cop who has frightening nightmares after his friend and fellow police officer, Des Flynn , is killed under suspicious circumstances: the soul of Des enters into the body of Cal in order to seek...

(1994)

Watchers III

Watchers (1988 film)

Watchers is a 1988 horror film starring Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams and Lala Sloatman. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Dean R...

(1994)

Carnosaur (1993)

Stepmonster

Stepmonster

Stepmonster is a 1993 film starring Alan Thicke, Robin Riker, George Gaynes, Ami Dolenz, Corey Feldman, Edie McClurg, John Astin, Robin Riker and Billy Corben. The comedy/horror film was produced by Roger Corman and directed by Jeremy Stanford.-Plot:...

(1993)

Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1992)

Sleepwalkers

Sleepwalkers (film)

Sleepwalkers is a 1992 American horror film based on an original screenplay by Stephen King and directed by Mick Garris.-Plot summary:...

(1992)

Newsies

Newsies

Newsies is a 1992 Disney musical film starring Christian Bale, David Moscow, and Bill Pullman. Robert Duvall and Ann-Margret also appeared in supporting roles. The movie is widely claimed to have gained a cult following after its initial failure at the box office...

(1992)

Street Soldiers (1991)

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 is the 1987 sequel to the 1984 slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night.-Plot:The sequel picks up on Christmas Eve some years after the first one, with the 18 year-old brother of the killer in the first movie, Ricky Caldwell, being held in a mental hospital,...

(1987)

I Am Joe's Eye (1983)

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