Frank Novak

Frank Novak (born March 4, 1945) is an American character actor who has made dozens of film and television appearances in Independence Day, Newsies, Breast Men, Seinfeld, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NYPD Blue, Becker, Charmed, Diagnosis Murder, Party of Five, Monk, and Las Vegas. He gave a memorable performance as General Douglas MacArthur in the miniseries The Korean War made for Chinese television, and played Henry Kissinger in the science fiction epic Watchmen.

Theatre work

Novak has appeared in numerous theatrical productions including A Cat Among Pigeons, as Lenny in Of Mice and Men for the Santa Susanna Repertory Company, the title role in King Lear at the Basement Theater, and as the mob boss Salvadore Lombardi in Jon Mullich's adaptation of A Servant of Two Masters, set in Prohibition-era Chicago.

Filmography

I Am Joe's Eye (1983) Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) - Loan Shark Street Soldiers (1991) The Killing Mind (1991) – Desk officer Newsies (1992) - Policeman Sleepwalkers (1992) - Deputy Sheriff Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1992) - Mahoney Stepmonster (1993) - Fire Captain Carnosaur (1993) - Jesse Paloma Seinfeld - "The Dinner Party" (1994) - Liquor Store Clerk The Force (1994) - Booking Officer Watchers III (1994) - Stratten Night of the Running Man (1995) - Conductor The Nature of the Beast (1995) - Manfred Independence Day (1996) - Teddy Breast Men (1997) - Earl What's Cooking? (2000) - Governor Rhoads Shadow Hours (2000) - Husband Cahoots (2001) - Charlie Rennie's Landing (2001) - Bank Manager Role of a Lifetime (2001) - Desk Sergeant Scorcher (2002) - City Engineer Air Marshal (2003) - General Watkins Undercover Kids (2004) - Grandpa Rumor Has It... (2005) - Party Guest The Fall of Night (2007) - Joe's father Necessary Evil (2008) - Army General Watchmen (2009) - Henry Kissinger Hollywoo (2011) - Vieil homme entrée Palace Hotel Area 51 (2015) - Frank Novak