Novak starred in the series Facejacker which he co-created from 2010 to 2012. In 2015 he starred as Woody in the television series SunTrap. He provided voice work for the TV series Counterfeit Cat in 2016 as well as in the TV series Thunderbirds Are Go and Danger Mouse from 2015 to 2016. Novak won a BAFTA TV Award in 2008 for Best Comedy Programme for Fonejacker and a British Comedy Award for Best British Comedy Performance in Film for Four Lions in 2010.