20 Facts About Ken Marino

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Kenneth Joseph Marino was born on December 19,1968 and is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter.

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Ken Marino was a cast member on MTV's The State and has starred in shows such as Party Down, Marry Me, Burning Love, and Childrens Hospital.

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Ken Marino played the Lehman brothers on the Showtime series Black Monday.

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Ken Marino attended West Islip High School in West Islip, New York.

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Ken Marino then studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in New York City.

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The next year, Wain and Ken Marino were among the co-founders of a comedy troupe called The New Group, which eventually was renamed to The State.

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In 1997, Ken Marino co-starred with Rob Schneider in the second season of Men Behaving Badly.

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Ken Marino starred in the short lived series First Years in 2001, and had a recurring role as Prof.

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Ken Marino made multiple appearances on Charmed and Rock Me Baby, and appeared in four seasons of Veronica Mars as private detective Vinnie Van Lowe.

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Ken Marino was cast to star in a remake of the TV series The Courtship of Eddie's Father, but the pilot was not picked up.

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Ken Marino played a gay demon on the TV series Reaper, Dr Glenn Richie in the satirical television series Childrens Hospital and Captain 'CJ' Stentley on the show Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

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Ken Marino starred in the Hallmark Channel movie Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door in 2006.

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Ken Marino wrote the screenplay for Diggers, a coming-of-age film set in mid-1970s Long Island.

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Ken Marino played Todd, the strip club manager, alongside Jennifer Aniston in the 2013 film We're The Millers.

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Ken Marino appeared in Wain's 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer.

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The series was created by his wife Erica Oyama, while Ken Marino directed all three seasons.

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Ken Marino has directed several episodes of the sitcoms The Goldbergs, Super Fun Night, Childrens Hospital, and Trophy Wife.

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In 2017, Ken Marino starred as Mr Johnson in the Netflix comedy-horror film The Babysitter.

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Ken Marino reprised his role in the sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen.

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Since 2019, Ken Marino has starred as music manager Streeter in the HBO comedy series The Other Two.