38 Facts About Marc Maron

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Marcus David Maron was born on September 27,1963 and is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician.

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Marc Maron hosted Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater from 1993 to 1994, replacing Jon Stewart.

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Marc Maron was a regular guest on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and hosted the short-lived 2002 American version of the British game show Never Mind the Buzzcocks on VH1.

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Marc Maron was a regular on the left-wing radio network Air America from 2004 to 2009, hosting The Marc Maron Show and co-hosting Morning Sedition and Breakroom Live.

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In September 2009, following the cancellation of Breakroom Live, Maron began hosting the twice-weekly podcast WTF with Marc Maron, interviewing comedians, authors, musicians, and celebrities in his garage in Highland Park, Los Angeles.

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Marc Maron had a minor role in 2019's Joker and provided the voice of Mr Snake in the DreamWorks Animation film The Bad Guys.

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Marc Maron was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of mother Toby and father Barry Ralph Marc Maron, an orthopedic surgeon.

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Marc Maron is from a Jewish family, originally from Poland and Ukraine, including Drohobych.

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Marc Maron lived in Wayne, New Jersey until he was six.

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Marc Maron's father joined the US Air Force for two years for his medical residency in Alaska, and so Marc Maron and his family moved there.

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Marc Maron lived in Albuquerque from third grade through high school.

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Marc Maron first performed stand-up in 1987 when he was 24 years old.

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Marc Maron later moved to New York City and became part of the New York alternative comedy scene.

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Marc Maron auditioned unsuccessfully for the 1995 Saturday Night Live cast overhaul and attributes being passed over to being high during a meeting with show creator and producer Lorne Michaels.

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Marc Maron continued to be a stand-up comedian and began to appear on television; his voice was used in episodes of Dr Katz, Professional Therapist, and he hosted Short Attention Span Theater for a time.

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Marc Maron recorded half-hour specials for HBO and Comedy Central Presents as well as comedy showcases like the Cam Neely Foundation fundraiser, which featured performers such as Jon Stewart, Denis Leary and Steven Wright.

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Marc Maron frequently appeared in the live alternative stand-up series he had organized with Janeane Garofalo called Eating It, which used the rock bar Luna Lounge in New York's Lower East Side as its venue, from the 1990s until the building was razed in 2005.

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Marc Maron's stand-up act is marked by his commitment to self-revelation and cultural analysis.

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Marc Maron is particularly known for relentless on-stage exploration of his own relationships with family, girlfriends, and other stand-up comedians whom he has known and befriended over his years in the business.

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Marc Maron would follow this with another special titled, More Later, which was released in December 2015 through Epix.

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On November 28,2005, it was officially announced that Marc Maron's contract had not been renewed.

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The Marc Maron Show was never nationally syndicated by Air America despite reported contractual clauses promising such.

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In 2019, Marc Maron starred in a Lynn Shelton-directed comedy film titled Sword of Trust.

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In 2020, Marc Maron played publicist Ron Oberman opposite Johnny Flynn's young David Bowie in the movie Stardust.

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Marc Maron played a supporting role in Todd Phillips's Joker origin story film Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, alongside Robert De Niro and Zazie Beetz.

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Marc Maron appeared in the Netflix series Easy, playing a graphic novelist, Jacob Malco.

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Marc Maron appeared on two episodes of Girls in season four in 2015, playing New York City councilman Ed Duffield.

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From 2017 to 2019, Marc Maron co-starred in the Netflix comedy GLOW, for which he was nominated for multiple awards.

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Marc Maron was cast in a supporting role for the 2022 film To Leslie, playing alongside Andrea Riseborough, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.

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In 2013, Marc Maron played a guitar solo on the protest song and charity single "Party at the NSA" by electropop music duo Yacht.

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Marc Maron wrote and performed on the score for his film Sword of Trust.

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Marc Maron lived in Astoria, Queens through the 1990s and most of the 2000s, but moved back to Los Angeles in late 2009.

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Marc Maron speaks openly of his caring for numerous stray cats that he takes into his home.

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Marc Maron has spoken openly, both in his act and on his podcast, about his alcohol and drug abuse during the 1990s.

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Marc Maron has been sober since August 9,1999, but says he has struggled with an eating disorder he developed during childhood.

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Marc Maron has been married twice, once to Kimberly Reiss and once to Mishna Wolff, a former stand-up comedian.

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Marc Maron then had a five-month relationship with Moon Zappa.

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Marc Maron was a guest on his podcast in both 2015 and 2018, and she directed the 2019 film Sword of Trust, which stars Maron and Michaela Watkins.