Ken Marino Biography

Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Marino (born December 19, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. He was a cast member on MTV's The State and on the Starz comedy Party Down. He currently co-stars on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital and stars on the web series Burning Love.

Early life and career

Marino was born in West Islip, New York, to an Italian family. He studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in New York City. He had early success on television as a member of a comedy troupe on the MTV sketch comedy series' The State in 1993, of which he was also a founding member. Marino co-starred with Rob Schneider in the second season of Men Behaving Badly. He starred in the short lived series First Years in 2001. He had a recurring role as Prof. Wilder on the TV series Dawson's Creek (2001"2002) and in You Wrote It, You Watch It (1992). He made multiple appearances on Charmed, Reaper and Rock Me Baby, and appeared in three seasons of Veronica Mars as private detective Vinnie Van Lowe. He was cast to star in a re-make of the TV series The Courtship of Eddie's Father, but the pilot was not picked up. Instead, he was cast in the Starz original series Party Down. He also starred as a homosexual demon on the TV series Reaper. He currently plays Dr. Glenn Richie in the satirical television series Childrens Hospital.

Marino also made guest appearances in Will & Grace (in the season three episode "Three's a Crowd, Six Is a Freakshow"), in Angel season one, in Reno 911! (episode 2 season 1 and episode 3 season 3), in Stella season one, in Grey's Anatomy season two, in Monk (in season 3's "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine") and in season three of Private Practice.

Film and screenwriting

Marino starred in 2004's Love for Rent. He can also be seen in a non speaking role as the music producer/board operator in the pre-ride film that accompanies Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios. He has appeared in Wet Hot American Summer, The Ten and Role Models, and had a cameo in the end of The Baxter. He also starred in the Hallmark Channel movie Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door in 2006. In 2009, he had a cameo in an episode of Californication.

Marino wrote the screenplay for Diggers (2007), a coming-of-age film set in mid-1970s Long Island, as well as and co-writing/producing The Ten and Role Models with David Wain.

Marino and Wain wrote the screenplay for the comedy film Wanderlust, which starred Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston and was released in 2012. Also in 2012 he starred as the bachelor, Mark Orlando, in the web series Burning Love, a spoof of the TV series The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. He also stars on Krogzilla.

Personal life

Marino is married to actress/writer Erica Oyama (born 1981) and together they have a son Riley Ken'ichi Marino and welcomed a daughter, Ruby in August 2009.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Gattaca	Sequencing Technician
1999	Love Happens	Mike Parker
	Rock 'n' Roller Coaster	Music Producer	Short film, non-speaking role
	Carlo's Wake	Antonio Torello
2000	101 Ways	Officer Russotelli
2001	Tortilla Soup	Jeff
	Wet Hot American Summer	Victor Pulac
	Joe Somebody	Rick Raglow
2002	Charmed	Miles	Phoebe's love interest
2002	Dawson's Creek	Professor David Wilder	Recurring guest star in season 5
2004-2007	Veronica Mars	Vincent Van Lowe	Recurring Seasons 1-3
2005	Hoodwinked!	Racoon Jerry	Voice only
	The Baxter	Jack Mechanic
2006	Duncan Removed	Ben	Short Film
	Diggers	Lozo	Also Producer/Writer
2007	The Ten	Dr. Glenn Richie	Also Producer/Writer
	Reno 911!: Miami	Deaf Tattoo Artist
2008	Role Models	Jim Stansel	Also Writer
2009	The Antagonist	Part Host	Short Film
2010	Jeffie Was Here	Roger
2012	Wanderlust	Rick Gergenblatt	Also Producer/Writer
	The League	Donny 'The Seed' Sedowsky
2013	Axe Cop	Flute Cop	Voice only Axe Cop's Partner
	In A World...	Gustav
	Bad Milo!	Ken
	We're the Millers	Todd	Strip Club Owner
2014	Veronica Mars	Vinnie Van Lowe