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Ken Marino Biography
Birth Name:
Kenneth Joseph Marino
Birth Place:
West Islip, New York, United States
Profession
Actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, composer
Fast Facts
- Was a founding member of the sketch-comedy group The State, which was featured in the 1994-95 titular MTV series
- Studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and NYU
- Costarred in two U
- S
- TV series, Men Behaving Badly and First Years, that were adaptations of long-running British television shows
- Had a recurring role as Prof
- Wilder on Dawson's Creek
- Made his film debut in 1997's Gattaca
- Produced, wrote and starred in 2007's Diggers, a semiautobiographical comedy-drama about Long Island clam diggers in the 1970s
- Enjoys horror movies, and has played a demon on Angel and Reaper
Awards
- 2014Emmy-Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program: nominated
- 2013Emmy-Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs: nominated
Relationships
- Richard Marino -- Father
- Riley Ken'ichi Marino -- Son
- Erica Oyama -- Wife