Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Marino is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. He was a cast member on MTV's The State and has starred in shows such as Party Down, Burning Love, Childrens Hospital and currently on the NBC sitcom Marry Me.
Screenwriter, Actor, Comedian, Film Producer, Television producer, Television Director, Voice Actor
Education
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Tisch School of the Arts
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Erica Oyama (m. 2005)
Children
Riley Ken'ichi Marino, Ruby Marino
Nicknames
Kenneth Marino , Kenneth Joseph Marino , Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Marino
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[on auditioning for Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)] One of the main characters is a guy who thinks he's a pirate. He's played by Alan Tudyk. I went to that audition, I was like, 'You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna dress like a pirate for this audition,' which is really stupid. So, I was like, 'I'm gonna walk into this audition dressed like a pirate, and they're gonna be so amazed and floored by the fact that I went out and got a really stupid, cheap pirate costume and duct-taped a stuffed parrot to my shoulder that they're gonna give me the part.' You know what happened? I didn't get the part.
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[on the several well-known actors in Burning Love (2012)] Actually, I was holding something over the head of most of the people involved, so ultimately it was a gigantic game of blackmail chess. I basically called all of them up, showed them Polaroids or photos or some sort of incriminating evidence that they didn't want to get out, and then, all of a sudden, they were happy to do it. You know, the real answer is that I've been very lucky to get to know so many funny, talented people and they've become friends. So, I have the luxury of calling them up and being like, "Hey, do you want to do this?" Nine times out of ten, they're like, "Yeah!" And that one person is, of course, dead to me now.
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[on pitching the web-series, Burning Love (2012), that he starred in and wrote with his wife] There are 14 episodes. It's a whole season. It's a big journey for Mark Orlando. There are highs, there are lows and there are middles. There are middle-highs and middle-lows, or low-middles. There are middle-middle-high-lows. It just goes everywhere. It runs the gamut between high and low, and I think I covered most of them.
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My big theory is that comedy is a lot like porno now: there's something out there for everyone.
Is the oldest cast member of The State (1993). He is 2 years 8 months older than the youngest, Michael Ian Black.
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Primarily a comedic actor, he is one of the few members of The State (1993) to regularly get "straight," non-comedic work thanks to his leading man looks.
$1.5 Million
