Early life

Marino was born in West Islip, New York, to an Italian-American family. He studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in New York City.

Career

Marino 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 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 played Dr. Glenn Richie in the satirical television series Childrens Hospital.

Marino also made guest appearances in Will & Grace (in the season 3 episode, "Three's a Crowd, Six Is a Freakshow"), Angel (season 1), Reno 911! (Season 1, Episode 2 and Season 3, Episode 3), Stella (season 1), Grey's Anatomy (season 2), Monk (in season 3's "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine"), Private Practice (season 3), and Happy Endings (season 2, episode 10, "The Shrink, the Dare, Her Date and Her Brother").

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.

Marino starred as Mark Orlando in the Yahoo! web series Burning Love, a spoof of the TV series The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. The series was created by his wife Erica Oyama, while Marino also directed all three seasons. Afterwards, Marino starred opposite Casey Wilson on the NBC sitcom Marry Me, which ran for one season from 2014 to 2015.

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

Personal life

Marino is married to screenwriter Erica Oyama. They have a son, Riley Ken'ichi Marino and a daughter, Ruby.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Gattaca	Sequencing Technician
1999	Love Happens	Mike Parker
	Carlo's Wake	Antonio Torello
2000	101 Ways (The Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo)	Officer Russotelli
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Victor Pulak
	Tortilla Soup	Jeff
	Joe Somebody	Rick Raglow
2005	The Baxter	Jack Mechanic
	Hoodwinked!	Raccoon Jerry (voice)
	Love for Rent	Dr. Neil Gardner
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	Party Host	Short film
2010	Jeffie Was Here	Roger
2012	Wanderlust	Rick Gergenblatt	(also producer & writer)
	Struck by Lightning	Dr. Wealer
	For a Good Time, Call...	Harold
2013	In A World...	Gustav
	Bad Milo!	Duncan
	We're the Millers	Todd
2014	They Came Together	Tommy
	Veronica Mars	Vinnie Van Lowe
2015	Goosebumps	Coach Carr
2016	Masterminds	Doug
	Army of One		Post-production
	The Late Bloomer		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	You Wrote It, You Watch It	(various)	Series regular (also writer)
1993-1995	The State	(various)	Series regular; 27 episodes (also co-creator & writer)
1996	Boston Common	Bob Cabot	Episode: "Gobble, Gobble, Aggch!" (2x09)
1997	Men Behaving Badly	Steve Cochrane	Series regular (season 2); 12 episodes
1999	The Practice	Kevin Michaels	Episode: "End Games" (3x16)
2000	Angel	Wilson Christopher	Episode: "Expecting" (1x12)
	Veronica's Closet	Wayne	Episode: "Veronica Sets Josh Up" (3x18)
	Will & Grace	Mark	Episode: Three's a Crowd, Six Is a Freak Show
2001	First Years	Miles Lawton	Series regular; 9 episodes (6 unaired)
2001-2002	Dawson's Creek	Professor David Wilder	Recurring guest star (season 5); 10 episodes
2002	Charmed	Miles	Recurring guest star (season 5); 2 episodes
2004	What I Like About You	Dr. Brad Turner	Recurring guest star (season 2); 3 episodes
2005-2007	Veronica Mars	Vinnie Van Lowe	Recurring; 10 episodes
2006	Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door	Mark Lucas	TV movie
	Grey's Anatomy	Brad Ackles	Episode: "17 Seconds" (2x25)
2008-2009	Reaper	Tony	Series regular; 9 episodes
2008-2016	Childrens Hospital	Dr. Glenn Richie/Just Falcon/Ron Donald/Glenn	Series regular; 69 episodes (also writer)
2009	Private Practice	Mr. Larson	Episode: "The Way We Were" (3x02)
	Californication	Professor David Wilder	Episode: "So Here's the Thing..." (3x07)
2009-2010	Party Down	Ronald Wayne "Ron" Donald	Series regular; 20 episodes
2012	Happy Endings	Richard "Rick" Rickman	Episode: "The Shrink, The Dare, Her Date and Her Brother" (2x10)
	The Exes	Brad (Holly's ex-fiance)	Episode: "The Ex Always Rings Twice" (1x10)
	The League	Donny 'The Seed' Sedowsky	Episode: "The Tailgate" (4x06)
2013	Toy Story of Terror!	Pocketeer (voice)	TV short
	Eastbound & Down	Guy Young	Recurring (season 4); 8 episodes
2013-2014	Drunk History	Harry Houdini/Captain James Cook	2 episodes
2013-present	Axe Cop	Flute Cop/Fife Cop (voice)	Series regular; 16 episodes
2014	Trophy Wife	Coach Dawson	Episode: "There's No Guy in Team" (1x20) (also director)
	Bad Teacher	Mike	Episode: "Daddy Issues" (1x02)
	Uncle Grandpa	Christopher Columbus (voice)	Episode: "1992 Called"
	Play It Again, Dick	Himself	Recurring; 3 episodes
2014-2015	Marry Me	Jake Schuffman	Series regular; 18 episodes
2015	Togetherness	Craig Weets	Episode: "Family Day" (1x01)
	Golan the Insatiable	Keith Knudsen Sr. (voice)	Recurring role
	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Victor Pulak	Main cast - 5 episodes
	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Ken Marino Wears a Slim Gray Suit and Salmon Tie" (4x27)
	Life in Pieces	Will	Episode: "Babe Secret Phone Germs" (1x05)
2015-2016	Fresh Off the Boat	Gus	2 episodes
2016	Agent Carter	Joseph Manfredi	5 episodes
	Vinyl	Jackie Jervis	3 episodes
	House of Lies	Mark Fielder	2 episodes
	iZombie	Brant Stone	Episode: "Dead Beat"

Other projects

Year	Project	Role	Notes
1999	Rock 'n' Roller Coaster	Music Producer	Short film
2012	Krogzilla	Regurgitor/Delivery Guy	Web series
2012-2013	Burning Love	Mark Orlando	Web series; 29 episodes (also director and executive producer)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]