Kenneth Joseph Marino (born December 19, 1968) 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, Marry Me,
Burning Love, and Childrens Hospital.Marino was born on Long Island,
New York, to an Italian-American family. He attended West Islip High
School in West Islip, New York. He then studied at the Lee Strasberg
Institute and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in New
York City.On Marino's first day at NYU, he met David Wain and Craig
Wedren and quickly befriended both of them; Marino was popular in part
because he had milk crates full of bottles of alcoholic beverages
(which he had stolen the previous summer at a job at a yacht club),
and he carried the crates around with him when he visited people's
dorm rooms. The next year, Wain and Marino were among the co-founders
of a comedy troupe called The New Group, which eventually was renamed
to The State.
comedian, director, and screenwriter. He was a cast member on MTV's
The State and has starred in shows such as Party Down, Marry Me,
Burning Love, and Childrens Hospital.Marino was born on Long Island,
New York, to an Italian-American family. He attended West Islip High
School in West Islip, New York. He then studied at the Lee Strasberg
Institute and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in New
York City.On Marino's first day at NYU, he met David Wain and Craig
Wedren and quickly befriended both of them; Marino was popular in part
because he had milk crates full of bottles of alcoholic beverages
(which he had stolen the previous summer at a job at a yacht club),
and he carried the crates around with him when he visited people's
dorm rooms. The next year, Wain and Marino were among the co-founders
of a comedy troupe called The New Group, which eventually was renamed
to The State.
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