
Ken Marino is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He was born on December 19, 1968, in Long Island, New York, to an Italian-American family. He attended West Islip High School in West Islip, New York, and then studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in New York City. Marino began his career as a cast member on MTV's sketch comedy series The State from 1993 to 1995. He has since starred in a number of television shows, including Party Down (2009-2010), Marry Me (2014-2015), Burning Love (2012-2013), and Childrens Hospital (2008-2016). He has also appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer (2001), The Ten (2007), Wanderlust (2012), and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021). Marino is married to actress Erica Oyama, and they have two children together. He is a frequent collaborator with his friend and fellow actor David Wain, and they have worked together on a number of projects, including The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and Childrens Hospital.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 19, 1968 (57)
- West Islip, New York, USA
- Actor, also director, writer and producer
- 100 on MovieCove · 132 credits in all
What are Ken Marino's films like?
Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 4 · Earnest 18
Light 23 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 16 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 10 · Charged 11 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 14 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 6
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 17
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 4
Casual 21 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 22 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 21 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 5 of 17 analyzed roles.
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- Tricksteras Various in The State (1993)
- Allyas Dr. Neil Gardner in Love for Rent (2005)
- Heroas Mark Lucas in Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door (2006)
- Tricksteras Lozo in Diggers (2006)
- Tricksteras Dr. Glenn Richie in The Ten (2007)
- Heroas Ron Donald in Party Down (2009)
- Shadowas Rick Gergenblatt in Wanderlust (2012)
- Heroas Mark Orlando in Burning Love (2012)
- Heroas Duncan in Bad Milo! (2013)
- Shadowas Milo in Bad Milo! (2013)
- Tricksteras Gustav Warner in In a World... (2013)
- Tricksteras Jake Schuffman in Marry Me (2014)
- Threshold guardianas Larry Lehman in Black Monday (2019)
- Shadowas Streeter in The Other Two (2019)
- Threshold guardianas Archie in The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
- Shadowas Edgar Cabot in Susie Searches (2022)
- Heraldas Harry Hollinger in The Residence (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy18
- Bittersweet9
- Ambiguous6
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ken Marino's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 84 of their 100 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (26).
- Rick and Morty (2013) · actor
- The Simpsons (1989) · actor
- Veronica Mars (2004) · actor
- The League (2009) · actor
- Life in Pieces (2015) · actor
- The Goldbergs (2013) · director
- Bob's Burgers (2011) · actor
- Angel (1999) · actor
- Fresh Off the Boat (2015) · actor
- High Potential (2024) · actor
- Solar Opposites (2020) · actor
- Animaniacs (2020) · actor
- All their movies on Hulu
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) · actor
- Veronica Mars (2004) · actor
- Party Down (2009) · actor, director
- Never Have I Ever (2020) · actor
- Solar Opposites (2020) · actor
- The Residence (2025) · actor
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) · actor
- Veronica Mars (2014) · actor
- Black Monday (2019) · actor
- Tortilla Soup (2001) · actor
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) · actor
- The Babysitter (2017) · actor
- +8 more
- Angel (1999) · actor · free
- Happy Endings (2011) · actor · free
- Childrens Hospital (2008) · actor, director, writer · free
- In a World... (2013) · actor · free
- Tortilla Soup (2001) · actor · free
- The Baxter (2005) · actor · free
- Goosebumps (2015) · actor · free
- Diggers (2006) · actor, writer, producer · free
- Struck by Lightning (2012) · actor · free
- Dog Days (2018) · actor, director · free
- Dawson's Creek (1998) · actor · free
- How to Be a Latin Lover (2017) · director · free
- +6 more
- Monk (2002) · actor · free
- The Goldbergs (2013) · director · free
- Charmed (1998) · actor · free
- Tortilla Soup (2001) · actor · free
- Struck by Lightning (2012) · actor · free
- Dog Days (2018) · actor, director · free
- Private Practice (2007) · actor · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- They Came Together (2014) · actor · free
- What I Like About You (2002) · actor · free
- The Ten (2007) · actor, writer, producer · free
- Marry Me (2014) · actor · free
- +4 more
- Party Down (2009) · actor, director
- Monk (2002) · actor
- The Practice (1997) · actor
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) · actor · free
- Greek (2007) · actor
- Charmed (1998) · actor
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- They Came Together (2014) · actor
- Candy Cane Lane (2023) · actor
- Long Live the Royals (2014) · actor · free
- The Ten (2007) · actor, writer, producer
- To Be the Best (1993) · songs
- +1 more
- Key and Peele (2012) · actor · free
- Californication (2007) · actor · free
- In a World... (2013) · actor · free
- Charmed (1998) · actor · free
- Tortilla Soup (2001) · actor · free
- Struck by Lightning (2012) · actor · free
- Dog Days (2018) · actor, director · free
- How to Be a Latin Lover (2017) · director · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- CSI: Miami (2002) · actor · free
- They Came Together (2014) · actor · free
- What I Like About You (2002) · actor · free
- Key and Peele (2012) · actor
- Californication (2007) · actor
- The State (1993) · actor, writer
- We're the Millers (2013) · actor
- Drunk History (2013) · actor
- House of Lies (2012) · actor
- Goosebumps (2015) · actor
- The Sarah Silverman Program. (2007) · actor
- CSI: Miami (2002) · actor
- Monster High (2022) · actor
- Cursed Friends (2022) · actor
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- UP Faith & Family, show their title on UP Faith & Family
Subscription and free streaming for Ken Marino's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
132 credits, 100 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
For Worse(2025)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Strip Law(2026)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
The Residence(2025)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
High Potential(2024)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Candy Cane Lane(2023)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Susie Searches(2022)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Royal Crackers(2023)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Help Me Understand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Cursed Friends(2022)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Monster High(2022)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Reno 911! Defunded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

The Great North(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Animaniacs(2020)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Sleepover(2020)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Close Enough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Solar Opposites(2020)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Never Have I Ever(2020)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The Main Event(2020)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Medical Police(2020)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
The Other Two(2019)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Black Monday(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Dog Days(2018)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Babysitter(2017)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
How to Be a Latin Lover(2017)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Late Bloomer(2016)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Masterminds(2016)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Speechless(2016)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all showsThe Second Sound Barrier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Vinyl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Comments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Long Live the Royals(2014)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Life in Pieces(2015)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Goosebumps(2015)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Fresh Off the Boat(2015)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Togetherness(2015)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Agent Carter(2015)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Marry Me(2014)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
The Salad Mixxxer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

They Came Together(2014)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Bad Teacher(2014)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Veronica Mars(2014)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Rick and Morty(2013)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Toy Story of Terror(2013)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Super Fun Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

The Goldbergs(2013)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Wander Over Yonder(2013)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Uncle Grandpa(2010)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
Bad Milo!(2013)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
In a World...(2013)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
We're the Millers(2013)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Axe Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Drunk History(2013)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Struck by Lightning(2012)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Brenda Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

For a Good Time, Call...(2012)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Burning Love(2012)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Wanderlust(2012)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Key and Peele(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
House of Lies(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all showsAmerican Judy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

The First A.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Whitney(2011)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Happy Endings(2011)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Bob's Burgers(2011)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Funny or Die Presents...(2010)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Jeffie Was Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Infomercials (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

The League(2009)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
In the Motherhood(2009)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Party Down(2009)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Eastbound & Down(2009)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Childrens Hospital(2008)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Role Models(2008)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Private Practice(2007)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Reaper(2007)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Californication(2007)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Ten(2007)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Greek(2007)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Diggers(2006)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Reno 911!: Miami(2007)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all showsDuncan Removed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Hoodwinked(2005)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Inconceivable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Love for Rent(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Baxter(2005)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Veronica Mars(2004)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Las Vegas(2003)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Rock Me Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Reno 911! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Old School(2003)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
CSI: Miami(2002)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
What I Like About You(2002)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Do Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Monk(2002)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Leap of Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Joe Somebody(2001)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Tortilla Soup(2001)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Wet Hot American Summer(2001)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
First Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Angel(1999)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Rockin' Roller Coaster—Preshow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Love Happens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Family Guy(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Carlo's Wake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Charmed(1998)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Conrad Bloom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Will & Grace(1998)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Dawson's Creek(1998)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Veronica's Closet(1997)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Gattaca(1997)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Practice(1997)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Men Behaving Badly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Spin City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Nash Bridges(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Boston Common (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The Single Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The State(1993)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
To Be the Best(1993)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all filmsThe Waiting Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
MTV: The State, Skits and Stickers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 132 titles, 131 of them dated from 1989 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office
Role Models (2008)

Highest rated
Party Down (2009)

Most popular right now
Childrens Hospital (2008)
Film career
Peak 2013 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1997Screen debut· Gattaca
- 2008Career best· Childrens Hospital
- 2008Primetime Emmy nomination· Childrens Hospital
- 2012Primetime Emmy nomination· Burning Love
- 2013First top-billed film· Bad Milo!
- 2013Career best· Bad Milo!
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
3 major nominations and no wins, 2013–2015.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Ken Marino's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 37; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up36
- 50th to 74th24
- 25th to 49th23
- Below 25th17
Shape of the crowd
46 of their 100 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved15
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser46
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed29
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ken Marino's work okay for kids?
Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Ken Marino work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ken Marino's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Wain shares the most, 8.
Directors
- David WainShared titles: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026), Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017), Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), Wanderlust (2012), Role Models (2008), The Ten (2007), Diggers (2006), The State (1993)See all 8 shared titles with David Wain

- McGShared titles: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), The Babysitter (2017)See all 2 shared titles with McG

Writers
- Michael ShowalterShared titles: Long Live the State (2025), Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017), Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), The State (1993)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Showalter

- Erica OyamaShared titles: Dog Days (2018), How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), Burning Love (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Erica Oyama

- Brian DuffieldShared titles: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), The Babysitter (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Duffield

Actors
- Joe Lo TruglioShared titles: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026), Long Live the State (2025), Burning Love (2012), Wanderlust (2012), The State (1993)See all 5 shared titles with Joe Lo Truglio

- Michael Ian BlackShared titles: Long Live the State (2025), Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017), Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), Burning Love (2012), The State (1993)See all 5 shared titles with Michael Ian Black

- Kerri KenneyShared titles: Long Live the State (2025), Wanderlust (2012), Role Models (2008), The State (1993)See all 4 shared titles with Kerri Kenney

- Rob CorddryShared titles: Dog Days (2018), How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), In a World... (2013), Childrens Hospital (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Rob Corddry

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Craig WedrenShared titles: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026), Dog Days (2018), How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015), Burning Love (2012), Wanderlust (2012), Role Models (2008), The State (1993)See all 8 shared titles with Craig Wedren

- John DaigleShared titles: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026), How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)See all 2 shared titles with John Daigle
- Martin BernfeldShared titles: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), The Babysitter (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Bernfeld
- Frank BarreraShared titles: Dog Days (2018), Burning Love (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Barrera

Producers
- Franny BaldwinShared titles: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026), Burning Love (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Franny Baldwin

- Alison SemenzaShared titles: The Sleepover (2020), Dog Days (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Alison Semenza

- Bruce Wayne GilliesShared titles: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), The Late Bloomer (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Wayne Gillies

- Devin AndreShared titles: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), The Babysitter (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Devin Andre

Mixed roles
- Jimmy WardenShared titles: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), The Babysitter (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jimmy Warden

