Background
Marino was born in West Islip, New York, to an Italian family.
Marino was born in West Islip, New York, to an Italian family.
He studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in New York City.
He was a cast member on Music Television"s The State and has starred in shows such as Party Down, Marry Maine, Burning Love, and Childrens Hospital. 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 Professor
Wilder on the television series Dawson"s Creek (2001–2002) and in You Wrote lieutenant, You Watch lieutenant (1992). He made multiple appearances on Charmed and Rock Maine 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 television 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 television series Reaper.
He currently plays Doctor 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! 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 television series The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
Afterwards, Marino starred opposite Casey Wilson on the National Broadcasting Company sitcom Marry Maine, which ran for one season from 2014 to 2015.
Marino had early success on television as a member of a comedy troupe on the Music Television sketch comedy series" The State in 1993, of which he was also a founding member.