American comedian, podcaster, writer, and actor

Marc Maron

Marc Maron

Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, <a href="/en/Podcaster" title="Podcaster" class="mw-redirect wl">podcaster</a>, writer, actor, and musician.

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn">Quick facts: Marc Maron, Birth&nbsp;name, Born, Medium, Al... ▼</header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="; font-size: 125%;">Marc Maron</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/en/File:Marc_Maron_(2015)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Marc_Maron_(2015)_(cropped).jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Marc_Maron_%282015%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Marc_Maron_%282015%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="486" data-file-type="bitmap" height="321" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Marc_Maron_%282015%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Marc_Maron_%282015%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Marc_Maron_%282015%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" alt="Marc_Maron_%282015%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"></a><div class="infobox-caption">Maron in 2015</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth&nbsp;name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Marcus David Maron<a href="#cite_note-fdr1-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1963-09-27) September 27, 1963 (age&nbsp;59) <a href="/en/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey" class="wl">Jersey City, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Medium</th><td class="infobox-data category">Stand-up, <a href="/en/Podcast" title="Podcast" class="wl">podcast</a>, television, film</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma&nbsp;mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Boston_University" title="Boston University" class="wl">Boston University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1987–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Comedic_genres" title="Comedic genres" class="wl">Genres</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Alternative_comedy" title="Alternative comedy" class="wl">Alternative comedy</a>, <a href="/en/Black_comedy" title="Black comedy" class="wl">black comedy</a>, <a href="/en/Self-deprecation" title="Self-deprecation" class="wl">self-deprecation</a>, <a href="/en/Cringe_comedy" title="Cringe comedy" class="wl">cringe comedy</a>, satire, <a href="/en/Observational_comedy" title="Observational comedy" class="wl">observational comedy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap;"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Kimberly Reiss</div>
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<div style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap;"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/en/Mishna_Wolff" title="Mishna Wolff" class="wl">Mishna Wolff</a></div>
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In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the <a href="/en/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman" class="wl">Late Show with David Letterman</a> and has appeared more than forty times on <a href="/en/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien" title="Late Night with Conan O'Brien" class="wl">Late Night with Conan O'Brien</a>, more than any other stand-up comedian.<a href="#cite_note-WBEZ-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a> He hosted <a href="/en/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central" class="wl">Comedy Central</a>'s <a href="/en/Short_Attention_Span_Theater" title="Short Attention Span Theater" class="wl">Short Attention Span Theater</a> from 1993 to 1994, replacing <a href="/en/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart" class="wl">Jon Stewart</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;">[4]</a> He was also a regular guest on <a href="/en/Tough_Crowd_with_Colin_Quinn" title="Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" class="wl">Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn</a> and hosted the short-lived 2002 American version of the British game show <a href="/en/Never_Mind_the_Buzzcocks" title="Never Mind the Buzzcocks" class="wl">Never Mind the Buzzcocks</a> on <a href="/en/VH1" title="VH1" class="wl">VH1</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a> He was a regular on the left-wing radio network <a href="/en/Air_America_(radio_network)" title="Air America (radio network)" class="wl">Air America</a> from 2004 to 2009, hosting <a href="/en/The_Marc_Maron_Show" title="The Marc Maron Show" class="wl">The Marc Maron Show</a> and co-hosting <a href="/en/Morning_Sedition" title="Morning Sedition" class="wl">Morning Sedition</a> and <a href="/en/Breakroom_Live" title="Breakroom Live" class="mw-redirect wl">Breakroom Live</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;">[6]</a>

In September 2009, following the cancellation of Breakroom Live, Maron began hosting the twice-weekly <a href="/en/Podcast" title="Podcast" class="wl">podcast</a> <a href="/en/WTF_with_Marc_Maron" title="WTF with Marc Maron" class="wl">WTF with Marc Maron</a>, interviewing comedians, authors, musicians, and celebrities in his garage in <a href="/en/Highland_Park,_Los_Angeles,_California" title="Highland Park, Los Angeles, California" class="mw-redirect wl">Highland Park, Los Angeles</a>. Highlights include a 2010 episode with <a href="/en/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K." class="wl">Louis C.K.</a> that was rated the No. 1 podcast episode of all time by <a href="/en/Slate_(magazine)" title="Slate (magazine)" class="wl">Slate</a> magazine,<a href="#cite_note-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;">[7]</a> a 2012 interview with comedian <a href="/en/Todd_Glass" title="Todd Glass" class="wl">Todd Glass</a> in which Glass publicly revealed that he was gay,<a href="#cite_note-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;">[8]</a> and a 2015 interview with <a href="/en/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" class="wl">President</a> <a href="/en/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" class="wl">Barack Obama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-WBEZ-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a>

From 2013 to 2016, he starred in his own <a href="/en/IFC_(American_TV_channel)" title="IFC (American TV channel)" class="wl">IFC</a> television comedy series, <a href="/en/Maron_(TV_series)" title="Maron (TV series)" class="wl">Maron</a>, for which he also served as executive producer and an occasional writer. From 2017 to 2019, he co-starred in the <a href="/en/Netflix" title="Netflix" class="wl">Netflix</a> comedy series <a href="/en/GLOW_(TV_series)" title="GLOW (TV series)" class="wl">GLOW</a>. He also had a minor role in 2019's <a href="/en/Joker_(2019_film)" title="Joker (2019 film)" class="wl">Joker</a> and provided the voice of Mr. Snake in the <a href="/en/DreamWorks_Animation" title="DreamWorks Animation" class="wl">DreamWorks Animation</a> film <a href="/en/The_Bad_Guys_(film)" title="The Bad Guys (film)" class="wl">The Bad Guys</a> (2022).

Marcus David Maron is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the Late Show with David Letterman and has appeared more than forty times on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, more than any other stand-up comedian. In September 2009, following the cancellation of Breakroom Live, Maron began hosting the twice-weekly podcast WTF with Marc Maron, interviewing comedians, authors, musicians, and celebrities in his garage in Highland Park, Los Angeles. Highlights include a 2010 episode with Louis C.K. that was rated the No. 1 podcast episode of all time by Slate magazine, 