Erik Palladino

Erik Palladino is an American actor who worked across film and television after starting out in comedy in the early 1990s, playing Nick opposite comedian Marc Maron on Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater. Born in Yonkers, he took his first series-regular part on Amy Sherman's FOX sitcom Love and Marriage. He gained national recognition in 1999 as Dr. Dave Malucci on NBC's medical drama ER, a role he played across the show's sixth and seventh seasons, and during that stretch he appeared in the submarine war drama U-571 (2000) alongside Harvey Keitel, Matthew McConaughey and Bill Paxton. Recurring and starring television work followed on Over There, Joan of Arcadia, Suits, NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles. From 2019 to 2023 he played Frank on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and he later took the part of Pino on Godfather of Harlem. His film credits include Can't Hardly Wait (1998), The New Daughter (2009) and Skincare (2024).