Karl Makinen

Karl Edward Makinen Jr. was born in Queens, New York to Marilyn and Karl Sr. (aka Detective "Eddie" Makinen, NYPD). The family moved to Long Island when Karl Jr. was two years old. Growing up fishing, swimming and boating on Lake Ronkonkoma gave him a great childhood. He and his three brothers Michael, Shawn, and Josef, did what most boys do, and gave their parents hell. Karl, the third of the four boys, seemed to need the majority of attention in the family and would love to act out his father yelling at his brothers to his great grandmother, producing the greatest laugh that could come from a 90 plus year old woman. After performing shows in his basement for the neighborhood kids and enjoying the laughs and reactions he created, Makinen became involved in school plays. He performed the lead in Guys and Dolls, Fools, Dracula, and others, winning him a scholarship that he spent in New York City, going to HB studios with his actor high school friend Chris Franjola. After booking some e