Martin was born into a Greek American family in New York City, the son of Lillian and Greek Orthodox priest Dean C. Martin. He grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, and has a younger brother named Spyro and a younger sister named Christene. He attended Toms River High School North and graduated in 1991.\n', '

Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. During his time there, he wrote a 224-word poem about alcoholism as a project for a fractal geometry class, which became a well known palindromic poem. He was also a member of the Anti-Gravity Society, whose members juggle objects on Sunday evenings on Yale\'s Old Campus.\n', '

Although Martin was admitted to Harvard Law School, he decided to attend New York University School of Law upon receiving a full scholarship. Martin withdrew from law school before the start of his final year, opting to pursue comedy over obtaining his Juris Doctor degree.\n', '

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