▁up coming ▁film ▁" Str uck ▁By ▁Light ning " ▁with ▁Chris ▁Col fer , ▁Christ ina ▁Hend r icks , ▁and ▁Al ison ▁Jan ney . ▁He ▁also ▁played ▁the ▁fast ▁talking , ▁sou ll ess ▁Lo an ▁Manager ▁in ▁the ▁up coming ▁independent ▁feature ▁film ▁" D umb ells " ▁directed ▁by ▁Christopher ▁Living ston . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁for ▁the ▁MTV ▁movie ▁awards , ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁NAS C AR ▁Awards , ▁and ▁the ▁Pil ot ▁" M oral ▁D ile m ma " ▁for ▁BBC ▁America . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Mal one ▁was ▁cast ▁as ▁the ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁" U nt itled ▁Con aco ▁Project " ▁for ▁T BS ▁alongside ▁David ▁Ne her , ▁Elizabeth ▁Ho , ▁Jul ie ▁H agg ert y ▁and ▁Barry ▁B ost wick , ▁directed ▁by ▁Beth ▁Mc Car thy - M iller ▁( SN L , ▁ 3 0 ▁Rock , ▁Modern ▁Family ). ▁In ▁the ▁show ▁he ▁plays ▁Mark ▁Dans on , a ▁family ▁man ▁who ▁qu its ▁his ▁day ▁job ▁and ▁returns ▁to ▁the ▁neighborhood ▁where ▁he ▁grew ▁up . ▁There , ▁he ▁reun ites ▁with ▁his ▁qu ir ky ▁child hood ▁best ▁friend ▁Roland ▁who ▁still ▁lives ▁with ▁his ▁parents . ▁ ▁Mal one ▁also ▁hosted ▁" Sh it ▁T alk ▁Daily " ▁a ▁week ly ▁pod cast ▁with ▁friend ▁and ▁fellow ▁com ed ian ▁Mark ▁Ben nett ▁and ▁wrote ▁and ▁star red ▁in ▁a ▁semi - week ly ▁video ▁series