Dylan Marron (born May 31, 1988) is an American actor, writer and activist known for his voice work as Carlos in the podcast Welcome to Night Vale and his video series Every Single Word, an art and data visualization project which compiles all the words spoken by people of color in major motion pictures.

[3] On Welcome to Night Vale, Marron plays Carlos the scientist, who is the main character's crush and later husband.

[3] Marron has spoken about the importance of Night Vale in showing that there is a large audience for media with a diverse and non-straight cast.

"[8] The show takes a nuanced approach to gay-relevant themes, including racism in the gay community.

He went on to develop this work into a longer, standalone show called The Human Symphony, which ran from January 22 - February 14, 2015.

Marron invited six audience members onstage to perform stories while pre-recorded interviews about dating experiences play over the sound system.

[15] Marron stars in several video series produced by Seriously.tv, including Every Single Word, Shutting Down Bullshit, Unboxing, and Sitting in Bathrooms with Trans People.

In 2015 and 2016, Marron produced Every Single Word, a video project drawing attention to the lack of representation of people of color in popular films.

"[23] This podcast was partially inspired by an episode of This American Life in which Lindy West confronts one of her trolls; Marron similarly wanted to engage in productive, nuanced conversations with his guests.

[24] Guests on the podcast are offered whatever level of anonymity they want, in order to facilitate their participation in the conversation.

[26] In 2022, Marron released a book based on the podcast entitled: "Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers.

[3] Through this sketch group, he met Jo Firestone, his coauthor for the play Ridgefield Middle School Talent Nite.