Marc Chouen was born in Jackson Heights, New York. He is of French, Peruvian, Italian, Polish, English, Russian, and German descent. Chouen didn't start acting until he was 15 years old while attending West Islip High School. His first play was "Story Theatre". Upon graduating high school, he went to college at Long Island University C.W. Post where he majored in Communications. It was there where he developed his skill set for producing. He created his first film "Mistold Story" which he also starred in. From there, Chouen started to do more film work. He then produced and starred in "The Alone".

After a few stints of community theater in Long Island, Chouen finally moved to New York City where he has landed roles in shows like "Evil Lives Here" and has done commercial work as well. He then partnered up with oh Deer! Productions as a producer to start developing a TV series called "The Circle".