Kevin Pollak Add to My Celebs Age 54 Birthday Oct. 30th, 1957 Born in San Francisco, California, USA Height 5' 5"

Kevin Pollak's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Lost Room Karl Kreutz… Celebrity Poker Showdown Himself - H… Dinner for Five Kevin Pollak Our Little Genius Kevin Polla… Coming of Age Brian Brinker Perversions of Science Pilot Project Greenlight Kevin Pollak Work With Me Jordan Better

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Cop Out 2008 - Tortured 2008 - Otis 2006 - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 2005 - The Aristocrats 2004 - Our Time Is Up 2004 - The Whole Ten Yards 2003 - Rolling Kansas 2003 - Blizzard 2002 - Frank McKlusky, C.I. 2002 - Juwanna Mann 2001 - 3000 Miles to Graceland 2001 - Dr. Dolittle 2 2001 - The Wedding Planner 2000 - Steal This Movie 2000 - The Whole Nine Yards 1999 - She's All That 1999 - End of Days 1999 - The Sex Monster 1998 - Buffalo '66 1997 - Truth or Consequences, N.M. 1996 - Cannes Man 1996 - That Thing You Do! 1995 - The Usual Suspects 1995 - Casino 1995 - Canadian Bacon 1995 - Grumpier Old Men 1995 - Miami Rhapsody 1994 - Clean Slate 1993 - Indian Summer 1993 - Grumpy Old Men 1993 - Wayne's World 2 1992 - A Few Good Men 1991 - Another You 1991 - Ricochet 1991 - L.A. Story 1990 - Avalon 1988 - Willow

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Born in San Francisco in 1957 and a stand-up comedy performer at age 10, actor Kevin Pollak turned professional comedian a decade later and was puttering around from city to city when film roles beckoned. Pollak refocused thereafter on acting in what would be a wise and profitable career move. Landing his first film role in George Lucas (I)' Willow (1988), directed by Ron Howard (I), became the wind beneath his wings, and he has been sailing ever since. Critically noticed for his role in Avalon (1990), it was Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men (1992) that shot him up the credit's list. Adept at displaying smarmy and/or shady, smug characters, such showy roles in The Usual Suspects (1995) and Casino (1995) were his reward. He co-created and co-executive produced _Underworld, The (1997)_ along with actress/writer/partner/wife Lucy Webb (I). They also appeared together in the movies _Don's Analyst, The (1997)_ and Outside Ozona (1998). Not only starring in two of his own HBO stand-up comedy specials, Pollak returned to the live stand-up stage in 2001, headlining a sold out 20 city tour. Most recently he co-starred with Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry (I) in The Whole Ten Yards (2004), a sequel to the hit comedy The Whole Nine Yards (2000).


TRIVIA:

• He got his first paid job as a comedian when he was 18 years old, working one night in a nightclub in the city of Campbell, California. Seven years later, in 1982, Pollak took second place in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition. Exactly one year after that, he moved to Los Angeles to begin a film and television career.
• Started out with stand-up comedy and is a great impressionist.
• A stand up comic at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Detroit, featuring the talents of 'Tim Allen (I)' (qv) and 'D.B. Dickerson' (qv)
• Born in San Francisco, Pollak lived and worked in the Bay Area until he was 26.
• Shares a birthday with his own father.
• Does such a good impression of 'Alan Arkin' (qv) that a message he left on 'Alan Arkin' (qv)'s answering machine confused 'Alan Arkin' (qv) into thinking he had left himself a message.
• Was in two movies with the line "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making the world believe he didn't exist" (_The Usual Suspects (1995)_ (qv) and _End of Days (1999)_ (qv). Then eventually played the devil in _Deal of a Lifetime (1999)_ (qv).
• Runs Calm Down Productions with wife 'Lucy Webb (I)' (qv).

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