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

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

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.
• 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)
• Started his stand-up career when he was 17 years old.
• 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).
• He does "dead on" impersonations of 'Christopher Walken' (qv), 'Robert De Niro' (qv), 'Alan Arkin' (qv), 'Jack Nicholson' (qv), 'Peter Falk (I)' (qv), and, most notoriously, 'William Shatner' (qv).
• Runs Calm Down Productions with wife 'Lucy Webb (I)' (qv).
• He has been playing poker for over 30 years.
• Started out with stand-up comedy and is a great impressionist.