Kevin Elliot Pollak (created October 30, 1957) is an American celebrity, impressionist, game show host, and comic. He began performing stand-up comedy in the age of 10 and touring professionally in the age of 20. In 1988, Pollak got a part in George Lucas’s “Willow”, directed by Ron Howard, and started his performing career. Pollak is an avid poker player, hosting weekly home games with some of Hollywood’s A list stars. He completed 134th out of 6,598 entrants in the 2012 WSOP, getting himself $52,718.
He’s one older brother. He’s since went to and now resides in San Francisco. His brother lives together with his family in Boston. Nevertheless, Pollak has additionally played a wide selection of parts; he played a offender in The Usual Suspects (1995) as well as a gangster in The Whole Nine Yards (2000). He also briefly hosted Celebrity Poker Showdown in its first season. His most significant part to date was in Deterrence (1999), where he played the key character: a Vice President who must take over to get a dead President and deal having a nuclear disaster. Through 2008, he had a recurring part as a District Attorney on the television series Shark. In 2010, he impersonated Sheriff Tom Wagner in Select. In January 2010, Pollak was scheduled to host Our Little Genius on FOX, but the show was drawn before it could air on television. Pollak was last seen hosting Million Dollar Money Drop, again on the FOX network by the end of 2010.
Comedian, Actor, Film Producer, Writer, Impressionist, Screenwriter, Television producer, Game Show Host, Voice Actor
Education
Pioneer High School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Lucy Webb (m. 1995–2010)
Parents
Robert Pollak, Elaine Harlow
Partner
Jaime Fox (2009–)
Nicknames
Kevin E. Pollak , Kevin Elliot Pollak , Kevin Pollack
Nominations
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Movies
The Usual Suspects, A Few Good Men, Hostage, The Late Bloomer, The Whole Ten Yards, Picture This, Cop Out, The Whole Nine Yards, Misery Loves Comedy, War Dogs, End of Days, Compadres, Special Correspondents, Willow, Casino, She's All That, Grumpier Old Men, Columbus Circle, Grumpy Old Men, Max Rose,...
TV Shows
Morton & Hayes, Work with Me, The Drew Carey Show, Celebrity Poker Showdown, The Lost Room, Shark, Million Dollar Money Drop, Our Little Genius, Easy to Assemble, Coming of Age
(On being a supporting actor) "As my wife puts it, as long as the leading man needs a best friend or an attorney, I'll continue to work. You know you have to bring your own thing to it, and fortunately if you have a director offering me the part because he wants me to bring my own thing to it, I'm going to be able to do that. I like to think that I choose things that will have an impact on the story so I won't be just a filler."
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(On Bruce Willis) We became good friends during A Few Good Men (1992). He was shooting Death Becomes Her (1992) right next door and, of course, he'd come over to visit his wife and we started hanging out and have been good friends since. He's amazing. One of the things I admire, separate from his work which I've always enjoyed, is that the people he's surrounded by are friends he's known for 25 years or more. It doesn't feel like a posse. It feels like he created his own family at work, which is pretty admirable. When you're young and thinking about going into show business your closest friends are the first to say, "Someday you're going to be famous and we'll all hang out together". You say, "Yeah, yeah" and it never happens. But I stay in touch with three of my best friends which I've known for 35 years. We make an annual trek to Vegas for the Super Bowl and for those three or four days it's heaven on earth. Bruce is unbelievably generous and loyal and a true inspiration in that regard as well. I love working with him. I love being around him. He's the party.
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I am completely and utterly hooked to all the great shows on A&E and Court TV that are about small town murder. These shows like Forensic Files (1996), City Confidential (1998), I just can't get enough of them. It's always the same sort of deal. You know that they interview the actual people that lived through the experience. I miss Paul Winfield as the host of City Confidential (1998), may he rest in peace.
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As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride. You make a movie, and the audience may not see it for another 10 months. Here, you know immediately their reaction.
Grew up and went to high school in San Jose, Ca. After graduation he moved back to San Francisco to focus on his comedy.
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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.
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Born in San Francisco, Pollak lived and worked in the Bay Area until he was 26.
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Shares a birthday with his own father.
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Started his stand-up career when he was 17 years old.
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Was in a movie with the line "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making the world believe he didn't exist" in The Usual Suspects (1995). Then eventually played the devil in Deal of a Lifetime (1999).
Does such a good impersonation of Alan Arkin that a message he left on Alan Arkin's answering machine confused Alan Arkin into thinking he had left himself a message.
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He has been playing poker for over 30 years.
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A stand up comic at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Detroit, featuring the talents of Tim Allen and D.B. Dickerson
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Started out with stand-up comedy and is a great impressionist.
$16 Million
