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Kevin Pollak

Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak
Born: Oct 31, 1958 in San Francisco, California
Occupation: Actor, Writer,
Active: '90s-2000s
Major Genres: Comedy, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: The Usual Suspects, Steal This Movie, Deterrence
First Major Screen Credit: Ricochet (1991)
39 Videos for Kevin Pollak
Otis (2008) Steal This Movie (2000) Canadian Bacon (1994)
Picture This! (2008) The Whole Nine Yards (2000) Clean Slate (1994)
Numb (2007) Deal of a Lifetime (1999) Reality Bites (1994)
Shark: Season 02 (2007) End of Days (1999) Grumpy Old Men (1993)
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) Apt Pupil (1998) The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1993)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) From the Earth to the Moon (1998) Wayne's World 2 (1993)
The Aristocrats (2005) Outside Ozona (1998) A Few Good Men (1992)
The Whole Ten Yards (2004) Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997) Another You (1991)
Juwanna Mann (2002) House Arrest (1996) L.A. Story (1991)
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) That Thing You Do! (1996) Ricochet (1991)
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) Casino (1995) Avalon (1990)
The Wedding Planner (2001) Grumpier Old Men (1995) Willow (1988)
Deterrence (2000) The Usual Suspects (1995) Million Dollar Mystery (1987)
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Biography:

It sounds apocryphal, but it's true: 13-year-old Kevin Pollak did begin his Bar Mitzvah speech with A funny thing happened on the way to the temple... In fact, Pollak's rabbi had encouraged him to do so: even at this early stage, the boy evinced a gift for comic timing. By 17, he was doing stand-up in his native San Francisco.

He went on to play the West Coast comedy-club and improv circuit, and was briefly teamed with Dana Carvey, a professional collaboration that ended amicably when Carvey was hired by Saturday Night Live. Though Pollak himself didn't make it to SNL, he flourished as an impressionist, writer and film and TV supporting actor.

He was given several opportunities to shine in such films as Barry Levenson's Avalon (1990), Mick Jackson's LA Story (1991) and Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men (1992). Reiner went on to team Pollak with Bob Amaral in the weekly TVer Morton and Hayes (1991) a hit-and-miss homage to the 2-reel comedies of the 1930s and 1940s (Pollak had previously played a featured role in the short-lived 1988 sitcom Coming of Age).

Kevin Pollak's film career went into warp-drive in the 1990s, with such choice roles as Jacob in the two Grumpy Old Men flicks, Todd Hockney in The Usual Suspects (1995), Phillip Green in Casino (1995), and Boss Vic Koss in That Thing You Do (1996). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.