- Mike Polk
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Michael G Polk Jr Born August 29, 1977
Cleveland, OhioNationality American Alma mater Kent State University Occupation Actor, Comedian, Voice-over artist Years active 1998–present Website http://www.mikepolkjr.com/ Michael G Polk Jr (born August 29, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his sketch comedy.
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Early life and education
Polk was born in Warren, Ohio. He attended Kent State University as an undergraduate and earned a degree in communications and psychology in 2001.[1]
Career
Polk created HBO's Runaway Box / Man in the Box.[2] His work has also appeared on Cinemax and broadcasts of the basketball show "Inside the NBA" on the TNT (TV channel).[3]
He sang his YouTube song "One Semester of Spanish - Love Song".[4] for Kim Kardashian on Spanish television channel Telemundo.[5][6] That video has received over 5.8 million views on YouTube. He thanked his viewers as "Spanish Mike" when the video hit 2 Million views. [7]
Some of his other work includes "Ooh Girl!" - An Honest R&B Song".,[8] "The Great Office War"[9] and two different versions of a "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video"[10][11] all of which have about 20 million views combined on YouTube. The tourism spoof video actually prompted Cleveland's convention and tourism bureau to solicit other videos in a 'counterattack' to Polk's not so flattering work.[12]
Polk has also worked for Funny or Die and his current comedy troupe Last Call Cleveland.
A Cleveland Cavaliers fan, Polk helped put together "Light it Up Like Vegas" that co-starred Jesse Lamovsky, a writer for theclevelandfan.com and Chad Zumock from WMMS. It was an hour long Cavs preseason special for Fox Sports.[13]
Awards
He has also been honored as one of Cleveland Magazine's Most Interesting People of 2010.[14]
Notes and references
- ^ "Kent State ‘down’ with entertainment this weekend". KentWired.com. http://kentwired.com/kent-state-down-with-entertainment-this-weekend/.
- ^ "Mike Polk : Actor : Biography". Symfonee.com. http://www.symfonee.com/Improv/Cleveland/comedians/Bio.aspx?Uid=9c9e8835-d6c2-456b-b8a0-d4466d233c2b.
- ^ "Video Mike Polk's tribute to TNT's coverage of the NBA playoffs". Sports.Yahoo.com. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Mike-Polk-s-tribute-to-TNT-s-coverage-of-?urn=nba,166820.
- ^ "One Semester of Spanish - Love Song". YouTube. September 10, 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw.
- ^ "Spanish Mike at Telemundo". YouTube. January 14, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOSdLArCjKg.
- ^ "Spanish Mike en Mas Vale Tarde". YouTube. February 12, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV66CpgC0CY.
- ^ "Spanish Mike-2 Million Viewers". YouTube. January 28, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11nCVbbCB2I.
- ^ "Ooh Girl!" - An Honest R&B Song". YouTube. March 14, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc8tPTVBRSc.
- ^ "The Great Office War". YouTube. June 16, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVKnF26qFFM.
- ^ "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video". YouTube. April 14, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY.
- ^ "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video: 2nd Attempt". YouTube. April 30, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM.
- ^ "A counterattack on Mike Polk's Cleveland 'tourism' videos Regina Brett Regina Brett". Cleveland.com. http://www.cleveland.com/brett/blog/index.ssf/2009/05/_a_counterattack_on_mike.html.
- ^ "FOX Sports Ohio Announces Light It Up Like Vegas". FoxSportsWest.com. http://www.foxsportswest.com/pages/landing?blockID=92968&tagID=10336.
- ^ "Most Interesting People 2010 - Mike Polk". ClevelandMagazine.com. http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E73ABD6180B44874871A91F6BA5C249C&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=1578600D80804596A222593669321019&tier=4&id=64C3E513E93D4BC39392967A6F26F60D.
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Categories:- American film actors
- American stand-up comedians
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Actors from Cleveland, Ohio
- 1977 births
- Living people
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