Kevin Pollak

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Kevin E. Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, impressionist and comedian. He started performing stand-up comedy at the age of ten and touring professionally at age twenty. In 1988, Pollak landed a role in George Lucas’ "Willow", directed by Ron Howard, and began an acting career.

Actor

As an actor, Pollak's trademark is usually playing the best friend or confidant characters to the leading men, as he did in "Ricochet", "End of Days", "A Few Good Men" (1992) and "The Wedding Planner". However, Pollak has played a wide variety of parts; he played a gangster in "The Whole Nine Yards" (2000) and a criminal in "The Usual Suspects" (1995). He also briefly hosted "Celebrity Poker Showdown" in its first season. His most substantial role to date was in "Deterrence" (1999), in which he played the main character: a Vice President who must take over for a deceased President and deal with a nuclear crisis.

In December 2006, he played Karl Kreutzfeld in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries "The Lost Room". He currently has a recurring role as a District Attorney on the television series Shark.

Comedian

As a comedian, Pollak's most popular work was his 1992 HBO special "", directed by comedian David Steinberg and produced by Boston comedy writer Martin Olson.

Pollak is also known for having one of the best Christopher Walken impersonations in show business. One specific Walken impression routine, "Frankenstein never scared me", has become one of the most requested sound bites on the "Bob and Tom Show", and the routine is a code word to see if another person is a Bob and Tom fan. In an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", Pollak recounted that he was invited to introduce Walken at the unveiling of his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, despite the fact that the two had never met.

Pollak is also notorious for his impression of William Shatner; specifically, imitations of Shatner's role as Captain James T. Kirk in "Star Trek". In a 1994 special edition of Canadian "TV Guide", published to commemorate the final episode of "", Pollak writes a guide of how to do an impersonation of Kirk. Shatner himself has said that Pollak does the best impersonation of him that he had ever seen.

Personal life

Kevin announced on the "Adam Carolla Show" (4/10/08) that he is divorced from his wife of 20 years and is currently dating a 26 year old.

Filmography

References

Kevin Pollak is also referenced in the Television Show Family Guy in the episode Brian Wallows Peter's Swallows.

External links

* [http://www.kevinpollak.net/ Kevin Pollak's official website]
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