Born in San Francisco in 1957 and a comedian at the age of 10, the actor Kevin Pollak he turned professional a decade later, performing in shows from city to city.
Starting with his first role in the movie George Lucas, directed by Ron Howard, “Willow“(1988), Kevin has not stopped reaping successes. He began to be noticed for his role in”Avalon“(1990), but it was his performance in the Rob Reiner movie”Some good men“(1992), starring Jack Nicholson, Y Tom cruise, the one that shot his name to the top of the credits.
As an actor, his trademark is the role of the best friend or confidante of the protagonist, as it could be seen in “Ricochet“(1991), together with Denzel Washington; “End of days“(1999), with Arnold schwarzenegger Y Gabriel Byrne; or “Wedding plans“(2001), with Jennifer Lopez Y Matthew McConaughey.
Nevertheless, Pollak has played a wide range of characters, from a gangster in “Fake appearances“(2000) or a criminal in”Usual suspects“(1995), together with Kevin Spacey.
His most substantial role to date was in “Deterrence“(1999), where he played the main character, the Vice President of the United States, who must assume the presidency after the assassination of the President and, in addition, deal with a nuclear crisis.
In 2002, together with Eddie murphy participated in “Dr. Dolittle 2“; that same year, he co-starred”Stolen Summer” with Aidan quinn Y Bonnie hunt.
Most recently he co-starred with Bruce Willis Y Matthew perry “More false appearances“(2004), sequel to the 2000 comedy”Fake appearances“; also next to Bruce Willis corp starred in the thriller “Hostage“(2005).
Pollak He has also starred in numerous television projects such as “The Underworld“(1997) for Warner Bros. of which he was an executive producer with his wife Lucy Webb. He also starred in the sitcom CBS “Work with me“(1999). He currently plays a district attorney in the television series”Shark“(2007-2008).
In 1995 he married the actress Lucy Webb, with whom you share your production company Calm Down Productions. His divorce has recently been announced, and that he is having an affair with a 26-year-old girl.
Pollak has been appointed by the Comedy Central, as one of the best 100 comedies of all time.