Joey Pollari (born April 9, 1994) is an American actor who became well
known for his role as Eric Tanner on ABC's second season of American
Crime, and in 2018, appeared in the film Love, Simon, as Lyle, one of
Simon's potential boyfriends. In 2020, Pollari released an album,
About Men, under the stage name Odd Comfort.Pollari was born in St.
Paul, Minnesota. He started his acting career when he attended a
scouting event in downtown Minneapolis with his mother. He received
callbacks the next day from agents who wanted to represent him.
Pollari has appeared in stage productions at the Guthrie Theater in
Minneapolis, the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul,
and the SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development, also in Saint
Paul. He is openly gay, having come out at eighteen to friends and
family.On April 30, 2006, Pollari appeared as a newsboy in "The Hen
House", an episode of the police procedural television series Cold
Case. The Walt Disney Company cast him in Skyrunners, a 2009 Disney XD
Original Movie about two brothers who stumble upon a spaceship that is
sought after by the FBI agents and space aliens. The film, which was
shot in New Zealand, premiered on Disney XD on November 27, 2009.
Pollari was 15 years old when it first aired. His co-star in the film,
Kelly Blatz, a long-time friend of Pollari, said Pollari grew "like a
foot taller and his voice changed and everything" during the filming
of Skyrunners. Joey currently resides in Hollywood. In 2014, Pollari
co-starred beside YouTuber Joey Graceffa in a short film called
Ethereal, a short film that Graceffa made and posted on his channel on
October 16.In 2018, Pollari had a supporting role in the teen romantic
comedy Love, Simon as Lyle, one of Simon's potential boyfriends. In
2019, he appeared in another gay-themed film, The Obituary of Tunde
Johnson.
known for his role as Eric Tanner on ABC's second season of American
Crime, and in 2018, appeared in the film Love, Simon, as Lyle, one of
Simon's potential boyfriends. In 2020, Pollari released an album,
About Men, under the stage name Odd Comfort.Pollari was born in St.
Paul, Minnesota. He started his acting career when he attended a
scouting event in downtown Minneapolis with his mother. He received
callbacks the next day from agents who wanted to represent him.
Pollari has appeared in stage productions at the Guthrie Theater in
Minneapolis, the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul,
and the SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development, also in Saint
Paul. He is openly gay, having come out at eighteen to friends and
family.On April 30, 2006, Pollari appeared as a newsboy in "The Hen
House", an episode of the police procedural television series Cold
Case. The Walt Disney Company cast him in Skyrunners, a 2009 Disney XD
Original Movie about two brothers who stumble upon a spaceship that is
sought after by the FBI agents and space aliens. The film, which was
shot in New Zealand, premiered on Disney XD on November 27, 2009.
Pollari was 15 years old when it first aired. His co-star in the film,
Kelly Blatz, a long-time friend of Pollari, said Pollari grew "like a
foot taller and his voice changed and everything" during the filming
of Skyrunners. Joey currently resides in Hollywood. In 2014, Pollari
co-starred beside YouTuber Joey Graceffa in a short film called
Ethereal, a short film that Graceffa made and posted on his channel on
October 16.In 2018, Pollari had a supporting role in the teen romantic
comedy Love, Simon as Lyle, one of Simon's potential boyfriends. In
2019, he appeared in another gay-themed film, The Obituary of Tunde
Johnson.
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