Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor,
impressionist, and comedian. He has appeared in over 80 films; his
roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner's legal film A Few Good Men,
Jacob Goldman in Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier Old Men; Todd
Hockney in The Usual Suspects, Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese's
Casino, and Bobby Chicago in End of Days.Since 2017, Pollak has been a
regular on the critically acclaimed Primetime Emmy Award winning show
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon.Pollak was born in San Francisco,
California. He is the younger son of Elaine Harlow and Robert Pollak.
He has one older brother, Craig, who lives in San Jose, California. He
attended high school at Pioneer High School in San Jose. Pollak was
raised in Reform Judaism.As an actor, Pollak's most notable roles are
usually playing the best friend or confidant characters to the leading
men, as he did in Ricochet (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), End of Days
(1999), and The Wedding Planner (2001). However, he has also played a
wide variety of parts, such as a criminal in The Usual Suspects (1995)
and a gangster in The Whole Nine Yards (2000). 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.
impressionist, and comedian. He has appeared in over 80 films; his
roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner's legal film A Few Good Men,
Jacob Goldman in Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier Old Men; Todd
Hockney in The Usual Suspects, Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese's
Casino, and Bobby Chicago in End of Days.Since 2017, Pollak has been a
regular on the critically acclaimed Primetime Emmy Award winning show
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon.Pollak was born in San Francisco,
California. He is the younger son of Elaine Harlow and Robert Pollak.
He has one older brother, Craig, who lives in San Jose, California. He
attended high school at Pioneer High School in San Jose. Pollak was
raised in Reform Judaism.As an actor, Pollak's most notable roles are
usually playing the best friend or confidant characters to the leading
men, as he did in Ricochet (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), End of Days
(1999), and The Wedding Planner (2001). However, he has also played a
wide variety of parts, such as a criminal in The Usual Suspects (1995)
and a gangster in The Whole Nine Yards (2000). 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.
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