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Kevin Pollak started as stand-up comedian in San Francisco at age Twenty. After rising to the top there, he moved to Los Angeles with dreams of appearing on The
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- Kevin Pollak started as stand-up comedian in San Francisco at age Twenty. After rising to the top there, he moved to Los Angeles with dreams of appearing on The Tonight Show w/ Johnny Carson, and being in movies… 200 auditions later, he landed a few tv and film gigs; just enough to get him to the couch of Carson’s Tonight Show. Kevin instantly became a regular, appearing on the show two or three times a year until Johnny’s retirement.
- Pollak’s role in Rob Reiner’s “A Few Good Men,” proved his ability to stand out on the big screen among cinematic icons. The unplanned transformation of Kevin becoming a dramatic actor was further established two years later, when he costarred in “The Usual Suspects” and Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” in the same year. In total, Kevin has co-starred in 98 films, “9 of which are quite good,” he insists.Most recently, Pollak’s portrayal of “Moishe Maisel” on Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” earned him more accolades and awards than ever.
Pollak directed two films:, the comedy documentary MISERY LOVES COMEDY, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and landed at #1 for documentaries on iTunes, as well as the indie comedy, “The Late Bloomer,” based on a true story of a man who didn’t experience puberty until age 30, starring Johnny Simmons, Brittany Snow, Jane Lynch, J.K. Simmons, Maria Bello, Kumail Nanjiani and Beck Bennett.
Kevin has had 3 stand-up specials, and was named by Comedy Central as One of the Top 100 Comedians of All Time. Kevin released his autobiography, “How I Slept My Way to The Middle,” which was “10 years ago, when you could freely name a book that, and is still available on Amazon.”
A pioneer in the podcast world, his award-winning Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show (“Charlie Rose, but less handsy”) debuted in March of ’09. If the longest on-camera conversations creative icons like Larry David, Tom Hanks or Elon Musk have ever given interests you, there are 400 such interviews to choose from at Kevinpollak.tv and Youtube.
Currently as an actor, Kevin has 4 films due out over the next year, and also hosts a Marvelous Mrs. Maisel re-watch podcast, My Mrs. Maisel Pod.
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www.ricomedyconnection.com
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(Friday) 7:00 pm