Kevin Pollak

Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcast host.

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.

Pollak was born on October 30, 1957, 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.

However, he has also played a wide variety of parts, such as a comical brownie in Willow (1988), a criminal in The Usual Suspects (1995), the philandering brother of Sarah Jessica Parker in Miami Rhapsody (1995), and a gangster in The Whole Nine Yards (2000).

As an actor, Pollak's roles include the best friend, family or confidant characters to the leading men, as he did in Ricochet (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), Grumpy Old Men (1993) and its sequel Grumpier Old Men (1995), Casino (1995), End of Days (1999), and The Wedding Planner (2001).

As a comedian, Pollak's most famous work was his 1991 HBO special Stop with the Kicking, directed by fellow comedian David Steinberg and produced by comedy writer Martin Olson.

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.

Pollak briefly hosted Celebrity Poker Showdown in its first season.

In December 2006, he played Karl Kreutzfeld in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.

Through 2008, he had a recurring role as a district attorney on the television series Shark.

In March 2008, Pollak played himself in the web series The Writers Room on Crackle.

In 2010, he portrayed Sheriff Tom Wagner in Choose.

In January 2010, Pollak was scheduled to host Our Little Genius on FOX, but the series was pulled before it could air on television.

Pollak was then seen hosting Million Dollar Money Drop for FOX at the end of 2010; the show ran for 12 episodes.

In July 2010, The Littlest Suspect, his most recent comedy special, was aired on Showtime.

Comedy Central named Pollak one of the Top 100 Comedians of All Time.

Celebrity impressions

• Woody Allen

• Alan Arkin

• Albert Brooks

• Gabriel Byrne

• Johnny Carson

In 2014, Pollak began a recurring role as Alvin Biletnikoff on the CBS sitcom Mom.

His time on the show ended with the death of his character.

Pollak's feature film directorial debut, the comedy documentary Misery Loves Comedy, premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

The film sold North American rights to Tribeca Film, a US distribution company.

From 2016 to 2022, he played a recurring role in Better Things.

Starting in 2016, Pollak played the role of Marion in the FX series Better Things.

His character was recurring throughout all five seasons.

Pollak directed the comedy film The Late Bloomer, starring Johnny Simmons, which was released in 2016.

From 2017 to 2023, Pollak was a regular cast member on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon.

In 2017, Pollak joined the cast of the Golden Globe–winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, an original series from Amazon, as Moishe Maisel, the main character's father-in-law.

In 2019, Pollak appeared in five episodes of the fourth season on Showtime's Billions, as Douglas Mason.

Pollak's directorial debut was on the horror web series Vamped Out, featured on the internet television platform Babelgum.

Jason Antoon, Seana Kofoed, Samm Levine and Pollak all acted in the ensemble cast.

The screenbook was based on a simple joke that Antoon and Pollak had between them.