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Kevin Pollak
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Actor Born: October 31, 1958 in San Francisco, CA Biography:It sounds apocryphal, but it's true: 13-year-old "Kevin Pollak" did begin his Bar Mitzvah speech with "A funny thing happened on the way to the temple..." In fact, Pollak's rabbi had encouraged him to do so: even at this early stage, the boy evinced a gift for comic timing. By 17, he was doing stand-up in his native San Francisco. He went on to play the West Coast comedy-club and improv circuit, and was briefly teamed with "Dana Carvey", a professional collaboration that ended amicably when Carvey was hired by "Saturday Night Live". Though Pollak himself didn't make it to SNL, he flourished as an impressionist, writer and film and TV supporting actor. He was given several opportunities to shine in such films as "Barry Levenson"'s "Avalon" (1990), "Mick Jackson"'s "LA Story" (1991) and "Rob Reiner"'s "A Few Good Men" (1992). Reiner went on to team Pollak with "Bob Amaral" in the weekly TVer Morton... Full Biography
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