5 things you didn't know about Kevin Pollak

For nearly 4 decades Kevin Pollak has been keeping use entertained as a comic, impressionist, actor and director. His masterful way of creating situations where he does impressions of actors, as some of their most famous characters, interacting never fails to keep an audience roaring with laughter. In one of these routines he does William Shatner's Captain Kirk address his soldiers that include Peter Falk's Lt. Columbo and Woody Allen.

Rich Little gave him his first big exposure

By the time he was 17, Kevin Pollak had already been doing impressions for 7 years for friends & family. Then, he saw and ad saying that Rich Little would be in town to put on a show. He went to the show and stood up in front of the stage as the character he did best. He thought he would doing his impersonation and then be sent back to his seat. To his surprise Mr. Little brought him up on stage and played out a scene with him in character as Lt. Columbo.

He has an online talk show

Since 2009 Kevin Pollak has had an online talk show that can be seen on his KPSH channel on YouTube. On each weekly episode last between 1 to 2 hours where he sits down to do in-depth interviews with celebrities. His past guests have included Henry Winkler, Dana Carvey, Dick Van Dyke, and Seth Green among others. Unlike the interviews we usually see on television these are more like a chat with a friend where he ask questions about their life, politics, interests, or other things going on with them or their family.

He was in the World Series of Poker

In 2012 Kevin Pollak was in the annual poker tournament. He played in the main event of the tournament were he won $52, 718 before he went in on an all-in bet where him and his opponent both had a pair of queens. You would have thought it would be a draw but the turn cards gave his opponent a flush to beat Kevin Pollak.

He created and directs “Vamped out”

In 2010 Kevin Pollak co-create and directs a eb series called “Vamped Out”. The series is a mockumentary that follows a vampire (co-creator Jason Antoon) that is trying to find work in Hollywood as a vampire.

In 2012 he became an author

In 2012 Kevin Pollak put out a book titled “How I slept my way to the middle”. In the book he tells stories from before and during his career. It also includes some anecdotal stories about some of the major stars he appeared along side.