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Kevin E. Pollak (born on October 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor, impressionist and comedian. His well-known impressions include Christopher Walken, Peter Falk and William Shatner.

As an actor, Pollak's trademark is usually playing the best friend or confidant characters to the leading men, as he did in Ricochet (1991), End Of Days, A Few Good Men (1992) and The Wedding Planner (2001). But Pollak has played a wide variety of parts such as villains in The Whole Nine Yards (2000) and criminals like The Usual Suspects (1995). He also briefly hosted Celebrity Poker Showdown in its first season.

Pollak is also known for having one of the best Christopher Walken impersonations in show business. One specific Walken impression routine, "Frankenstein never scared me", has become one of the most requested sound bytes on the Bob and Tom Show, and the routine is a code word to see if another person is a Bob and Tom fan. In an appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Pollak recounted that he was invited to introduce Walken at the unveiling of his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, despite the fact that the two had never met.

Another impersonation that Pollak is notorious for is his William Shatner; specifically, imitations of the characteristically overdramatic and sometimes stilted performances Shatner gave in his best-known role as Star Trek Captain James T. Kirk. In a 1994 special edition of Canadian TV Guide, published to commemorate the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Pollak writes a guide of how to do an impersonation of Kirk.

Filmography

• Niagara Motel (movie) (2006)
• Hostage (2005)
• The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
• Seven Times Lucky (2004)
• Blizzard (2003)
• Rolling Kansas (2003)
• Santa Clause 2 (2002)
• Mother Ghost (2002)
• Juwanna Mann (2002)
• Stolen Summer (2002)
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
• The Wedding Planner (2001)
• Steal This Movie (2000)
• The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
• Deal of a Lifetime (1999)
• End of Days (1999)
• Deterrence (1999)
• The Sex Monster (1999)
• She's All That (1999)
• Outside Ozona (1998)
• Hoods (1998)
• Buffalo '66 (1998)
• The Don's Analyst (1998)
• Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
• That Thing You Do! (1996)
• House Arrest (1996)
• Chameleon (1995)
• Grumpier Old Men (1995)
• Casino (1995)
• Canadian Bacon (1995)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Miami Rhapsody (1995)
• Clean Slate (1994)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)
• Wayne's World 2 (1993)
• Indian Summer (1993)
• The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1993)
• A Few Good Men (1992)
• Ricochet (1991)
• Another You (1991)
• L.A. Story (1991)
• Avalon (1990)
• Willow (1988)
• Million Dollar Mystery (1987)

External links

• Kevin Pollak's official website

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