Kevin Pollak was born in San Francisco in 1957, to Elaine and Robert Pollak. A stand-up comedy performer at age 10, he turned professional comedian at 18 and rose to the top of the San Francisco comedy scene by 25. Pollak refocused thereafter on acting in what would be a wise and profitable career move. Landing his first film role in George Lucas' Willow (1988), directed by Ron Howard, became the wind beneath his wings, and he has been sailing ever since. Critically noticed for his role in Avalon (1990), it was Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men (1992) that shot him up the credit's list. Not only starring in two of his own HBO stand-up comedy specials, Pollak returned to the live stand-up stage in 2001, headlining a sold out 20 city tour. Comedy Central named him on their Top 100 Comedians Of All Time list. Most recently, he co-stars on the multi-award-winning Amazon Prime HIT series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.