Mike Polk

Michael G Polk Jr

Michael G Polk Jr
Born Warren, Ohio, US
Residence Cleveland, Ohio, US
Nationality American
Alma mater Kent State University
Occupation Actor, Comedian, Voice-over artist
Website
http://www.mikepolkjr.com/

Michael G Polk Jr is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his sketch comedy.

Early life and education

Polk was born in Warren, Ohio. He attended Kent State University as an undergraduate and earned a degree in communications and psychology in 2002.[1]

Career

Polk created HBO's Runaway Box / Man in the Box.[2] His work has also appeared on Cinemax and broadcasts of the basketball show "Inside the NBA" on the TNT (TV channel).[3]

He sang his YouTube song "One Semester of Spanish - Love Song"[4] for Kim Kardashian on Spanish television channel Telemundo.[5][6] That video has received over 5.8 million views on YouTube. He thanked his viewers as "Spanish Mike" when the video hit 2 Million views. [7]

Some of his other work includes "Ooh Girl!" - An Honest R&B Song".,[8] "The Great Office War"[9] and two different versions of a "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video"[10][11] all of which have about 20 million views combined on YouTube. The tourism spoof video actually prompted Cleveland's convention and tourism bureau to solicit other videos in a 'counterattack' to Polk's not so flattering work.[12] Segments of the Cleveland tourism videos were also featured in the Michael Moore documentary film Capitalism: A Love Story.[13][14]

In 2012, Polk became a weekly contributor on The Rizzo Show - a Sunday night sports/comedy program airing WJW channel 8 in Cleveland (the local FOX affiliate).[15]

Polk has also worked for Funny or Die and his current comedy troupe Last Call Cleveland.

Awards

Polk was named as one of Cleveland Magazine's Most Interesting People of 2010.[16]

In 2013 readers of Scene Magazine voted him to be Cleveland's Best Local Comedian and Best Local Author for his book Damn Right I'm From Cleveland. [17]

Bibliography

Damn Right I'm From Cleveland (2012 ISBN 978-1-938441-07-3)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Kent State ‘down’ with entertainment this weekend". KentWired.com.
  2. ↑ "Mike Polk : Actor : Biography". Symfonee.com.
  3. ↑ "Video Mike Polk's tribute to TNT's coverage of the NBA playoffs". Sports.Yahoo.com.
  4. ↑ "One Semester of Spanish - Love Song". YouTube. September 10, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Spanish Mike at Telemundo". YouTube. January 14, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Spanish Mike en Mas Vale Tarde". YouTube. February 12, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Spanish Mike-2 Million Viewers". YouTube. January 28, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Ooh Girl!" - An Honest R&B Song". YouTube. March 14, 2008.
  9. ↑ "The Great Office War". YouTube. June 16, 2008.
  10. ↑ "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video". YouTube. April 14, 2009.
  11. ↑ "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video: 2nd Attempt". YouTube. April 30, 2009.
  12. ↑ "A counterattack on Mike Polk's Cleveland 'tourism' videos Regina Brett Regina Brett". Cleveland.com.
  13. ↑ "'Capitalism: A Love Story' is classic Michael Moore, but he should have trimmed his target list". Cleveland.com.
  14. ↑ "Moore's Legacy of Visual Protest in Capitalism a Love Story". HASTAC.org.
  15. ↑ http://fox8.com/category/sports/the-rizzo-show/
  16. ↑ "Most Interesting People 2010 - Mike Polk". ClevelandMagazine.com.
  17. ↑ "Best Local Author 2013 - Mike Polk". CleveScene.com.

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