Mike Polk Biography
Mike Polk is an American comedian, actor, TV pundit, and newspaper writer best known for his sketch humor and viral videos. Some of his other work includes “Ooh Girl!” – An Honest R&B Song”, “The Great Office War” “The Factory of Sadness” and two different versions of a “Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video.”
How old is Mike Polk?- Age
Mike is 46 years old as of August 2023. He was born Michael G. Polk Jr. on 29 August 1977 , in Warren, Ohio, United States of America.
Mike Family- Education
Polk was born in Warren, OH. He was reared in Newton Falls, Ohio, and attended Kent State University as an undergraduate, earning a degree in communications and psychology in 2002.
Mike Career
Polk produced the YouTube series Runaway Box/Man in the Box. His work has also been seen on HBO, Cinemax, and TNT’s Inside the NBA. He performed his YouTube song “One Semester of Spanish – Love Song” for Kim Kardashian on the Spanish television station Telemundo. That video has earned more than 9.4 million views on YouTube. When the video reached 2 million views, he acknowledged his viewers as “Spanish Mike”. In 2010, Polk organized a bunch of local celebrities to record “Please Stay, LeBron,” a spoof of the charity song “We Are the World,” to convince NBA player LeBron James not to leave the Cavaliers.
Polk began contributing weekly to The Rizzo Show, a Sunday night sports/comedy program presented by local sports media celebrity Tony Rizzo and broadcast on WJW channel 8 in Cleveland (the local FOX affiliate). Polk also contributed to the nightly newscast’s sports section with Browns Hangover, a periodic segment that offers comic analysis following Cleveland Browns games. Polk has also worked with Funny or Die and his current[when?] comedic troupe, Last Call Cleveland. Polk began writing for the Plain Dealer newspaper in 2016, where he writes regular essays about pop culture and humor. In 2019, Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC channel 3 recruited Polk as a feature reporter and contributor; that same year, with the 2019 MLB All-Star Game taking place in Cleveland, ESPN approached Polk.
Mike Awards- Honor
Polk was selected one of Cleveland Magazine’s Most Interesting People for 2010. Scene Magazine readers named him Cleveland’s Best Local Comedian and Author in 2013 for his book Damn Right I’m From Cleveland. Polk earned three Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards in separate categories in 2022 while working as a commentator/host on WKYC.
Mike Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.