Biografie

3. Oktober 1951 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Joel Ian Polis

The elder of identical twin siblings.

In his appearances on Seinfeld (1989), he plays Reilly a wisecracking co-worker of George Costanza who picks on him for stuffing himself with shrimp during a staff meeting. Humiliated, George develops his "the jerk store called" comeback line to use against Reilly. The "jerk store called" became a phrase used in popular media to describe an idiot and the 'Jerk Store Grunt' sound was used in the video game Halo 3 (2007).

Played Yepikhodov in 'The Cherry Orchard' at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles in 2002.

Nominated for the 2006 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award in the 'Lead Performance' category for "Pound of Flesh" Odyssey Theater.