Pollard attended the Christ Church C of E School in Finchley, North London, before leaving in 1992.
His role in the film saw him team up with Simon and the Witch co-star Nicola Stapleton, who played Gretel.
[4] Pollard gave up his acting career, working briefly as a broadcaster for the BBC before gaining a job as a video tape operator.
This job has taken him across the world, and involves him creating slow motion replays in sporting events, that include both the Olympics and Wimbledon.
[5] He married Nicola Skyes in 1999, and has lived on the shore off Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire since August 2001.