Pollock attended Swinburne Senior Community School in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn in the mid-1980s. He acted in the films Lover Boy (1989), Nirvana Street Murder (1990), Death in Brunswick (1991) and Proof (1991). Pollock's last performance was in the 1992 film Romper Stomper alongside Russell Crowe. Pollock was posthumously nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 1992 AFI Awards for the role.