Pollard played water polo for two years in 1989/90 and 1990/91 with Triton Water Polo Club in Perth, Western Australia.
After graduating from university with a Bachelor of Arts in Education (English and Drama) in 1994, Pollard moved to Sydney to begin an acting career. He performed King Lear at the New Theatre and auditioned for NIDA the following year. He was accepted into their three-year program, graduating in 1998.
He received a Silver Logie Award nomination for Most Popular Actor at the 2003 Australian TV Week Logie Awards.
Pollard married Brigitta Wuthe in 2006. Their son, Ronin Wilson Pollard, was born in 2007.
