Kevin Pereira
Kevin Pereira | |
|---|---|
 Pereira in 2012 | |
| Born | December 28, 1982 |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Television | Attack of the Show,The Attack,Hack My Life |
| Partner(s) | Meg Turney(2010–2012) Brea Grant(2013–2015) |
| Website | www |
Kevin Elder Pereira(born December 28, 1982) is an American television personality and host.
Early life
[edit]At 14, Pereira hostedPointless Audiounder thepseudonymCaptain Immy.[2]The show featured manyprank callsand was hosted on such gaming sites as Planet Quake and ShugaShack (nowShacknews); it later evolved intoPointless TV,and finally LickMySweaty.com.[2]One of the projects featured on the latter site, a short film created for his video production class atDeer Valley High School,earned him three California Media Festival awards in 2001.[3]A different film project was recognized in 2002.[4]He studiedfilmandtelevision productionwith a scholarship to theAcademy of Art UniversityinSan Francisco,California for one semester.[2]
Career
[edit]After working as anetwork administratorat anInternet service providerfor five years and also at atelevision network,he pursued a career atG4.[2]He started as a production assistant in 2002 on the talk showG4tv.com,then moved on toArenaandPulseand then quickly moved to another G4 show,The Screen Savers,in 2004. Pereira was a co-host ofAttack of the Show!,G4's live tech info show, and was the last original cast member to leave. He co-hosted the show for a year with Sarah Lane, who left in 2006, followed byOlivia Munn,who left in 2010. In 2011Candace Baileyjoined Pereira as co-host.[5]He hosted his last episode ofAttack of the Show!on May 31, 2012, after it was announced on May 8, 2012, by G4 that his final broadcast would take place on that day. His final broadcast for the channel was theirElectronic Entertainment Expocoverage, preceded by a month-long retrospective of highlights from the show.[6]Pereira also produced a show forSyfytitledViral Video Showdown.[7]
He formerly hosted the syndicated quiz showLet's Ask Americauntil 2014, whenMTVVJBill Bellamytook over. On October 4, 2012, Pereira launched his podcastPointlesson the Deathsquad podcast network, but later moved to hosting his podcast onSuperCreative.[8]
Pereira appeared as a co-host on the political webshowThe Young Turkson February 4, 2013, alongside long-time co-host of the showAna Kasparian.[9]
In 2014 Pereira launched aTwitchchannel called The Attack, which ran until 2018 when he shut it down after it was discovered that Pereira had violated Twitch terms of service.[10]
Pereira was the co-host ofHack My Lifethat ended in 2018,[11]onTruTVwithBrooke Van Poppelen.
On February 12, 2021, G4 announced that Pereira would return to hostAttack of the Show!on the relaunched network.[12] In September 2022, he announced he would be leaving the network; his last day was September 21, 2022.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Viral Video Showdown | No | Yes | Yes |
Television acting roles And Twitch Roles
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2018 | Hack My Life | Himself/host | ||
| 2005–2012; 2021-2022 | Attack of the Show! | Himself/host | On G4TV And Box Network | |
| 2015–2018 | The Attack | Host |
Film acting roles
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Holidays | TV Announcer (segment: "New Year's" ) (voice) |
References
[edit]- ^Kevin Pereira (December 28, 2005).Operation: Birthday.Accessed 2006-11-04.
- ^abcdStephen A. Johnson (April 15, 2006).AOTS hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia MunnArchived2007-09-29 at theWayback Machine.g4tv.com. Accessed 2007-01-25.
- ^2001 Secondary Subject Area Award Winning VideosArchived2007-02-04 at theWayback Machine.35th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.
- ^Secondary Awards 2001-2002 School YearArchived2007-11-09 at theWayback Machine.36th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.
- ^Moye Ishimoto (December 6, 2010).Candace Bailey is the New AOTS Co-Host[permanent dead link].g4tv.com. Accessed 2011-08-02.
- ^Kevin Pereira Leaving Attack Of The Show.G4.Accessed 2012-05-08.
- ^"Syfy Announces LOTS of New Shows".Dread Central. 2012-04-24.Retrieved2013-08-10.
- ^"Deathsquad | Kevin Pereira: Pointless #1 (Pilot)".Deathsquad.tv. 2012-10-05.Retrieved2013-08-10.
- ^http://www.tytnetwork.com/TYT Network. Accessed 2013-02-06.
- ^"The Attack's Kevin Pereira acknowledges Twitch view-botting controversy".Polygon.com.
- ^http://www.trutv.com/shows/hack-my-life/index.htmlTruTV website, accessed 2017-12-01.
- ^"G4 Announces Latest Wave of On-Air Talent".G4TV.February 2021. Archived fromthe originalon April 28, 2021.RetrievedApril 27,2021.
External links
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| International | |
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| National | |
- 1982 births
- Living people
- American game show hosts
- People from the San Francisco Bay Area
- American people of Portuguese descent
- American people of British descent
- People from Antioch, California
- American agnostics
- People in the video game industry
- Academy of Art University alumni
- Comedians from Michigan
- American male comedians