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{{Short description|American game show host and TV personality}}
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{{for|the Paraguayan footballer|Kevin Pereira (footballer)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kevin Pereira
| image = Kevin Pereira Headshot.jpg
| caption = Pereira in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|28}}
| birth_place = [[Rochester, Michigan]]<ref>Kevin Pereira (December 28, 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070921221939/http://kpereira.typepad.com/main_blog/2005/12/operation_birth.html Operation: Birthday]. Accessed 2006-11-04.<!-- blog site was linked from official site --></ref>
| occupation = Television personality
| years_active = 2002–present
| television = ''[[Attack of the Show]]'', ''The Attack'', ''[[Hack My Life]]''
| partner = [[Meg Turney]] (2010–2012)<br>[[Brea Grant]] (2013–2015)
| website = {{URL|www.kevinpereira.com/}}
}}
'''Kevin Elder Pereira''' (born December 28, 1982) is an American television personality and host.
==Early life==
At 14, Pereira hosted ''Pointless Audio'' under the [[pseudonym]] Captain Immy.<ref name="g4tv">Stephen A. Johnson (April 15, 2006). [http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/features/53663/AOTS_hosts_Kevin_Pereira_and_Olivia_Munn.html AOTS hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123855/http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/features/53663/AOTS_hosts_Kevin_Pereira_and_Olivia_Munn.html |date=2007-09-29 }}. g4tv.com. Accessed 2007-01-25.</ref> The show featured many [[prank call]]s and was hosted on such gaming sites as Planet Quake and ShugaShack (now [[Shacknews]]); it later evolved into ''Pointless TV'', and finally LickMySweaty.com.<ref name="g4tv"/> One of the projects featured on the latter site, a short film created for his video production class at [[Deer Valley High School (California)|Deer Valley High School]], earned him three California Media Festival awards in 2001.<ref>[http://www.mediafestival.org/vidsec.html 2001 Secondary Subject Area Award Winning Videos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204044535/http://www.mediafestival.org/vidsec.html |date=2007-02-04 }}. 35th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.</ref> A different film project was recognized in 2002.<ref>[http://www.mediafestival.org/36th.html Secondary Awards 2001-2002 School Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109181106/http://mediafestival.org/36th.html |date=2007-11-09 }}. 36th Annual California Student Media & Multimedia Festival. Accessed 2007-01-26.</ref> He studied [[film]] and [[television production]] with a scholarship to the [[Academy of Art University]] in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], California for one semester.<ref name="g4tv"/>
==Career==
After working as a [[network administrator]] at an [[Internet service provider]] for five years and also at a [[television network]], he pursued a career at [[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4]].<ref name="g4tv"/> He started as a production assistant in 2002 on the talk show ''[[G4tv.com (TV series)|G4tv.com]]'', then moved on to ''[[Arena (G4 TV series)|Arena]]'' and ''[[Pulse (American TV program)|Pulse]]'' and then quickly moved to another G4 show, ''[[The Screen Savers]]'', in 2004. Pereira was a co-host of ''[[Attack 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 by [[Olivia Munn]], who left in 2010. In 2011 [[Candace Bailey]] joined Pereira as co-host.<ref>Moye Ishimoto (December 6, 2010). [https://archive.today/20120708055557/http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/exclusives/73038/Big-Announcement-on-AOTS-Tonight.html Candace Bailey is the New AOTS Co-Host]. g4tv.com. Accessed 2011-08-02.</ref> He hosted his last episode of ''Attack 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 their [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]] coverage, preceded by a month-long retrospective of highlights from the show.<ref>[http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/723569/kevin-pereira-leaving-attack-of-the-show/ Kevin Pereira Leaving Attack Of The Show]{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. [[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4]]. Accessed 2012-05-08.</ref> Pereira also produced a show for [[Syfy]] titled ''Viral Video Showdown''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/54968/syfy-announces-lots-new-shows |title=Syfy Announces LOTS of New Shows |publisher=Dread Central |date=2012-04-24 |access-date=2013-08-10}}</ref>
He formerly hosted the syndicated quiz show ''[[Let's Ask America]]'' until 2014, when [[MTV]] [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]] [[Bill Bellamy]] took over. On October 4, 2012, Pereira launched his podcast ''Pointless'' on the Deathsquad podcast network, but later moved to hosting his podcast on [[Super Creative|SuperCreative]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deathsquad.tv/kevin-pereira-pointless-1-pilot/ |title=Deathsquad | Kevin Pereira: Pointless #1 (Pilot) |publisher=Deathsquad.tv |date=2012-10-05 |access-date=2013-08-10}}</ref>
Pereira appeared as a co-host on the political webshow ''[[The Young Turks]]'' on February 4, 2013, alongside long-time co-host of the show [[Ana Kasparian]].<ref>http://www.tytnetwork.com/ TYT Network. Accessed 2013-02-06.</ref>
In 2014, Pereira launched a [[Twitch_(service)|Twitch]] channel called The Attack, which ran until 2018 when he shut it down after it was discovered that Pereira had violated Twitch terms of service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/30/17181942/the-attack-kevin-pereira-twitch-view-bot |title=The Attack's Kevin Pereira acknowledges Twitch view-botting controversy |date=30 March 2018 |publisher=Polygon.com}}</ref>
Pereira was the co-host of ''[[Hack My Life]]'' that ended in 2018,<ref>http://www.trutv.com/shows/hack-my-life/index.html TruTV website, accessed 2017-12-01.</ref> on [[TruTV]] with [[Brooke Van Poppelen]].
On February 12, 2021, G4 announced that Pereira would return to host ''[[Attack of the Show!]]'' on the relaunched network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://g4tv.com/g4-announces-latest-wave-of-on-air-talent |title=G4 Announces Latest Wave of On-Air Talent |work=G4TV |date=February 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428042924/https://g4tv.com/g4-announces-latest-wave-of-on-air-talent |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In September 2022, he announced he would be leaving the network; his last day was September 21, 2022.
==Filmography==
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65"| [[Film director|Director]]
! width="65"| [[Screenwriter|Writer]]
! width="65"| [[Film producer|Producer]]
! Notes
|-
| 2012
| ''Viral Video Showdown''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|}
=== Television acting roles and Twitch roles ===<!--do NOT add rowspans to this table per WP:FILMOGRAPHY-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | 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 (television show)|The Attack]]''
| Host
|
|}
=== Film acting roles ===<!--do NOT add rowspans to this table per WP:FILMOGRAPHY-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2016
|''[[Holidays (2016 film)|Holidays]]''
| TV Announcer (segment: "New Year's") (voice)
|
|}
==References==
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==External links==
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