Jack Black
- Acting
- August 28, 1969 · Santa Monica, California, USA
Biography
Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his roles in family and comedy films and his voice work in animated films. His awards include a Children's and Family Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Award nominations. After portraying supporting roles in films including Dead Man Walking (1995), The Cable Guy (1996), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Enemy of the State (1998), Black had his breakout role in the musical film High Fidelity (2000). This led to larger roles in films like Shallow Hal (2001) and Orange County (2002) before he solidified his leading-man status with his starring role in School of Rock (2003). Black has since starred in King Kong (2005), The Holiday (2006), Nacho Libre (2006), Tropic Thunder (2008), Bernie (2011), Goosebumps (2016), and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), its sequel Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and A Minecraft Movie (2025). He has also voiced Po in the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2008–present) and Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie franchise (2023–present). Black is the lead vocalist of the duo Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with long-time friend Kyle Gass. In 2015, they won the Grammy Award for best metal performance for "The Last in Line." Since 2018, Black has run a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Octobr 7 · Steve
- A Minecraft Movie Squared · Steve
- Jumanji: Open World · Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow · Self
- The slapstick slasher movie · Self
- Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special · Self
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie · Bowser (Voice)
- Anaconda · Doug McCallister
- The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 · Self
- Tenacious D Live at the O2 · Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror · Self
- Jack Black: Tenacious Dude · Self
- A Minecraft Movie · Steve, Songs
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Self
- 40 Watts from Nowhere · Executive producer
- Dear Santa · Satan
- 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- Borderlands · Claptrap (Voice)
- Dueling Dumplings · Po (Voice)
- ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord · Self
- Kung Fu Panda 4 · Po (Voice), Songs
- Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself · Self
- Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 · Self
- Gianna · Associate Producer
- Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour · JB
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie · Bowser (Voice), Songs
- History of the World: Part II · Joseph Stalin
- Free LSD · (Special Appearance)
- Dio: Dreamers Never Die · Self
- Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center · Self
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story · Wolfman Jack
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight · Po (Voice), Executive producer
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood · Grown Up Stan (Voice)
- How Did We Get Here? · Self
- Big Nate · Brad Gunter (Voice)
- Cash Box · Man
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- Happily · Producer
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune · Self
- The Croods: A New Age · Songs
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · Westley
- Dear Class of 2020 · Self
- History 101 · Characters
- Celebrity Escape Room · Self, Executive producer
- Feeding America Comedy Festival · Self
- Cup of Joe · Self
- One World: Together at Home · Self
- Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story · Self
- Jumanji: The Next Level · Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
- The Mandalorian · Captain Bombardier
- Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- The Unexpected Race · Sheriff
- Eli Roth's History of Horror · Self
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween · R.L. Stine (uncredited)
- Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto · JB, Director
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls · Jonathan Barnavelt
- The Aquabats! Saturday Morning! · The Wizard of Hollywood, Executive producer
- Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest · Po (Voice)
- The Insufferable Groo · Self
- Amazing Saturday · Self
- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot · Dexter
- What the Fit · Self
- The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale · Self
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle · Bethany
- The Russell Howard Hour · Self
- Steve · Self
- The Words That Built America · Self
- The Gong Show · Self
- Tommy Can't Sleep · Big Tommy
- The Polka King · Jan Lewan, Producer
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny · Self
- Great Minds with Dan Harmon · Ludwig van Beethoven
- Join or Die with Craig Ferguson · Self
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee · Self
- Kung Fu Panda 3 · Po (Voice)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll · Po (Voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! · Self