Jack Black
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), 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 (2023).
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-08-28
Place of birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Images
Cast
High Fidelity
2000
7.12
King Kong
2005
6.89
Ice Age
2002
7.37
The Holiday
2006
7.09
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
6.96
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
7.60
Free LSD
2023
7.00
Shark Tale
2004
6.03
Bob Roberts
1992
6.50
Envy
2004
4.90
Saving Silverman
2001
5.66
The Jackal
1997
6.38
Be Kind Rewind
2008
6.31
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
6.61
Tropic Thunder
2008
6.70
Orange County
2002
6.00
Jesus' Son
2000
6.30
Kung Fu Panda
2008
7.31
Bio-Dome
1996
4.52
Enemy of the State
1998
7.06
Nacho Libre
2006
6.50
Waterworld
1995
6.23
Airborne
1993
5.95
Shallow Hal
2001
6.20
The Cable Guy
1996
5.99
The NeverEnding Story III
1994
4.46
Dear Santa
2024
6.24
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010
7.48
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008
6.80
Margot at the Wedding
2007
5.80
The Lewis Lectures
2002
0.00
Bongwater
1998
4.74
Blind Justice
1994
5.10
The Roadie
2012
6.00
Gulliver's Travels
2010
5.20
Crossworlds
1996
5.06
Year One
2009
4.99
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
7.05
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010
7.00
The Big Year
2011
6.00
Bernie
2012
6.58
How Did We Get Here?
2022
8.60
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
6.92
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
2008
7.20
Heat Vision and Jack
1999
5.80
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
2006
7.00
Harmontown
2014
6.58
Goosebumps
2015
6.31
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
2023
0.00
The Present
2004
0.00
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
7.02
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
6.71
Run Ronnie Run
2002
5.86
A Minecraft Movie
2025
6.33
The D Train
2015
4.90
Sex Tape
2014
5.41
Johnny Skidmarks
1998
5.42
The Concert for Valor
2014
8.60
Earth to America
2005
8.00
Dead Man Walking
1995
7.32
Too Far from the Norm
1987
0.00
Micronations
0.00
Heaven Adores You
2014
6.80
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
2022
7.56
Marked for Murder
1993
4.00
Awesometown
2006
7.40
Tommy Can't Sleep
2017
1.00
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring
2023
0.00
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011
6.52
Demolition Man
1993
6.75
Dueling Dumplings
2024
5.50
Mars Attacks!
1996
6.42
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
6.30
Cradle Will Rock
1999
6.43
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017
6.82
Tenacious D: In the Studio
2003
10.00
The Polka King
2017
5.57
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
2024
6.83
Anaconda
2025
9.00
Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet
2012
8.50
The Words That Built America
2017
6.00
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
6.55
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
6.11
The Fan
1996
6.00
Bye Bye Love
1995
5.90
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
6.88
School of Rock
2003
7.08
The Insufferable Groo
2018
5.00
The Unexpected Race
2018
0.00
The Innocent
1994
5.20
Tenacious D: Live in London
2002
8.00
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006
0.00
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
2001
10.00
Being 'Shallow Hal'
2001
8.00
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
5.80
Club Oscar
2005
5.11
Celebrity Escape Room
2020
5.90
Dear Class of 2020
2020
7.70
The Sheik
2014
7.36
The Muppets
2011
6.70
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
0.00
Borderlands
2024
5.61
Dreamworks Holiday Classics
2012
7.70
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2006
7.30
Melvin Goes to Dinner
2003
5.30
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
2001
8.00
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
2002
9.00
One World: Together at Home
2020
7.00
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023
7.90
Cash Box
2021
0.00
Coachella
2006
6.40
The Love Letter
1999
5.10
Early To Class
2025
0.00
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
0.00
Danny Roane: First Time Director
2006
4.10
Our Shining Moment
1991
0.00
Kong's New York, 1933
2006
8.00
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026
0.00
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
0.00
Jumanji 3
2026
0.00
Tenacious D Live at the O2
2025
0.00