- BIRTH 28/08/1969
- Country United States
- SHOWS 63
- MOVIES 89
- SHOWRUNNER 1
- SCRIPT 2
- PRODUCTION 9
Jack Black
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.
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Shows (63)
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Movies (89)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Die unendliche Geschichte III - Rettung aus Phantásien
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
The Words That Built America
Showrunner
Tenacious D
Script (2)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Production (9)
Gulliver's Travels
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Nacho Libre
The D Train
The Polka King
Happily
Stepdude
Celebrity Escape Room
60 Spins Around the Sun
