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Jack Black

Acting

Born August 28, 1969 · Santa Monica, California, USA

Also known as Thomas Jacob 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), 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.

Awards & recognition

  • MTV Comedic Genius Award · 2022
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Kids' Choice Awards

as Host

Rick and Morty

2013as Lithdor (voice)

The Office

2005as Sam

Pretty Sweet

2012as Self

The Mandalorian

2019as Captain Bombardier

The X-Files

1993as Bart 'Zero' Liquori

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

2025as Self

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

2026as Bowser (voice)

Big Nate

2022as Brad Gunter (voice)

Community

2009as Buddy

iCarly

2007as Aspartamay

The Simpsons

1989as Milo (voice)

Icons

The Eric Andre Show

2012as Self

Northern Exposure

1990as Kevin Wilkins

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1993

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self - Host

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2023as Bowser (voice)

Dio: Dreamers Never Die

2022as Self

How Did We Get Here?

2022as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Show with Bob and David

1995as Gay Guy / Moviegoer

The Fall Guy

1981as Chuck

Amazing Saturday

as Self

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

2022as Po (voice)

Brain Games

2011as Self

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

2010as Self

Clone High

2002as Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)

Picket Fences

1992as Curtis Williams

What the Fit

as Self

Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

as Self

ZEF: The Story of Die Antwoord

2024as Self

The Croods: A New Age

2020Songs

The Sheik

2014as Self

Workaholics

2011as Pritchard

Ice Age

2002as Zeke (voice)

Kung Fu Panda

2008as Po (voice)

Dead Man Walking

1995as Craig Poncelet

Conan

2010as Self

D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary

2008as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Tenacious D

1997as Jack 'JB' Black

Touched by an Angel

1994as Monte

History 101

2020Characters

Documentary Now!

2015as Jamison Friend

Hot Ones

2015as Self

The Brink

2015as Alex Talbot

Kung Fu Panda 2

2011as Po (voice)

The Holiday

2006as Miles

School of Rock

2003as Dewey Finn

High Fidelity

2000as Barry Judd