Jack Black

Known for ActingBorn 1969-08-28 (age 57)Santa Monica, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Ghost Ghirls

Tenacious D: In the Studio

Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal

Radio Disney Music Awards

Double Fine Adventure

Teen Choice Awards

Laser Fart

Tenacious D: Butt Baby

Pride & Joy

Rick and Morty

The Concert for Valor

Kids' Choice Awards

The Office

Pretty Sweet

The Mandalorian

Tenacious D: For the Ladies

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Big Nate

iCarly: iStart a Fan War

The X-Files

The Russell Howard Hour

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

Community

Kong's New York, 1933

E! True Hollywood Story

Live at Johnny's

60 Spins Around the Sun

Tenacious D: Live in London

Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale

Icons

iCarly

Being 'Shallow Hal'

Tenacious D: JB's BJ

People's Choice Awards

The Eric Andre Show

All-American Girl

Dio: Dreamers Never Die

The Simpsons

Our Shining Moment

Dear Class of 2020

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera

MTV Movie & TV Awards

How Did We Get Here?

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Space Ghost Coast to Coast