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), 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.
Movies (153)
A Minecraft Sequel
2027
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026
Anaconda
2025
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3
2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
2025
A Minecraft Movie
2025
Dear Santa
2024
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2024
Borderlands
2024
Dueling Dumplings
2024
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring
2023
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
2023
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
Free LSD
2023
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
2022
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022
How Did We Get Here?
2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Dear Class of 2020
2020
Celebrity Escape Room
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
2020
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
2019
The Unexpected Race
2018
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018
Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest
2018
The Insufferable Groo
2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017
The Words That Built America
2017
Tommy Can't Sleep
2017
The Polka King
2017
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015
Goosebumps
2015
The D Train
2015
The Concert for Valor
2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
Sex Tape
2014
Heaven Adores You
2014
The Sheik
2014
Harmontown
2014
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
2013
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
2013
Pretty Sweet
2012
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
The Roadie
2012
Bernie
2012
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011
The Muppets
2011
The Big Year
2011
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Gulliver's Travels
2010
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010
Year One
2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2
2008
Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle
2008
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008
Tropic Thunder
2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
Passaic Mosaic
2008
Fats Waller Was Born Here
2008
Kung Fu Panda
2008
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
2008
Be Kind Rewind
2008
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Margot at the Wedding
2007
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
2007
The Holiday
2006
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2006
Nacho Libre
2006
Coachella
2006
Danny Roane: First Time Director
2006
Kong's New York, 1933
2006
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
2006
Awesometown
2006
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2005
King Kong
2005
Earth to America
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
Club Oscar
2005
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
The Present
2004
Shark Tale
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Envy
2004
Melvin Goes to Dinner
2003
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
2003
Tenacious D: In the Studio
2003
The School of Rock
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
The Lewis Lectures
2002
Tenacious D: Live in London
2002
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
2002
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
2002
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
2002
Ice Age
2002
Run Ronnie Run
2002
Orange County
2002
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
2001
Being 'Shallow Hal'
2001
Shallow Hal
2001
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
2001
Saving Silverman
2001
Jesus' Son
2000
High Fidelity
2000
Cradle Will Rock
1999
The Love Letter
1999
Heat Vision and Jack
1999
Enemy of the State
1998
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
Bongwater
1998
Johnny Skidmarks
1998
The Jackal
1997
Mars Attacks!
1996
The Fan
1996
The Cable Guy
1996
Crossworlds
1996
Bio-Dome
1996
Dead Man Walking
1995
Waterworld
1995
Bye Bye Love
1995
The NeverEnding Story III
1994
The Innocent
1994
Blind Justice
1994
Demolition Man
1993
Airborne
1993
Marked for Murder
1993
Bob Roberts
1992
Too Far from the Norm
1987
Making of School of Rock
Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man
TV Shows (116)
History of the World: Part II
2023
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
Big Nate
2022
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Cup of Joe
2020
The Mandalorian
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto
2018
Amazing Saturday
2018
What the Fit
2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
Steve
2017
The Gong Show
2017
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Documentary Now!
2015
Another Period
2015
The Brink
2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Welcome to Sweden
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Rick and Morty
2013
The Birthday Boys
2013
Drunk History
2013
Drunk History
2013
Drunk History
2013
Radio Disney Music Awards
2013
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
The Eric Andre Show
2012
Double Fine Adventure
2012
Good Mythical Morning
2012
Brain Games
2011
Workaholics
2011
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2010
Conan
2010
Community
2009
The Jay Leno Show
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Chopped
2009
Water and Power
2008
iCarly
2007
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
Acceptable.tv
2007
Acceptable.tv
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Made in Hollywood
2005
Infinite Challenge
2005
The Office
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
Laser Fart
2004
Cracking Up
2004
Channel 101
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Computerman
2003
Time Belt
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Clone High
2002
American Idol
2002
Icons
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
The Andy Dick Show
2001
Teen Choice Awards
1999
Heat Vision and Jack
1999
Will & Grace
1998
Tenacious D
1997
The View
1997
Full Frontal Comedy
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995
The Single Guy
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
All-American Girl
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Monty
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The X-Files
1993
Great Scott!
1992
The Golden Palace
1992
Picket Fences
1992
Morgenmagazin
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Northern Exposure
1990
The Simpsons
1989
Life Goes On
1989
This Morning
1988
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
The New Leave It to Beaver
1984
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
The Fall Guy
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Oscars
1953