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Jack Black

Acting
1969-08-28
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also known as: Thomas Jacob 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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Kung Fu Panda
7.3
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
7.5
TV
History 101
7.1
TV
History 101

Characters

Nacho Libre
6.5
Nacho Libre

Producer

The Brink
7.0
TV
The Brink

Producer

Gulliver's Travels
5.2
Gulliver's Travels

Executive Producer

Tenacious D
7.2
TV
Tenacious D

Producer

Tenacious D
7.2
TV
Tenacious D

Writer

Tenacious D
7.2
TV
Tenacious D

Creator

Acceptable.tv
5.5
TV
Acceptable.tv

Executive Producer

Acceptable.tv
5.5
TV
Acceptable.tv

Creator

Happily
5.8
Happily

Producer

Celebrity Escape Room
6.1
Celebrity Escape Room

Executive Producer

Ghost Ghirls
10.0
TV
Ghost Ghirls

Executive Producer

The D Train
4.9
The D Train

Producer

Relative insanity
TV
Relative insanity

Executive Producer

60 Spins Around the Sun
8.0
60 Spins Around the Sun

Executive Producer

Stepdude

Producer

The Roadie
6.0
The Roadie

Writer

Gianna

Associate Producer

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