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Jack Black
Jack Black

Jack Black

ActingBorn August 28, 1969 (age 56)Santa Monica, California, USA

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.

Filmography

2027Movie
2026
Jumanji: Open World

as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Movie
2026Movie
2025
Anaconda

as Doug McCallister

Movie
2025
Tenacious D Live at the O2

as Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom

Movie
2025Movie
2024
Dear Santa

as Satan

Movie
2024
Borderlands

as Claptrap (voice)

Movie
2024
Dueling Dumplings

as Po (voice)

Movie
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4

as Po (voice)

Movie
2023Movie
2023Movie
2023TV
2023
Free LSD

as (Special Appearance)

Movie
2022Movie
2022Movie
2022
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

as Grown Up Stan (voice)

Movie
2022
How Did We Get Here?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Big Nate

as Brad Gunter (voice)

TV
2021
Cash Box

as Man

Movie
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

as Self - Contestant

TV
2020Movie
2020
Celebrity Escape Room

as Self - Game Master

Movie
2020
Cup of Joe

as Self

TV
2019
Jumanji: The Next Level

as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Movie
2019
The Mandalorian

as Captain Bombardier

TV
2019TV
2018Movie
2018
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

as R.L. Stine (uncredited)

Movie
2018Movie
2018Movie
2018Movie
2018TV
2018TV
2018TV
2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Movie
2017
Steve

as Self

TV
2017
The Words That Built America

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

Movie
2017
The Gong Show

as Self - Judge

TV
2017
Tommy Can't Sleep

as Big Tommy

Movie
2017
The Polka King

as Jan Lewan

Movie
2016
Great Minds with Dan Harmon

as Ludwig van Beethoven

TV
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3

as Po (voice)

Movie
2015
Documentary Now!

as Jamison Friend

TV
2015
Goosebumps

as R.L. Stine / Slappy (voice) / Invisible Boy (voice)

Movie
2015
Another Period

as Dan Ringley

TV
2015
The Brink

as Alex Talbot

TV
2015
The D Train

as Dan Landsman

Movie
2015
Hot Ones

as Self

TV
2014Movie
2014Movie
2014
Sex Tape

as YouPorn Owner (uncredited)

Movie
2014
Heaven Adores You

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2014
The Sheik

as Self

Movie
2014TV
2014
Harmontown

as Self

Movie
2014TV
2013
Rick and Morty

as Lithdor (voice)

TV
2013
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera

as Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)

Movie
2013
Drunk History

as William Mulholland

TV
2013
Drunk History

as Vincenzo Peruggia

TV
2013
Drunk History

as Elvis Presley

TV
2013
Radio Disney Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012TV
2012TV
2012Movie
2012
Bernie

as Bernie Tiede

Movie
2011
The Muppets

as Jack Black (uncredited)

Movie
2011
The Big Year

as Brad Harris

Movie
2011TV
2011Movie
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2

as Po (voice)

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Workaholics

as Pritchard

TV
2010
Gulliver's Travels

as Lemuel Gulliver

Movie
2010
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2010Movie
2010
Conan

as Self

TV
2009
Community

as Buddy

TV
2009TV
2009
Year One

as Zed

Movie
2009
Chopped

as Self

TV
2008
Prop 8: The Musical

as Jesus Christ

Movie
2008
Rain of Madness

as Jeff Portnoy

Movie
2008
Tropic Thunder

as Jeff Portnoy

Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008
Fats Waller Was Born Here

as Multiple Roles/Jerry

Movie
2008
Kung Fu Panda

as Po (voice)

Movie
2008
Water and Power

as The Mayor

TV
2008Movie
2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

as Paul McCartney (uncredited)

Movie
2007Movie
2007
iCarly

as Aspartamay

TV
2007
Acceptable.tv

as Self / Cop / Story Wizard

TV
2006
The Holiday

as Miles

Movie
2006
Exposure

as Dan Harmon

TV
2006
Nacho Libre

as Nacho

Movie
2006
Coachella

as Self - Interviewee

Movie
2006
Awesometown

as George Washington

Movie
2005
King Kong

as Carl Denham

Movie
2005Movie
2005TV
2005TV
2005TV
2005
Club Oscar

as Lenny (voice)

Movie
2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor

as Trapper JB (voice)

TV
2004Movie
2004
Shark Tale

as Lenny (voice)

Movie
2004
Envy

as Nick Vanderpark

Movie
2004
Laser Fart

as The Elegant Hunter

TV
2004
Cracking Up

as Bruce Philapousis

TV
2004
Channel 101

as Self - Host

TV
2003
Melvin Goes to Dinner

as Mental Patient (uncredited)

Movie
2003
The School of Rock

as Dewey Finn

Movie
2003
Computerman

as Computerman

TV
2003
Time Belt

as Computerman

TV
2003TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Emmys Segment

TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2002
The Lewis Lectures

as Lewis (voice)

Movie
2002
Clone High

as Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)

TV
2002TV
2002
HypaSpace

as Self

TV
2002TV
2002
Ice Age

as Zeke (voice)

Movie
2002
Run Ronnie Run

as Lead Chimney Sweep

Movie
2002
Orange County

as Lance Brumder

Movie
2001Movie
2001Movie
2001
Shallow Hal

as Hal Larson

Movie
2001Movie
2001TV
2001
Saving Silverman

as J.D. McNugent

Movie
2000
Jesus' Son

as Georgie

Movie
2000
High Fidelity

as Barry Judd

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1999
The Love Letter

as Fisherman

Movie
1999
Heat Vision and Jack

as Jack Austin

Movie
1999
Heat Vision and Jack

as Jack Austin

TV
1998Movie
1998
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

as Titus Telesco (uncredited)

Movie
1998
Will & Grace

as Dr. Isaac Hershberg

TV
1998
Bongwater

as Devlin

Movie
1998Movie
1997
Tenacious D

as Jack 'JB' Black

TV
1997
The Jackal

as Ian Lamont

Movie
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

TV
1996
Mars Attacks!

as Billy Glenn Norris

Movie
1996TV
1996
The Fan

as Broadcast Technician

Movie
1996TV
1996Movie
1996
Crossworlds

as Steve

Movie
1996
Bio-Dome

as Tenacious D

Movie
1995
Dead Man Walking

as Craig Poncelet

Movie
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David

as Jeepers Creepers

TV
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David

as Gay Guy / Moviegoer

TV
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David

as Farmer / Satan / God

TV
1995TV
1995
Waterworld

as Pilot

Movie
1995TV
1995
Bye Bye Love

as DJ at Party

Movie
1994
The Innocent

as Marty Prago

Movie
1994TV
1994TV
1994
Blind Justice

as Private

Movie
1994
Monty

as Doug

TV
1993
Demolition Man

as Wasteland Scrap

Movie
1993
Airborne

as Augie

Movie
1993TV
1993
The X-Files

as Bart 'Zero' Liquori

TV
1993
Marked for Murder

as Car Thief

Movie
1992TV
1992
The Golden Palace

as Cab Driver

TV
1992
Picket Fences

as Curtis Williams

TV
1992
Bob Roberts

as Roger Davis

Movie
1992TV
1992TV
1991
Our Shining Moment

as Teenage Boy

Movie
1990
Northern Exposure

as Kevin Wilkins

TV
1989
The Simpsons

as Milo (voice)

TV
1989
Life Goes On

as Skinhead

TV
1988TV
1987TV
1987
Kids' Choice Awards

as Self - Honoree

TV
1987Movie
1984TV
1981
The Fall Guy

as Chuck

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Tenacious D

TV
1975
People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
Movie
Kung Fu Panda 5

as Po (voice)

Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 28, 1969
Place of BirthSanta Monica, California, USA
Popularity6.2