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), 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 (2023). 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.
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Also Known As
Movies (41)
Jumanji 3
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
as Bowser (voice)
2026
Anaconda
as Doug McCallister
2025
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3
as Self
2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
as Self
2025
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
as Self
2025
Early To Class
as Himself (Archive footage)
2025
A Minecraft Movie
as Steve
2025
40 Watts from Nowhere
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Dear Santa
as Satan
2024
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2024
Borderlands
as Claptrap (voice)
2024
Dueling Dumplings
as Po (voice)
2024
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
as Self
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Po (voice)
2024
The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Replayed
as Bowser (archive sound)
2023
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
as Self - Actor
2023
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring
as Self
2023
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
as Self
2023
Gianna
Associate Producer (Production)
2023
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
as JB
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
as Bowser (voice)
2023
Free LSD
as (Special Appearance)
2023
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
as Self
2022
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
as Self
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Wolfman Jack
2022
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
as Grown Up Stan (voice)
2022
How Did We Get Here?
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Cash Box
as Man
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
Happily
Producer (Production)
2021
The Croods: A New Age
Songs (Sound)
2020
Dear Class of 2020
as Self
2020
Celebrity Escape Room
as Self - Game Master
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
2020
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
as Self
2020
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
2019
Tenacious D - Rock in Rio 2019
as Self
2019
The Unexpected Race
as Sheriff
2018
TV Shows (9)
History of the World: Part II
as Joseph Stalin
2023
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Po (voice)
2022
Big Nate
as Brad Gunter (voice)
2022
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant
2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Westley
2020
Cup of Joe
as Self
2020
The Mandalorian
as Captain Bombardier
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018