Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter. Black is known for his roles in the films High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Orange County (2002), School of Rock (2003), Envy (2004), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bernie (2011) and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), in addition to his role in the Jumanji franchise. He also voices the giant panda named Po from DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda films. He gained Golden Globe nominations for his work in School of Rock and Bernie, and he was given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2018. Black is also the lead vocalist of the Grammy Award–winning comedy rock duo Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with long time friend, Kyle Gass. They have released multiple studio albums including their self titled debut Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny, Rize of the Fenix, and Post-Apocalypto, in addition to their television series Tenacious D (1997–2000) and film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006). Since 2018, Black has maintained a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games.
Movie | Minecraft | Steve | 2025-04-02 |
Series | Time Belt | Computerman | 2025 |
Movie | Micronations | 2025 | |
Movie | Dear Santa | Satan | 2025 |
Movie | Borderlands | Claptrap (voice) | 2024-08-07 |
Movie | Free LSD | (Special Appearance) | 2023-01-20 |
Movie | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Bowser (voice) | 2023-04-05 |
Movie | Under the Smogberry Trees | Himself | 2023 |
Movie | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood | Grown Up Stan (voice) | 2022-03-24 |
Series | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Po (voice) | 2022-07-14 |
Movie | Dio: Dreamers Never Die | Self | 2022-09-28 |
Movie | How Did We Get Here? | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-28 |
Movie | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Wolfman Jack | 2022-09-08 |
Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
Movie | Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story | Self | 2020-01-28 |
Movie | Dear Class of 2020 | Self | 2020-06-07 |
Movie | Loving Neverland | Self | 2020-09-14 |
Movie | Celebrity Escape Room | Self - Game Master | 2020-05-21 |
Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
Movie | Jumanji: The Next Level | Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon | 2019-12-04 |
Series | JablinskiGames | Self | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Dexter | 2018-04-04 |
Movie | Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | R. L. Stine (uncredited) | 2018-10-11 |
Movie | The Insufferable Groo | Self | 2018-06-07 |
Movie | The Unexpected Race | Sheriff | 2018-10-14 |
Movie | Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto | Jack Black / Jables / JB (voice), various (voices) | 2018-09-28 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor's Quest | Po (voice) | 2018-05-29 |
Movie | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Jonathan Barnavelt | 2018-09-15 |
Movie | The Polka King | Jan Lewan | 2017-01-22 |
Movie | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon | 2017-12-09 |
Movie | The Words That Built America | Reader - Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Po (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
Movie | Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny | Self | 2016-08-05 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Po (voice) | 2016-01-05 |
Movie | Goosebumps | R.L. Stine | 2015-08-05 |
Movie | The D Train | Dan Landsman | 2015-05-08 |
Series | The Brink | Alex Talbot | 2015-06-21 |
Movie | Harmontown | Self | 2014-03-08 |
Movie | The Concert for Valor | Self | 2014-11-11 |
Movie | Heaven Adores You | Self | 2014-05-14 |
Movie | The Sheik | 2014-04-26 | |
Movie | Sex Tape | YouPorn Owner | 2014-07-17 |
Movie | 21 Years: Richard Linklater | Self - Actor | 2014-11-07 |
Movie | Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem | Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice) | 2013-10-27 |
Movie | Bernie | Bernie Tiede | 2012-04-27 |
Movie | Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet | Self | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | Dreamworks Holiday Classics | Po (voice) | 2012-10-30 |
Movie | The Roadie | JB | 2012-05-09 |
Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | MCA (B-Boys 2) | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self (archive footage) | 2011-10-21 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Po (voice) | 2011-12-12 |
Movie | The Muppets | Jack Black (uncredited) | 2011-11-22 |
Movie | The Big Year | Brad Harris | 2011-10-13 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Po (voice) | 2011-05-25 |
Movie | Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage | Self | 2010-06-29 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Po (voice) | 2010-11-26 |
Movie | Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 | as JB | 2010-10-23 |
Movie | Gulliver's Travels | Lemuel Gulliver | 2010-12-23 |
Movie | We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama | Self | 2009-01-18 |
Movie | Year One | Zed | 2009-06-18 |
Movie | D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary | Self | 2008-04-24 |
Movie | Be Kind Rewind | Jerry | 2008-01-20 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Po (voice) | 2008-06-04 |
Movie | Prop 8: The Musical | Jesus Christ | 2008-12-03 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five | Po (voice) | 2008-11-08 |
Movie | Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 | Self | 2008-11-04 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | Jeff Portnoy | 2008-08-26 |
Movie | Tropic Thunder | Jeff Portnoy | 2008-08-09 |
Movie | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Paul McCartney (uncredited) | 2007-12-21 |
Movie | Margot at the Wedding | Malcolm | 2007-11-16 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' | Self | 2007-02-27 |
Movie | Tenacious D: For the Ladies | JB | 2007-02-27 |
Movie | The Holiday | Miles Dumont | 2006-12-08 |
Movie | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | JB | 2006-11-22 |
Movie | Nacho Libre | Nacho | 2006-06-16 |
Movie | The Eighth Blunder of the World | Self | 2006-11-14 |
Movie | Tenacious D: Time Fixers | JB | 2006-11-14 |
Movie | Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' | Self | 2006-11-14 |
Movie | Club Oscar | Lenny (voice) | 2005-02-08 |
Movie | Earth to America | Self | 2005-11-20 |
Movie | King Kong | Carl Denham | 2005-12-12 |
Movie | King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries | Self | 2005-12-13 |
Movie | A Concert for Hurricane Relief | Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
Series | Channel 101 | Self - Host | 2004-03-01 |
Movie | Shark Tale | Lenny (voice) | 2004-09-20 |
Movie | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Motorcyclist | 2004-06-28 |
Movie | Envy | Nick Vanderpark | 2004-04-30 |
Series | Tom Goes to the Mayor | 2004-11-14 | |
Movie | Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks | Self | 2003-11-04 |
Movie | School of Rock | Dewey Finn | 2003-10-03 |
Movie | Melvin Goes to Dinner | Mental Patient (uncredited) | 2003-12-04 |
Movie | Ice Age | Zeke (voice) | 2002-03-10 |
Movie | The Lewis Lectures | Lewis (voice) | 2002-12-05 |
Movie | Run Ronnie Run | Lead Chimney Sweep | 2002-01-20 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Orange County | Lance Brumder | 2002-01-11 |
Movie | Saving Silverman | J.D. McNugent | 2001-02-09 |
Movie | Being 'Shallow Hal' | Self | 2001-11-06 |
Movie | Shallow Hal | Hal | 2001-11-01 |
Series | The Andy Dick Show | J.D | 2001-02-27 |
Movie | Jesus' Son | Georgie | 2000-06-16 |
Movie | High Fidelity | Barry Judd | 2000-03-17 |
Movie | The Love Letter | Fisherman (uncredited) | 1999-05-21 |
Movie | Cradle Will Rock | Sid | 1999-12-10 |
Series | Heat Vision and Jack | Jack Austin | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Enemy of the State | Fiedler | 1998-11-20 |
Movie | Bongwater | Devlin | 1998-04-18 |
Movie | Johnny Skidmarks | Jerry | 1998-01-18 |
Movie | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Titus Telesco (uncredited) | 1998-11-13 |
Movie | The Jackal | Ian Lamont | 1997-11-14 |
Series | Tenacious D | Jack 'JB' Black | 1997-11-28 |
Movie | Bio-Dome | Tenacious D | 1996-01-12 |
Movie | The Fan | Broadcast Technician | 1996-08-15 |
Movie | Crossworlds | Steve | 1996-10-30 |
Movie | Mars Attacks! | Billy Glenn Norris | 1996-12-13 |
Movie | The Cable Guy | Rick | 1996-06-10 |
Movie | Bye Bye Love | DJ at Party | 1995-03-16 |
Movie | Waterworld | Pilot | 1995-07-28 |
Series | Pride & Joy | Man | 1995-03-21 |
Movie | Dead Man Walking | Craig Poncelet | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | The NeverEnding Story III | Slip | 1994-10-26 |
Movie | Blind Justice | Private | 1994-06-25 |
Movie | The Innocent | Marty Prago | 1994-09-25 |
Movie | Demolition Man | Wasteland Scrap | 1993-10-08 |
Movie | Airborne | Augie | 1993-09-17 |
Movie | True Romance | Movie Theater Usher | 1993-09-09 |
Movie | Marked for Murder | Car Thief | 1993-01-17 |
Movie | Bob Roberts | Roger Davis | 1992-09-04 |
Series | Life Goes On | Skinhead | 1989-09-12 |
Movie | Lonelyhearts | Jerry | 1959-03-04 |