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Jack Black

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.


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Born:
Aug 28, 1969 In Santa Monica, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
131
First Appeared:
In the movie Dear Santa
Latest Project:
Movie Minecraft 2025-04-02
Known For
Filmography
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