Biography
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.\n\nBlack 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.
Filmography
all 260
Movies 151
TV Shows 109
self 93
Voice 21
Producer 9
Writer 3
Minecraft (2025)
Borderlands (2024)
Dueling Dumplings (2024)
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
The Video Game Crash of 1983 (2023)
Michel Gondry, Do it Yourself (2023)
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring (2023)
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 (2023)
Gianna (2023)
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour (2023)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
History of the World: Part II (2023)
Free LSD (2023)
Dio: Dreamers Never Die (2022)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (2022)
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
How Did We Get Here? (2022)
Big Nate (2022)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
Happily (2021)
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (2021)
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
Dear Class of 2020 (2020)
Celebrity Escape Room (2020)
Feeding America Comedy Festival (2020)
This is (not) the greatest song in the world. (2020)
Cup of Joe (2020)
One World: Together at Home (2020)
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story (2020)
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
The Mandalorian (2019)
Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019 (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
JablinskiGames (2019)
Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018)
The Unexpected Race (2018)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto (2018)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
The Insufferable Groo (2018)
Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor's Quest (2018)
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
What the Fit (2018)
IMDb Me (2018)
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (2018)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
The Russell Howard Hour (2017)
Hiking with Kevin (2017)
The Words That Built America (2017)
The Gong Show (2017)
Tommy Can`t Sleep (2017)
The Polka King (2017)
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016)
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson (2016)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
DRONEZ: The Hunt for El Chingon (2015)
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (2015)
Documentary Now! (2015)
Goosebumps (2015)
Another Period (2015)
The Brink (2015)
The D Train (2015)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)
The Grace Helbig Show (2015)
Hot Ones (2015)
The Concert for Valor (2014)
21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
Sex Tape (2014)
Heaven Adores You (2014)
The Sheik (2014)
Welcome to Sweden (2014)
Harmontown (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
Rick and Morty (2013)
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera (2013)
The Birthday Boys (2013)
Ghost Ghirls (2013)
Drunk History (2013)
Radio Disney Music Awards (2013)
Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet (2012)
Dreamworks Holiday Classics (2012)
Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012)
The Eric Andre Show (2012)
The Roadie (2012)
Bernie (2012)
Double Fine Adventure (2012)
Good Mythical Morning (2012)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)
The Muppets (2011)
The Big Year (2011)
Brain Games (2011)
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (2010)
Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010)
Conan (2010)
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 (2010)
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage (2010)
Community (2009)
The Jay Leno Show (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Year One (2009)
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
Prop 8: The Musical (2008)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 (2008)
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Water And Power (2008)
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary (2008)
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
iCarly (2007)
Drunk History (2007)
Year of the Dog (2007)
Acceptable.tv (2007)
Acceptable TV (2007)
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' (2007)
Tenacious D: For the Ladies (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007)
Relative insanity (2007)
The Holiday (2006)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (2006)
The Eighth Blunder of the World (2006)
Tenacious D: Time Fixers (2006)
Exposure (2006)
Nacho Libre (2006)
Danny Roane: First Time Director (2006)
Awesometown (2006)
Awesometown (2006)
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005)
King Kong (2005)
Earth to America (2005)
The Showbiz Show with David Spade (2005)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005)
Infinite Challenge (2005)
The Office (2005)
Club Oscar (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)
The Present (2004)
Shark Tale (2004)
Bar Mitzvah Bash! (2004)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Envy (2004)
Laser Fart (2004)
Cracking Up (2004)
Channel 101 (2004)
Live at Johnny's (2004)
Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks (2003)
Tenacious D: In the Studio (2003)
School of Rock (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Computerman (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Night of Too Many Stars (2003)
World Poker Tour (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
60 Spins Around the Sun (2003)
The Lewis Lectures (2002)
Tenacious D: Live in London (2002)
Clone High (2002)
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale (2002)
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up (2002)
American Idol (2002)
HypaSpace (2002)
Icons (2002)
Tenacious D: Butt Baby (2002)
Ice Age (2002)
Run Ronnie Run (2002)
Orange County (2002)
Last Call with Carson Daly (2002)
Being 'Shallow Hal' (2001)
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal (2001)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
Shallow Hal (2001)
Tenacious D: JB's BJ (2001)
Frank's Book (2001)
The Andy Dick Show (2001)
Saving Silverman (2001)
Jesus' Son (2000)
High Fidelity (2000)
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
The Love Letter (1999)
Heat Vision and Jack (1999)
Heat Vision and Jack (1999)
Enemy of the State (1998)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Will & Grace (1998)
Bongwater (1998)
Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
Tenacious D (1997)
The Jackal (1997)
The View (1997)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Crossworlds (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
The Fan (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Cable Guy (1996)
Bio-Dome (1996)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)
The Single Guy (1995)
Waterworld (1995)
Pride & Joy (1995)
Bye Bye Love (1995)
The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
The Innocent (1994)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
All-American Girl (1994)
Blind Justice (1994)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
Monty (1994)
Demolition Man (1993)
Airborne (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The X-Files (1993)
Marked for Murder (1993)
Great Scott! (1992)
Picket Fences (1992)
The Golden Palace (1992)
Bob Roberts (1992)
MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Northern Exposure (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Life Goes On (1989)
This Morning (1988)
Kids' Choice Awards (1987)
Too Far from the Norm (1987)
The New Leave It to Beaver (1984)
MTV Video Music Awards (1984)
The Fall Guy (1981)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
Micronations
Stepdude
Oh Hell No
The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny
Making Of School of Rock
Dear Santa
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
Time Belt
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1969-08-28 (54 years old)
Birth NameThomas Jacob Black
Birth PlaceSanta Monica, United States of America
Religionatheist
Height
SpouseTanya Haden
ChildrenThomas Black, Samuel Black
MotherJudith Love Cohen
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesHermosa Beach, United States of America
Also Known AsThomas Jacob Black, Τόμας Τζέικομπ "Τζακ" Μπλακ, Τόμας Τζέικομπ Μπλακ, Τζακ Μπλακ, 잭 블랙, Джек Блек, ג'ק בלאק, ჯეკ ბლეკი, जैक ब्लैक
AwardsMTV Comedic Genius Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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