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.
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Filmography
all 269
Movies 159
TV Shows 110
self 109
Voice 24
Producer 13
Writer 4

Borderlands (2024)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special (2024)

Dueling Dumplings (2024)

Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)

Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself (2023)

Gianna (2023)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

History of the World: Part II (2023)

Free LSD (2023)

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)

Happily (2021)

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (2021)

Celebrity Escape Room (2020)

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

The Mandalorian (2019)

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

What the Fit (2018)

IMDb Me (2018)

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (2018)

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

The Words That Built America (2017)

The Gong Show (2017)

Tommy Can`t Sleep (2017)

The Polka King (2017)

Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016)

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

Documentary Now! (2015)

Goosebumps (2015)

Another Period (2015)

The Brink (2015)

The D Train (2015)

21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)

Sex Tape (2014)

Rick and Morty (2013)

Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera (2013)

Ghost Ghirls (2013)

Drunk History (2013)

Radio Disney Music Awards (2013)

Dreamworks Holiday Classics (2012)

The Roadie (2012)

Bernie (2012)

The Muppets (2011)

The Big Year (2011)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)

Gulliver's Travels (2010)

Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

Prop 8: The Musical (2008)

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008)

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Water And Power (2008)

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

iCarly (2007)

Drunk History (2007)

Acceptable.tv (2007)

The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' (2007)

Relative insanity (2007)

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)

Tenacious D: Time Fixers (2006)

Exposure (2006)

Nacho Libre (2006)

Coachella (2006)

Awesometown (2006)

Awesometown (2006)

King Kong (2005)

A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005)

Club Oscar (2005)

Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)

Shark Tale (2004)

Envy (2004)

Laser Fart (2004)

Channel 101 (2004)

Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)

School of Rock (2003)

Computerman (2003)

Time Belt (2003)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)

60 Spins Around the Sun (2003)

The Lewis Lectures (2002)

Clone High (2002)

Jack Black: Spider-Man (2002)

Lord of the Piercing (2002)

Tenacious D: Butt Baby (2002)

Ice Age (2002)

Run Ronnie Run (2002)

Orange County (2002)

Tenacious D: JB's BJ (2001)

Frank's Book (2001)

Saving Silverman (2001)

Jesus' Son (2000)

High Fidelity (2000)

The Love Letter (1999)

Heat Vision and Jack (1999)

Heat Vision and Jack (1999)

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)

Will & Grace (1998)

Bongwater (1998)

Tenacious D (1997)

The Jackal (1997)

Mars Attacks! (1996)

The Fan (1996)

Bio-Dome (1996)

Dead Man Walking (1995)

Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)

Bye Bye Love (1995)

The Innocent (1994)

Blind Justice (1994)

Monty (1994)

Demolition Man (1993)

Airborne (1993)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

The X-Files (1993)

Marked for Murder (1993)

Picket Fences (1992)

The Golden Palace (1992)

Bob Roberts (1992)

Northern Exposure (1990)

The Simpsons (1989)

Life Goes On (1989)

MTV Video Music Awards (1984)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1969-08-28 (55 years old)
Birth NameThomas Jacob Black
Birth PlaceSanta Monica, United States
Religionatheist
Height
SpouseTanya Haden
ChildrenThomas Black, Samuel Black
MotherJudith Love Cohen
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesHermosa Beach, United States
Also Known AsThomas Jacob Black, Τόμας Τζέικομπ "Τζακ" Μπλακ, Τόμας Τζέικομπ Μπλακ, Τζακ Μπλακ, 잭 블랙, ג'ק בלאק, ჯეკ ბლეკი, जैक ब्लैक, 傑克·布萊克, جک بلک, جَک بِلَک
AwardsMTV Comedic Genius Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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