
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.
Acting (149 movies)

High Fidelity
2000

King Kong
2005

Ice Age
2002

The Holiday
2006

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023

Prop 8: The Musical
2008

Free LSD
2023

Shark Tale
2004

Bob Roberts
1992

Envy
2004

Saving Silverman
2001

The Jackal
1997

Be Kind Rewind
2008

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007

Tropic Thunder
2008

Orange County
2002

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004

Jesus' Son
2000

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005

Kung Fu Panda
2008

Bio-Dome
1996

Enemy of the State
1998

Nacho Libre
2006

Waterworld
1995

Airborne
1993

Shallow Hal
2001

The Cable Guy
1996

The NeverEnding Story III
1994

Dear Santa
2024

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008

Margot at the Wedding
2007

The Lewis Lectures
2002

Bongwater
1998

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021

Blind Justice
1994

The Roadie
2012

Gulliver's Travels
2010

Crossworlds
1996

Year One
2009

Kung Fu Panda 2
2011

Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2005

Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
2023

The Big Year
2011

Bernie
2012

How Did We Get Here?
2022

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006

Kung Fu Panda 3
2016

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
2003

D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
2008

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2
2008

The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
2007

Heat Vision and Jack
1999

Tenacious D: For the Ladies
2006

Goosebumps
2015

Harmontown
2014

Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
2023

The Present
2004

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015

Run Ronnie Run
2002

Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
2022

A Minecraft Movie
2025

The D Train
2015

Sex Tape
2014

Johnny Skidmarks
1998

The Concert for Valor
2014

Earth to America
2005

Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
2013

Dead Man Walking
1995

Too Far from the Norm
1987

Heaven Adores You
2014

Dio: Dreamers Never Die
2022

Marked for Murder
1993

Awesometown
2006

Tommy Can't Sleep
2017

Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring
2023

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011

Demolition Man
1993

Dueling Dumplings
2024

Mars Attacks!
1996

21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014

Cradle Will Rock
1999

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017

Tenacious D: In the Studio
2003

The Polka King
2017

ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
2024

Anaconda
2025

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018

The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018

Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet
2012

The Words That Built America
2017

Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Tenacious D: JB's BJ | 2001 | Writer |
| Tenacious D: Butt Baby | 2002 | Writer |
| Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale | 2002 | Writer |
| 60 Spins Around the Sun | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Nacho Libre | 2006 | Producer |
| Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | 2006 | Producer |
| Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | 2006 | Writer |
| The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' | 2007 | Producer |
| Gulliver's Travels | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| The Roadie | 2012 | Writer |
| The D Train | 2015 | Producer |
| Celebrity Escape Room | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| Happily | 2021 | Producer |
| 40 Watts from Nowhere | 2025 | Executive Producer |