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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.
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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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The X-Files
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
E! True Hollywood Story
MTV Video Music Awards
Will & Grace
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Rick and Morty
Community
The Simpsons
The Fall Guy
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
American Idol
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Mandalorian
Touched by an Angel
Celebrities Uncensored
The Office
The Single Guy
History of the World: Part II
The Eric Andre Show
Good Mythical Morning
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Northern Exposure
The Jay Leno Show
Drunk History
The Golden Palace
All-American Girl
Kids' Choice Awards
iCarly
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Last Call with Carson Daly
Picket Fences
Clone High
Brain Games
Welcome to Sweden
Another Period
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Big Nate
Drake & Josh
The Muppets
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Run Ronnie Run
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Demolition Man
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The Oscars
Sex Tape
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Bob Roberts
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Bio-Dome
Bye Bye Love
Mars Attacks!
Waterworld
Mr. Show with Bob and David
The Jackal
Borderlands
Ice Age
Pride & Joy
Tom Goes to the Mayor
The Holiday
Super Mario World
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Shark Tale
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jumanji: The Next Level
The NeverEnding Story III
Margot at the Wedding
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Tropic Thunder
King Kong
Tenacious D
Orange County
Dear Santa
The Concert for Valor
A Minecraft Movie
Anaconda
Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Be Kind Rewind
Bernie
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Kung Fu Panda
Gulliver's Travels
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Kung Fu Panda 2
The Brink
Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Untitled Jumanji: The Next Level Sequel
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Shallow Hal
School of Rock
The Polka King
Goosebumps
Nacho Libre
Production Credits
The Croods: A New Age
Gulliver's Travels
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Tenacious D
The Brink
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Nacho Libre
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
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