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Jack Black

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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.

Overview

Known For

The X-Files

Saturday Night Live

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Daily Show

E! True Hollywood Story

The Oscars

MTV Video Music Awards

Will & Grace

The Graham Norton Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Honest Trailers

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Rick and Morty

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Community

The Simpsons

The Fall Guy

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

MTV Movie & TV Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

American Idol

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Mandalorian

Touched by an Angel

The Single Guy

Celebrities Uncensored

The Office

History of the World: Part II

The Eric Andre Show

Good Mythical Morning

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

Eli Roth's History of Horror

All-American Girl

Kids' Choice Awards

iCarly

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Full Frontal Comedy

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Last Call with Carson Daly

Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

Mr. Show with Bob and David

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

Sex Tape

Bob Roberts

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Tom Goes to the Mayor

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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

The Holiday

Super Mario World

Shark Tale

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: The Next Level

The NeverEnding Story III

Tropic Thunder

Margot at the Wedding

Jumanji 4

Orange County

The Concert for Valor

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

The Brink

Untitled A Minecraft Movie Sequel

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Shallow Hal

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Kung Fu Panda 2

The Polka King

Gulliver's Travels

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Nacho Libre

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks

School of Rock

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

Kung Fu Panda 4

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