Jack Black
male
Born on August 28, 1969 (55 years old)
From Santa Monica, California, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2024
Dear Santa
as
Satan
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
as
Po (voice)
2024
Dueling Dumplings
as
Po (voice)
2024
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
as
Self
2024
Borderlands
as
Claptrap (voice)
2024
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as
Self
2024
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
as
Self (archive footage)
2024
- 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
as
Bowser (voice)
2023
Free LSD
as
(Special Appearance)
2023
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
as
JB
2023
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
as
Self
2023
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring
as
Self
2023
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
as
Self - Actor
2023
History of the World: Part II
as
Joseph Stalin
2023
- 2022
How Did We Get Here?
as
Self (archive footage)
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as
Wolfman Jack
2022
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
as
Self
2022
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
as
Self
2022
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
as
Grown Up Stan (voice)
2022
Big Nate
as
Brad Gunter (voice)
2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as
Po (voice)
2022
- 2021
- 2016
- 2015
Goosebumps
as
R.L. Stine
2015
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
as
Self
2015
The D Train
as
Dan Landsman
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as
Self
2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as
Self
2015
The Brink
as
Alex Talbot
2015
Documentary Now!
as
Jamison Friend
2015
Another Period
as
Dan Ringley
2015
Hot Ones
as
Self
2015
- 2014
Harmontown
as
Self
2014
Sex Tape
as
YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
2014
The Concert for Valor
as
Self
2014
Heaven Adores You
as
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as
Self - Actor
2014
The Sheik
2014
Welcome to Sweden
as
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as
Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as
Self
2014
- 2012
- 2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
as
Po (voice)
2011
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
as
Po (voice)
2011
The Big Year
as
Brad Harris
2011
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
as
Self
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as
MCA (B-Boys 2)
2011
The Muppets
as
Jack Black (uncredited)
2011
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Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
as
Self
2011
Brain Games
as
Self
2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
Prop 8: The Musical
as
Jesus Christ
2008
Be Kind Rewind
as
Jerry
2008
Tropic Thunder
as
Jeff Portnoy
2008
Kung Fu Panda
as
Po (voice)
2008
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as
Jeff Portnoy
2008
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
as
Po (voice)
2008
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
as
Self
2008
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2
as
Self
2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as
Self
2008
Water And Power
as
The Mayor
2008
- 2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as
Paul McCartney (uncredited)
2007
Margot at the Wedding
as
Malcolm
2007
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
as
Self
2007
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The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2007
iCarly
as
Aspartamay
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as
Self
2007
Acceptable.tv
2007
Acceptable.tv
as
Self / Cop / Story Wizard
2007
- 2006
The Holiday
as
Miles
2006
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
as
JB
2006
Nacho Libre
as
Nacho
2006
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
as
Self
2006
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
as
JB
2006
Awesometown
as
George Washington
2006
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The Eighth Blunder of the World
as
Self
2006
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
as
JB
2006
Coachella
as
Self (Interviewee)
2006
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Exposure
as
Dan Harmon
2006
- 2005
King Kong
as
Carl Denham
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as
Self - Presenter
2005
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
as
Self
2005
Earth to America
as
Self
2005
Club Oscar
as
Lenny (voice)
2005
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The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as
Self
2005
Infinite Challenge
as
Self
2005
The Office
as
Sam
2005
Made in Hollywood
as
Self
2005
- 2004
- 2003
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
as
Self
2003
Tenacious D: In the Studio
as
Self
2003
School of Rock
as
Dewey Finn
2003
Melvin Goes to Dinner
as
Mental Patient (uncredited)
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
as
Self
2003
Computerman
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as
Self
2003
Computerman
as
Computerman
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as
Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
as
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as
Self - Emmys segment
2003
Time Belt
as
Computerman
2003
- 2002
Ice Age
as
Zeke (voice)
2002
Orange County
as
Lance Brumder
2002
The Lewis Lectures
as
Lewis (voice)
2002
Run Ronnie Run
as
Lead Chimney Sweep
2002
Lord of the Piercing
as
Jack the Elf
2002
Tenacious D: Live in London
as
Self
2002
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
as
Self
2002
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
as
JB
2002
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
as
JB
2002
Jack Black: Spider-Man
as
Jack Black / Spider-Man
2002
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
2002
Clone High
as
Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
2002
Icons
2002
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HypaSpace
as
Self
2002
American Idol
as
Self
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly
as
Self
2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
Waterworld
as
Pilot
1995
Dead Man Walking
as
Craig Poncelet
1995
Bye Bye Love
as
DJ at Party
1995
The Single Guy
as
Randy
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David
as
Expert
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David
as
Farmer / Satan / God
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David
as
Gay Guy / Moviegoer
1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David
as
Jeepers Creepers
1995
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Pride & Joy
as
Man
1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 2025
- 2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as
Dexter
2018
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as
Jonathan Barnavelt
2018
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
as
R. L. Stine (uncredited)
2018
The Insufferable Groo
as
Self
2018
The Unexpected Race
as
Sheriff
2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
as
Self - Special Guest
2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as
Self
2018
Amazing Saturday
as
Self
2018
What the Fit
as
Self
2018
- 2017
- 2013
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
as
Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
2013
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
as
Po (Voice)
2013
The Birthday Boys
2013
Drunk History
as
William Mulholland
2013
Radio Disney Music Awards
as
Self - Presenter
2013
Drunk History
as
Vincenzo Peruggia
2013
Rick and Morty
as
Lithdor (voice)
2013
Drunk History
as
Elvis Presley
2013
- 1987
- 2026
- 2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as
Self
2020
Celebrity Escape Room
as
Self - Game Master
2020
Dear Class of 2020
as
Self
2020
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
as
Self
2020
One World: Together at Home
as
Self
2020
Jabliski VS. Jack Black
as
Jack Black
2020
Jabliski VS. Jack Black
as
Jabliski
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as
Westley
2020
Cup of Joe
as
Self
2020
- 2019
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1984
- 1981
- 1975
- 1953
Crew Credits
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2015
- 2013
- 2012
- 2010
- 2007
- 2006
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 1997
