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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 ha…
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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), and 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 franchise (2023–present). 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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Jack Black's Filmography
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Octobr 7
as Steve
A Minecraft Movie Squared
as Steve
Jumanji: Open World
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
as Self
The slapstick slasher movie
as Himself
Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special
as Self
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
as Bowser (voice)
Anaconda
as Doug McCallister
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
No Poster
Tenacious D Live at the O2
as Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3
as Self
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
as Self
Jack Black: Tenacious Dude
as self
A Minecraft Movie
as Steve
Dear Santa
as Satan
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
Borderlands
as Claptrap (voice)
Dueling Dumplings
as Po (voice)
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
as Self
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Po (voice)
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
as Self - Actor
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
as Self
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
as JB
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
as Bowser (voice)
Free LSD
as (Special Appearance)
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
as Self
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
as Self
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Wolfman Jack
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
as Grown Up Stan (voice)
How Did We Get Here?
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Cash Box
as Man
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
Dear Class of 2020
as Self
Celebrity Escape Room
as Self - Game Master
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
One World: Together at Home
as Self
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
as Self
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
The Unexpected Race
as Sheriff
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
as R.L. Stine (uncredited)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as Jonathan Barnavelt
Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest
as Po (Voice)
The Insufferable Groo
as Self
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Dexter
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
as Bethany
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Tommy Can't Sleep
as Big Tommy
The Polka King
as Jan Lewan
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
as Po (voice)
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
as Self
Goosebumps
as Stine / Slappy / Invisible Boy (voice)
The D Train
as Dan Landsman
The Concert for Valor
as Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
Sex Tape
as YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
Heaven Adores You
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sheik
as Self
Harmontown
as Self
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
as Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
as Po (voice)
Kennedy Center Honors: Led Zeppelin Tribute Film
as Self
Pretty Sweet
as Self
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
as Po (voice)
The Roadie
as JB
Bernie
as Bernie Tiede
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
as Po (voice)
The Muppets
as Jack Black (uncredited)
The Big Year
as Brad Harris
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
as Self
Kung Fu Panda 2
as Po (voice)
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as MCA (B-Boys 2)
Gulliver's Travels
as Lemuel Gulliver
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
as Po (voice)
iCarly: iStart a Fan War
as Aspartamay
No Poster
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
as Self
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
as Self
Year One
as Zed
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
Prop 8: The Musical
as Jesus Christ
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
as Po (voice)
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2
as Self
Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle
as Self
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as Jeff Portnoy
Tropic Thunder
as Jeff Portnoy
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
Fats Waller Was Born Here
as Multiple Roles/Jerry
Passaic Mosaic
as Self
Kung Fu Panda
as Po (voice)
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
as Self
Be Kind Rewind
as Jerry
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Paul McCartney (uncredited)
Margot at the Wedding
as Malcolm
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
as Self
The Holiday
as Miles
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
as JB
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
as Self
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
as JB
No Poster
The Eighth Blunder of the World
as Self
Nacho Libre
as Ignacio / Nacho
Coachella
as Self - Interviewee
No Poster
Danny Roane: First Time Director
as Self
Kong's New York, 1933
as Self
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
as JB
Awesometown
as George Washington
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
as Self
King Kong
as Carl Denham
Earth to America
as Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter
Club Oscar
as Lenny (voice)
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
as Self
The Present
as Self
Shark Tale
as Lenny (voice)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Motorcyclist
Envy
as Nick Vanderpark
Melvin Goes to Dinner
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
Tenacious D: In the Studio
as Self
No Poster
Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
as Self
The School of Rock
as Dewey Finn
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self
The Lewis Lectures
as Lewis (voice)
Tenacious D: Live in London
as Self
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
as JB
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
as Self
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
as JB
Ice Age
as Zeke (voice)
Run Ronnie Run
as Lead Chimney Sweep
Orange County
as Lance Brumder
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
as Self
Being 'Shallow Hal'
as Self
Shallow Hal
as Hal Larson
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
as JB
Saving Silverman
as J.D. McNugent
Jesus' Son
as Georgie
High Fidelity
as Barry
Cradle Will Rock
as Sid
The Love Letter
as Fisherman
Heat Vision and Jack
as Jack Austin
Enemy of the State
as Fiedler
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Titus Telesco (uncredited)
Bongwater
as Devlin
Johnny Skidmarks
as Jerry
The Jackal
as Ian Lamont
Mars Attacks!
as Billy Glenn Norris
The Fan
as Broadcast Technician
The Cable Guy
as Rick
Crossworlds
as Steve
Bio-Dome
as Tenacious D
Dead Man Walking
as Craig Poncelet
Waterworld
as Pilot
Bye Bye Love
as DJ at Party
The NeverEnding Story III
as Slip
The Innocent
as Marty Prago
Blind Justice
as Private
Demolition Man
as Wasteland Scrap
Airborne
as Augie
Marked for Murder
as Car Thief
Bob Roberts
as Roger Davis
No Poster
Our Shining Moment
as Teenage Boy
Too Far from the Norm
as Rick
No Poster
Kung Fu Panda 5
as Po (voice)
Making of School of Rock
as Self
No Poster
The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny
as Self
No Poster