Jack Black
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-08-28 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
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.
Known For
Acting
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as Self (archive footage)
Stepdude
as Sherman
Making Of School of Rock
as Self
(2025)
A Minecraft Movie
as Steve
(2025)
(2025)
(2024)
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Po (voice)
(2024)
Borderlands
as Claptrap (voice)
(2024)
Dear Santa
as Satan
(2024)
(2024)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
(2024)
Dueling Dumplings
as Po (voice)
(2023)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
as Bowser (voice)
(2023)
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
as Self - Actor
(2023)
Free LSD
as (Special Appearance)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2022)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Wolfman Jack
(2022)
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
as Grown Up Stan (voice)
(2022)
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
as Self
(2022)
How Did We Get Here?
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
(2021)
(2021)
Cash Box
as Man
(2020)
One World: Together at Home
as Self
(2020)
Dear Class of 2020
as Self
(2020)
(2020)
Celebrity Escape Room
as Self - Game Master
(2020)
(2020)
Jabliski VS. Jack Black
as Jack Black
(2020)
Jabliski VS. Jack Black
as Jabliski
(2019)
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
(2019)
Area 52
as Jack Black
(2019)
(2018)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
as R. L. Stine (uncredited)
(2018)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as Jonathan Barnavelt
(2018)
(2018)
The Unexpected Race
as Sheriff
(2018)
The Insufferable Groo
as Self
(2017)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
(2017)
The Polka King
as Jan Lewan
(2017)
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
(2017)
Tommy Can`t Sleep
as Big Tommy
(2016)
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Po (voice)
(2016)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
as Po (voice)
(2016)
(2015)
Goosebumps
as R.L. Stine
(2015)
The D Train
as Dan Landsman
(2015)
(2014)
Sex Tape
as YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
(2014)
Harmontown
as Self
(2014)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
(2014)
The Concert for Valor
as Self
(2014)
(2014)
Heaven Adores You
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(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)
(2012)
Bernie
as Bernie Tiede
(2012)
Dreamworks Holiday Classics
as Po (voice)
(2012)
(2012)
The Roadie
as JB
(2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2
as Po (voice)
(2011)
The Muppets
as Jack Black (uncredited)
(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)
(2010)
Gulliver's Travels
as Lemuel Gulliver
(2010)
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
as Po (voice)
(2010)
(2010)
(2009)
Year One
as Zed
(2009)
(2008)
Kung Fu Panda
as Po (voice)
(2008)
Tropic Thunder
as Jeff Portnoy
(2008)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
as Po (voice)
(2008)
Be Kind Rewind
as Jerry
(2008)
Prop 8: The Musical
as Jesus Christ
(2008)
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as Jeff Portnoy
(2008)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
(2008)
(2008)
(2007)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Paul McCartney (uncredited)
(2007)
Margot at the Wedding
as Malcolm
(2007)
(2006)
Nacho Libre
as Nacho
(2006)
The Holiday
as Miles
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
Awesometown
as George Washington
(2006)
Coachella
as Self (Interviewee)
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
King Kong
as Carl Denham
(2005)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
as Self - Presenter
(2005)
(2005)
Earth to America
as Self
(2005)
Club Oscar
as Lenny (voice)
(2004)
Shark Tale
as Lenny (voice)
(2004)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Motorcyclist
(2004)
Envy
as Nick Vanderpark
(2004)
The Present
as Self
(2003)
School of Rock
as Dewey Finn
(2003)
Melvin Goes to Dinner
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
(2003)
Tenacious D: In the Studio
as Self
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
Ice Age
as Zeke (voice)
(2002)
Orange County
as Lance Brumder
(2002)
Run Ronnie Run
as Lead Chimney Sweep
(2002)
Lord of the Piercing
as Jack the Elf
(2002)
Jack Black: Spider-Man
as Jack Black / Spider-Man
(2002)
The Lewis Lectures
as Lewis (voice)
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
Tenacious D: Live in London
as Self
(2002)
(2001)
Shallow Hal
as Hal
(2001)
Saving Silverman
as J.D. McNugent
(2001)
Being 'Shallow Hal'
as Self
(2001)
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
as Self
(2001)
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
as JB
(2000)
High Fidelity
as Barry Judd
(2000)
Jesus' Son
as Georgie
(1999)
Cradle Will Rock
as Sid
(1999)
The Love Letter
as Fisherman
(1999)
Heat Vision and Jack
as Jack Austin
(1998)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Titus Telesco (uncredited)
(1998)
Enemy of the State
as Fiedler
(1998)
Bongwater
as Devlin
(1998)
Johnny Skidmarks
as Jerry
(1997)
The Jackal
as Ian Lamont
(1997)
(1996)
Mars Attacks!
as Billy Glenn Norris
(1996)
The Cable Guy
as Rick
(1996)
The Fan
as Broadcast Technician
(1996)
Bio-Dome
as Tenacious D
(1996)
Crossworlds
as Steve
(1995)
Waterworld
as Pilot
(1995)
Dead Man Walking
as Craig Poncelet
(1995)
Bye Bye Love
as DJ at Party
(1994)
The NeverEnding Story III
as Slip
(1994)
Blind Justice
as Private
(1994)
The Innocent
as Marty Prago
(1993)
Demolition Man
as Wasteland Scrap
(1993)
Airborne
as Augie
(1993)
Marked for Murder
as Car Thief
(1992)
Bob Roberts
as Roger Davis
(1987)
Too Far from the Norm
as Rick
Crew
Stepdude
Producer
(2023)
(2023)
Gianna
Associate Producer
(2021)
Happily
Producer
(2020)
(2020)
Celebrity Escape Room
Executive Producer
(2015)
The D Train
Producer
(2012)
The Roadie
Writer
(2010)
Gulliver's Travels
Executive Producer
(2007)
(2006)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Producer, Songs, Writer
(2006)
Nacho Libre
Producer
(2006)
(2003)
60 Spins Around the Sun
Executive Producer
(2002)
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
Writer
(2002)
(2001)
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
Writer