Jack Black
Born August 28, 1969 (Age: 56)
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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 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.
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 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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Filmography
A Minecraft Movie 2
2027
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as Steve
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Age: 57
Anaconda
2025
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as Doug McCallister
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Age: 56
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
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as Self
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Age: 56
A Minecraft Movie
2025
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as Steve
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Age: 55
Borderlands
2024
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as Claptrap (voice)
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Age: 54
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
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as Po (voice)
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Age: 54
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
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as Bowser (voice)
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Age: 53
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
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as Wolfman Jack
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Age: 53
No Image
Cash Box
2021
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as Man
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Age: 52
One World: Together at Home
2020
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as Self
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Age: 50
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
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as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
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Age: 50
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
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as R.L. Stine (uncredited)
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Age: 49
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018
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as Jonathan Barnavelt
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Age: 49
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
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as Dexter
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Age: 48
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017
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as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
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Age: 48
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
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as Po (voice)
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Age: 46
Goosebumps
2015
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as R.L. Stine
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Age: 45
The D Train
2015
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as Dan Landsman
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Age: 45
Sex Tape
2014
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as YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
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Age: 44
Bernie
2012
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as Bernie Tiede
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Age: 42
The Muppets
2011
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as Jack Black (uncredited)
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Age: 42
The Big Year
2011
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as Brad Harris
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Age: 42
No Image
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
2011
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as Self
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Age: 42
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011
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as Self
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Age: 41
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
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as Po (voice)
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Age: 41
Gulliver's Travels
2010
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as Lemuel Gulliver
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Age: 41
Vida de Garoto
2010
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as steve
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Age: 40
Year One
2009
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as Zed
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Age: 39
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
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as Self
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Age: 39
Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle
2008
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as Self
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Age: 39
Tropic Thunder
2008
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as Jeff Portnoy
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Age: 38
Kung Fu Panda
2008
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as Po (voice)
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Age: 38
Be Kind Rewind
2008
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as Jerry
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Age: 38
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
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as Paul McCartney (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Margot at the Wedding
2007
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as Malcolm
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Age: 38
The Holiday
2006
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as Miles Dumont
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Age: 37
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
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as JB
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Age: 37
Nacho Libre
2006
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as Nacho
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Age: 36
Kong's New York, 1933
2006
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as
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Age: 36
King Kong
2005
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as Carl Denham
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Age: 36
Shark Tale
2004
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as Lenny (voice)
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Age: 35
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
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as Motorcyclist
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Age: 34
Envy
2004
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as Nick Vanderpark
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Age: 34
School of Rock
2003
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as Dewey Finn
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Age: 34
No Image
Jack Black: Spider-Man
2002
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as Spider-Man
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Age: 32
Ice Age
2002
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as Zeke (voice)
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Age: 32
Orange County
2002
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as Lance Brumder
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Age: 32
Shallow Hal
2001
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as Hal Larson
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Age: 32
Saving Silverman
2001
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as J.D. McNugent
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Age: 31
Jesus' Son
2000
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as Georgie
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Age: 30
High Fidelity
2000
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as Barry Judd
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Age: 30
Cradle Will Rock
1999
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as Sid
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Age: 30
Enemy of the State
1998
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as Fiedler
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Age: 29
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
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as Titus Telesco (uncredited)
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Age: 29
The Jackal
1997
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as Ian Lamont
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Age: 28
Mars Attacks!
1996
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as Billy Glenn Norris
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Age: 27
The Fan
1996
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as Broadcast Technician
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Age: 26
The Cable Guy
1996
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as Rick
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Age: 26
Bio-Dome
1996
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as Tenacious D
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Age: 26
Dead Man Walking
1995
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as Craig Poncelet
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Age: 26
Waterworld
1995
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as Pilot
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Age: 25
Demolition Man
1993
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as Wasteland Scrap
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Age: 24
Airborne
1993
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as Augie
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Age: 24
Bob Roberts
1992
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as Roger Davis
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Age: 23
No Image
Our Shining Moment
1991
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as Teenage Boy
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Age: 21