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Jack Black
Santa Monica, California, USA
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.…
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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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2027
A Minecraft Movie Squared
Movie Steve
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2026
Jumanji: Open World
Movie Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
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2026
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
Movie Self
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2026
The slapstick slasher movie
Movie Himself
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2026
Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special
Movie Self
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2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Movie Bowser (voice)
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2025
Anaconda
Movie Doug McCallister
- 2025
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2025
Tenacious D Live at the O2
Movie Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
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2025
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3
Movie Self
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2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Movie Self
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2025
Jack Black: Tenacious Dude
Movie self
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2025
A Minecraft Movie
Movie Steve
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2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
40 Watts from Nowhere
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Dear Santa
Movie Satan
More credits
- 2024
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2024
Borderlands
Movie Claptrap (voice)
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2024
Dueling Dumplings
Movie Po (voice)
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2024
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
Movie Self
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2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
Movie Po (voice)
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2023
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
Movie Self - Actor
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2023
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
Movie Self
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2023
Gianna
Movie Associate Producer
- 2023
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2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Movie Bowser (voice)
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2023
History of the World: Part II
TV show Joseph Stalin
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2023
Free LSD
Movie (Special Appearance)
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2022
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
Movie Self
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2022
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
Movie Self
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2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Movie Wolfman Jack
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2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
TV show Po (voice)
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2022
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Movie Grown Up Stan (voice)
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2022
How Did We Get Here?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Big Nate
TV show Brad Gunter (voice)
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2021
Cash Box
Movie Man
- 2021
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2021
Happily
Movie Producer
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2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV show Self - Contestant
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2020
The Croods: A New Age
Movie Songs
