Jack Black
Born: 1969-08-28 in 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), 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.
Filmography
2027
- A Minecraft Movie Squared as Steve
2026
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Bowser (voice)
- Jumanji: Open World as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
- Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man
2025
- A Minecraft Movie as Steve
- Anaconda as Doug McCallister
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler as Self - Guest
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow as Self
- The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self
- Tenacious D Live at the O2 as Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 as Self
- 40 Watts from Nowhere ... (Executive Producer)
- Jack Black: Tenacious Dude as self
2024
- Kung Fu Panda 4 as Po (voice)
- Borderlands as Claptrap (voice)
- Dear Santa as Satan
- 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- Dueling Dumplings as Po (voice)
- ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord as Self
2023
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie as Bowser (voice)
- History of the World: Part II as Joseph Stalin
- Free LSD as (Special Appearance)
- Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself as Self - Actor
- Gianna ... (Associate Producer)
- Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour as JB
- Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 as Self
2022
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Po (voice)
- Big Nate as Brad Gunter (voice)
- 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)
- Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center as Self
- Dio: Dreamers Never Die as Self
2021
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- Happily ... (Producer)
- Cash Box as Man
2020
- The Croods: A New Age ... (Songs)
- History 101 ... (Characters)
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Westley
- One World: Together at Home as Self
- Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
- Cup of Joe as Self
- Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story as Self
- Dear Class of 2020 as Self
- Celebrity Escape Room as Self - Game Master
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
- The Mandalorian as Captain Bombardier
- Jumanji: The Next Level as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
- Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
2018
- Amazing Saturday as Self
- Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween as R.L. Stine (uncredited)
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls as Jonathan Barnavelt
- The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
- What the Fit as Self
- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Dexter
- Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto as JB
- The Aquabats! Radventures! ... (Executive Producer)
- The Insufferable Groo as Self
- The Unexpected Race as Sheriff
- Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest as Po (Voice)
2017
- Steve as Self
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Bethany
- The Russell Howard Hour as Self
- The Gong Show as Self - Judge
- The Polka King as Jan Lewan
- The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- Tommy Can't Sleep as Big Tommy
2016
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
- WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews as Self - Guest
- Kung Fu Panda 3 as Po (voice)
- Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll as Po (voice)
- Great Minds with Dan Harmon as Ludwig van Beethoven
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Hot Ones as Self
- Documentary Now! as Jamison Friend
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
- Another Period as Dan Ringley
- Goosebumps as Stine / Slappy / Invisible Boy (voice)
- The Brink as Alex Talbot
- The D Train as Dan Landsman
- Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Sex Tape as YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
- Welcome to Sweden as Self
- Harmontown as Self
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- The Concert for Valor as Self
- The Sheik as Self
- Heaven Adores You as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Wizard's Way ... (Executive Producer)
2013
- Rick and Morty as Lithdor (voice)
- Drunk History as William Mulholland
- Radio Disney Music Awards as Self - Presenter
- The Birthday Boys
- Ghost Ghirls ... (Executive Producer)
- Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection as Po (Voice)
- Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera as Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
2012
- Good Mythical Morning as Self
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- The Eric Andre Show as Self
- Bernie as Bernie Tiede
- Pretty Sweet as Self
- Double Fine Adventure as Self
- Dreamworks: Holiday Classics as Po (voice)
- The Roadie as JB
2011
- Workaholics as Pritchard
- Kung Fu Panda 2 as Po (voice)
- Brain Games as Self
- The Muppets as Jack Black (uncredited)
- The Big Year as Brad Harris
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters as Po (voice)
- Fight for Your Right Revisited as MCA (B-Boys 2)
- Conan O'Brien Can't Stop as Self
2010
- Conan as Self
- The Talk as Self
- Take Two with Phineas and Ferb as Self
- Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver
- Kung Fu Panda Holiday as Po (voice)
- iCarly: iStart a Fan War as Aspartamay
- Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 as Self
- Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Community as Buddy
- Chopped as Self
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- Year One as Zed
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
- Branson ... (Producer)
2008
- Kung Fu Panda as Po (voice)
- Tropic Thunder as Jeff Portnoy
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five as Po (voice)
- Water and Power as The Mayor
- Be Kind Rewind as Jerry
- Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness as Jeff Portnoy
- Prop 8: The Musical as Jesus Christ
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 as Self
- VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
- Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle as Self
- Passaic Mosaic as Self
- D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary as Self
- Fats Waller Was Born Here as Multiple Roles/Jerry
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- iCarly as Aspartamay
- Yo Gabba Gabba!
- Acceptable.tv
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Paul McCartney (uncredited)
- Margot at the Wedding as Malcolm
- Relative insanity ... (Executive Producer)
- The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
- The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' as Self
2006
- The Holiday as Miles
- Nacho Libre as Nacho
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as JB
- Exposure as Dan Harmon
- The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
- Danny Roane: First Time Director as Self
- Coachella as Self - Interviewee
- Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
- Awesometown as George Washington
- Tenacious D: Time Fixers as JB
- Tenacious D: For the Ladies as JB
- Kong's New York, 1933
2005
- The Office as Sam
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Infinite Challenge as Self
- King Kong as Carl Denham
- Made in Hollywood as Self
- The Showbiz Show with David Spade
- Earth to America as Self
- Club Oscar as Lenny (voice)
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
- King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
2004
- Shark Tale as Lenny (voice)
- Tom Goes to the Mayor as Trapper JB (voice)
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Motorcyclist
- Cracking Up as Bruce Philapousis
- Laser Fart as The Elegant Hunter
- Envy as Nick Vanderpark
- Live at Johnny's
- Channel 101 as Self - Host
- The Present as Self
- Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- The School of Rock as Dewey Finn
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special as Self
- Time Belt as Computerman
- Computerman as Computerman
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks as Self
- Melvin Goes to Dinner as Mental Patient (uncredited)
- Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
- Tenacious D: In the Studio as Self
- 60 Spins Around the Sun ... (Executive Producer)
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2002
- American Idol as Self
- Ice Age as Zeke (voice)
- Clone High as Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
- Icons
- Crank Yankers as Tenacious O (voice)
- Last Call with Carson Daly as Self
- Orange County as Lance Brumder
- HypaSpace as Self
- Run Ronnie Run as Lead Chimney Sweep
- Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up as Self
- Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale as JB
- The Lewis Lectures as Lewis (voice)
- Tenacious D: Live in London as Self
- Tenacious D: Butt Baby as JB
2001
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- Shallow Hal as Hal Larson
- Critics Choice Awards ... (Characters)
- The Andy Dick Show as J.D
- Saving Silverman as J.D. McNugent
- Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal as Self
- Being 'Shallow Hal' as Self
- Tenacious D: JB's BJ as JB
2000
- High Fidelity as Barry Judd
- Jesus' Son as Georgie
1999
- Cradle Will Rock as Sid
- The Love Letter as Fisherman
- Heat Vision and Jack as Jack Austin
- Heat Vision and Jack as Jack Austin
- Teen Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
1998
- Will & Grace as Dr. Isaac Hershberg
- Enemy of the State as Fiedler
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer as Titus Telesco (uncredited)
- Johnny Skidmarks as Jerry
- Bongwater as Devlin
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
- The Jackal as Ian Lamont
- Tenacious D as Jack 'JB' Black
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Mars Attacks! as Billy Glenn Norris
- The Cable Guy as Rick
- The Fan as Broadcast Technician
- Bio-Dome as Tenacious D
- Full Frontal Comedy as self
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Crossworlds as Steve
1995
- Waterworld as Pilot
- Mr. Show with Bob and David as Jeepers Creepers
- The Single Guy as Randy
- Dead Man Walking as Craig Poncelet
- Pride & Joy as Man
- Bye Bye Love as DJ at Party
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Monte
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- All-American Girl as Tommy
- Monty as Doug
- The NeverEnding Story III as Slip
- Blind Justice as Private
- The Innocent as Marty Prago
1993
- The X-Files as Bart 'Zero' Liquori
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Demolition Man as Wasteland Scrap
- Airborne as Augie
- Marked for Murder as Car Thief
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- Picket Fences as Curtis Williams
- The Golden Palace as Cab Driver
- Great Scott! as Ray
- Bob Roberts as Roger Davis
1991
- Our Shining Moment as Teenage Boy
1990
- Northern Exposure as Kevin Wilkins
1989
- The Simpsons as Milo (voice)
- Life Goes On as Skinhead
1988
- This Morning as Self
1987
- Kids' Choice Awards as Host
- Too Far from the Norm as Rick
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Host
- The New Leave It to Beaver as Nick
1981
- The Fall Guy as Chuck
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
1953
- The Oscars as Self