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
- The dream of solar system as The sun
2026
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Bowser (voice)
- Jumanji: Open World as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow as Self
- Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special as Self
- The slapstick slasher movie as Himself
- Countdown: Infinity War as Steven
2025
- A Minecraft Movie as Steve
- Anaconda as Doug McCallister
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler as Self - Guest
- The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self
- 40 Watts from Nowhere ... (Executive Producer)
- Tenacious D Live at the O2 as Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 as Self
- 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
- ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord as Self
- Dueling Dumplings as Po (voice)
- The Wonderful Land: After Landing as 41
2023
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie as Bowser (voice)
- History of the World: Part II as Joseph Stalin
- Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself as Self - Actor
- Free LSD as (Special Appearance)
- Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour as JB
- Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 as Self
- Gianna ... (Associate Producer)
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)
- Dio: Dreamers Never Die as Self
- Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center 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
- Cup of Joe as Self
- One World: Together at Home as Self
- Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
- Dear Class of 2020 as Self
- Celebrity Escape Room as Self - Game Master
- Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story as Self
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
- The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls as Jonathan Barnavelt
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween as R.L. Stine (uncredited)
- What the Fit as Self
- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Dexter
- The Aquabats! Saturday Morning! as The Wizard of Hollywood
- Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto as JB
- Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest as Po (Voice)
- The Unexpected Race as Sheriff
- The Insufferable Groo as Self
2017
- Steve as Self
- The Russell Howard Hour as Self
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Bethany
- 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
- 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
- Another Period as Dan Ringley
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
- Documentary Now! as Jamison Friend
- 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
- The Concert for Valor as Self
- Harmontown as Self
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- 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
- Double Fine Adventure as Self
- Dreamworks: Holiday Classics as Po (voice)
- Pretty Sweet as Self
- The Roadie as JB
- Kennedy Center Honors: Led Zeppelin Tribute Film as Self
2011
- Workaholics as Pritchard
- Kung Fu Panda 2 as Po (voice)
- The Muppets as Jack Black (uncredited)
- Brain Games as Self
- 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
- Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage as Self
- Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 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
- VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 as Self
- Fats Waller Was Born Here as Multiple Roles/Jerry
- D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary as Self
- Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle as Self
- Passaic Mosaic as Self
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)
- The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
- Margot at the Wedding as Malcolm
- The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' as Self
- Relative insanity ... (Executive Producer)
2006
- The Holiday as Miles
- Nacho Libre as Nacho
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as JB
- Pulse as Jack Sharp
- Exposure as Dan Harmon
- Danny Roane: First Time Director as Self
- Awesometown as George Washington
- Coachella as Self - Interviewee
- Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
- Tenacious D: Time Fixers as JB
- The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
- Tenacious D: For the Ladies as JB
- Kong's New York, 1933 as Self
2005
- The Office as Sam
- Infinite Challenge as Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Made in Hollywood as Self
- King Kong as Carl Denham
- The Showbiz Show with David Spade
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
- King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
- Earth to America as Self
- Club Oscar as Lenny (voice)
2004
- Tom Goes to the Mayor as Trapper JB (voice)
- Shark Tale as Lenny (voice)
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Motorcyclist
- Cracking Up as Bruce Philapousis
- Laser Fart as The Elegant Hunter
- Live at Johnny's
- Envy as Nick Vanderpark
- Channel 101 as Self - Host
- Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
- The Present as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- The School of Rock as Dewey Finn
- Time Belt as Computerman
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special as Self
- Melvin Goes to Dinner as Mental Patient (uncredited)
- Computerman as Computerman
- 60 Spins Around the Sun ... (Executive Producer)
- Tenacious D: In the Studio as Self
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks as Self
- Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2002
- American Idol as Self
- Ice Age as Zeke (voice)
- Last Call with Carson Daly as Self
- Clone High as Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
- Icons
- Crank Yankers as Tenacious O (voice)
- Orange County as Lance Brumder
- HypaSpace as Self
- Run Ronnie Run as Lead Chimney Sweep
- Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale as JB
- Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up as Self
- Tenacious D: Butt Baby as JB
- Tenacious D: Live in London as Self
- The Lewis Lectures as Lewis (voice)
2001
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- Critics Choice Awards ... (Characters)
- Shallow Hal as Hal Larson
- The Andy Dick Show as J.D
- Saving Silverman as J.D. McNugent
- Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal as Self
- Tenacious D: JB's BJ as JB
- Being 'Shallow Hal' as Self
2000
- High Fidelity as Barry
- 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
- Full Frontal Comedy as self
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Bio-Dome as Tenacious D
- Crossworlds as Steve
1995
- The Single Guy as Randy
- Mr. Show with Bob and David as Jeepers Creepers
- Waterworld as Pilot
- 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