A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Thomas Jacob Black
Τζακ Μπλακ
Τόμας Τζέικομπ "Τζακ" Μπλακ
Τόμας Τζέικομπ Μπλακ
ג'ק בלאק
جَک بِلَک
جک بلک
जैक ब्लैक
ჯეკ ბლეკი
傑克·布萊克
잭 블랙
Birthplace:
Santa Monica, California, USA
Born:
August 28, 1969
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.
Associate Producer:
2023 Gianna
Executive Producer:
2003 60 Spins Around the Sun
2010 Gulliver's Travels
2020 Celebrity Escape Room
2023 Gianna
Music:
2003 60 Spins Around the Sun
2006 Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2010 Gulliver's Travels
2020 Celebrity Escape Room
2023 Gianna
Producer:
2003 60 Spins Around the Sun
2006 Nacho Libre
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006 Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2007 The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
2010 Gulliver's Travels
2015 The D Train
2020 Celebrity Escape Room
2021 Happily
2023 Gianna
???? Stepdude
Songs:
2003 60 Spins Around the Sun
2006 Nacho Libre
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006 Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2007 The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
2010 Gulliver's Travels
2015 The D Train
2020 Celebrity Escape Room
2020 The Croods: A New Age
2021 Happily
2023 Gianna
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2025 A Minecraft Movie
???? Stepdude
Writer:
2001 Tenacious D: JB's BJ
2002 Tenacious D: Butt Baby
2002 Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
2003 60 Spins Around the Sun
2006 Nacho Libre
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006 Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2007 The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
2010 Gulliver's Travels
2012 The Roadie
2015 The D Train
2020 Celebrity Escape Room
2020 The Croods: A New Age
2021 Happily
2023 Gianna
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2025 A Minecraft Movie
???? Stepdude
Creator:
1997 Tenacious D
2007 Acceptable.tv
2007 Relative insanity
Executive Producer:
1997 Tenacious D
2007 Acceptable.tv
2007 Relative insanity
2013 Ghost Ghirls
2022 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Producer:
1997 Tenacious D
2007 Acceptable.tv
2007 Relative insanity
2013 Ghost Ghirls
2015 The Brink
2022 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Writer:
1997 Tenacious D
2007 Acceptable.tv
2007 Relative insanity
2013 Ghost Ghirls
2015 The Brink
2022 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
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