Jack Black
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 28, 1969 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Credits
- 280
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.
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Known for
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017Movie
Bethany
Ice Age
2002Movie
Zeke (voice)
Kung Fu Panda
2008Movie
Po (voice)
Rick and Morty
2013TV
Lithdor (voice)
The Mandalorian
2019TV
Captain Bombardier
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023Movie
Bowser (voice)
Filmography
Octobr 7
2028Movie
Steve
A Minecraft Movie Squared
2027Movie
Steve
The dream of solar system
2027TV
The sun
Jumanji: Open World
2026Movie
Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
2026Movie
Self
The slapstick slasher movie
2026Movie
Himself
Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special
2026Movie
Self
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026Movie
Bowser (voice)
Anaconda
2025Movie
Doug McCallister
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025Movie
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3
2025Movie
Self
Tenacious D Live at the O2
2025Movie
Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025Movie
Self
Jack Black: Tenacious Dude
2025Movie
self
A Minecraft Movie
2025Movie
Steve
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025TV
Self - Guest
Dear Santa
2024Movie
Satan
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2024Movie
Self
Borderlands
2024Movie
Claptrap (voice)
Dueling Dumplings
2024Movie
Po (voice)
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
2024Movie
Self
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024Movie
Po (voice)
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023Movie
Self - Actor
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
2023Movie
Self
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
2023Movie
JB
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023Movie
Bowser (voice)
History of the World: Part II
2023TV
Joseph Stalin
Free LSD
2023Movie
(Special Appearance)
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
2022Movie
Self
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
2022Movie
Self
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022Movie
Wolfman Jack
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022TV
Po (voice)
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022Movie
Grown Up Stan (voice)
How Did We Get Here?
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Big Nate
2022TV
Brad Gunter (voice)
Cash Box
2021Movie
Man
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021Movie
Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021TV
Self - Contestant
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020TV
Westley
Dear Class of 2020
2020Movie
Self
Celebrity Escape Room
2020Movie
Self - Game Master
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020Movie
Self
Cup of Joe
2020TV
Self
One World: Together at Home
2020Movie
Self
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
2020Movie
Self
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019Movie
Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
The Mandalorian
2019TV
Captain Bombardier
Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
2019Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self - Guest, Self
The Unexpected Race
2018Movie
Sheriff
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018TV
Self
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018Movie
R.L. Stine (uncredited)
Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto
2018TV
JB
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018Movie
Jonathan Barnavelt
The Aquabats! Saturday Morning!
2018TV
The Wizard of Hollywood
Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest
2018Movie
Po (Voice)
The Insufferable Groo
2018Movie
Self
Amazing Saturday
2018TV
Self
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018Movie
Dexter
What the Fit
2018TV
Self
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018TV
Self - Special Guest
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017Movie
Bethany
The Russell Howard Hour
2017TV
Self
Steve
2017TV
Self
The Words That Built America
2017Movie
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Gong Show
2017TV
Self - Judge
Tommy Can't Sleep
2017Movie
Big Tommy
The Polka King
2017Movie
Jan Lewan
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016Movie
Self
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
2016TV
Ludwig van Beethoven
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016TV
Self
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016TV
Self
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016Movie
Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016Movie
Po (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015Movie
Self
Documentary Now!
2015TV
Jamison Friend
Goosebumps
2015Movie
Stine / Slappy / Invisible Boy (voice)
Another Period
2015TV
Dan Ringley
The Brink
2015TV
Alex Talbot
The D Train
2015Movie
Dan Landsman
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015TV
Self
Hot Ones
2015TV
Self
The Concert for Valor
2014Movie
Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014Movie
Self - Actor
Sex Tape
2014Movie
YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
Heaven Adores You
2014Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sheik
2014Movie
Self
Welcome to Sweden
2014TV
Self
Harmontown
2014Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self, Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014TV
Self
Rick and Morty
2013TV
Lithdor (voice)
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
2013Movie
Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
The Birthday Boys
2013TV
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
2013Movie
Po (voice)
Drunk History
2013TV
William Mulholland, Vincenzo Peruggia, Elvis Presley
Radio Disney Music Awards
2013TV
Self - Presenter
Kennedy Center Honors: Led Zeppelin Tribute Film
2012Movie
Self
Pretty Sweet
2012Movie
Self
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012Movie
Po (voice)
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012TV
Self
The Eric Andre Show
2012TV
Self
The Roadie
2012Movie
JB
Bernie
2012Movie
Bernie Tiede
Double Fine Adventure
2012TV
Self
Good Mythical Morning
2012TV
Self
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011Movie
Po (voice)
The Muppets
2011Movie
Jack Black (uncredited)
The Big Year
2011Movie
Brad Harris
Brain Games
2011TV
Self
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011Movie
Self
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011Movie
Po (voice)
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011Movie
MCA (B-Boys 2)
Workaholics
2011TV
Pritchard
Gulliver's Travels
2010Movie
Lemuel Gulliver
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2010TV
Self, Self (archive footage)
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010Movie
Po (voice)
iCarly: iStart a Fan War
2010Movie
Aspartamay
Conan
2010TV
Self
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
2010Movie
Self
The Talk
2010TV
Self
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010Movie
Self
Community
2009TV
Buddy
The Jay Leno Show
2009TV
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Year One
2009Movie
Zed
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009Movie
Self
Chopped
2009TV
Self
Prop 8: The Musical
2008Movie
Jesus Christ
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008Movie
Po (voice)
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2
2008Movie
Self
Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle
2008Movie
Self
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008Movie
Jeff Portnoy
Tropic Thunder
2008Movie
Jeff Portnoy
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008Movie
Self
Passaic Mosaic
2008Movie
Self
Fats Waller Was Born Here
2008Movie
Multiple Roles/Jerry
Kung Fu Panda
2008Movie
Po (voice)
Water and Power
2008TV
The Mayor
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
2008Movie
Self
Be Kind Rewind
2008Movie
Jerry
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007Movie
Paul McCartney (uncredited)
Margot at the Wedding
2007Movie
Malcolm
iCarly
2007TV
Aspartamay
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007TV
Acceptable.tv
2007TV
Self / Cop / Story Wizard
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
2007Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2007TV
The Holiday
2006Movie
Miles
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006Movie
JB
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006Movie
Self
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006Movie
Self
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2006Movie
JB
Exposure
2006TV
Dan Harmon
Nacho Libre
2006Movie
Nacho
Coachella
2006Movie
Self - Interviewee
Danny Roane: First Time Director
2006Movie
Self
Kong's New York, 1933
2006Movie
Self
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
2006Movie
JB
Awesometown
2006Movie
George Washington
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2005Movie
Self
King Kong
2005Movie
Carl Denham
Earth to America
2005Movie
Self
Made in Hollywood
2005TV
Self
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005TV
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005Movie
Self - Presenter
Infinite Challenge
2005TV
Self
The Office
2005TV
Sam
Club Oscar
2005Movie
Lenny (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005TV
Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004Movie
Self
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004TV
Trapper JB (voice)
The Present
2004Movie
Self
Shark Tale
2004Movie
Lenny (voice)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004Movie
Motorcyclist
Envy
2004Movie
Nick Vanderpark
Laser Fart
2004TV
The Elegant Hunter
Cracking Up
2004TV
Bruce Philapousis
Channel 101
2004TV
Self - Host
Live at Johnny's
2004TV
Melvin Goes to Dinner
2003Movie
Mental Patient (uncredited)
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
2003Movie
Self
Tenacious D: In the Studio
2003Movie
Self
Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
2003Movie
The School of Rock
2003Movie
Dewey Finn
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003Movie
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Computerman
2003TV
Computerman
Time Belt
2003TV
Computerman
Celebrities Uncensored
2003TV
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self, Self - Emmys Segment, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest, Self - "Mean Tweets"
The Lewis Lectures
2002Movie
Lewis (voice)
Tenacious D: Live in London
2002Movie
Self
Clone High
2002TV
Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
2002Movie
JB
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
2002Movie
Self
American Idol
2002TV
Self
Crank Yankers
2002TV
Tenacious O (voice)
HypaSpace
2002TV
Self
Icons
2002TV
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
2002Movie
JB
Ice Age
2002Movie
Zeke (voice)
Run Ronnie Run
2002Movie
Lead Chimney Sweep
Orange County
2002Movie
Lance Brumder
Last Call with Carson Daly
2002TV
Self
Being 'Shallow Hal'
2001Movie
Self
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
2001Movie
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self
Shallow Hal
2001Movie
Hal Larson
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
2001Movie
JB
The Andy Dick Show
2001TV
J.D
Saving Silverman
2001Movie
J.D. McNugent
Jesus' Son
2000Movie
Georgie
High Fidelity
2000Movie
Barry
Cradle Will Rock
1999Movie
Sid
Teen Choice Awards
1999TV
Self - Presenter
The Love Letter
1999Movie
Fisherman
Heat Vision and Jack
1999Movie
Jack Austin
Heat Vision and Jack
1999TV
Jack Austin
Enemy of the State
1998Movie
Fiedler
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998Movie
Titus Telesco (uncredited)
Will & Grace
1998TV
Dr. Isaac Hershberg
Bongwater
1998Movie
Devlin
Johnny Skidmarks
1998Movie
Jerry
Tenacious D
1997TV
Jack 'JB' Black
The Jackal
1997Movie
Ian Lamont
The View
1997TV
Self - Guest
Mars Attacks!
1996Movie
Billy Glenn Norris
Full Frontal Comedy
1996TV
self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
The Fan
1996Movie
Broadcast Technician
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
The Cable Guy
1996Movie
Rick
Crossworlds
1996Movie
Steve
Bio-Dome
1996Movie
Tenacious D
Dead Man Walking
1995Movie
Craig Poncelet
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995TV
Farmer / Satan / God, Expert, Jeepers Creepers, Gay Guy / Moviegoer
The Single Guy
1995TV
Randy
Waterworld
1995Movie
Pilot
Pride & Joy
1995TV
Man
Bye Bye Love
1995Movie
DJ at Party
The NeverEnding Story III
1994Movie
Slip
The Innocent
1994Movie
Marty Prago
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Monte
All-American Girl
1994TV
Tommy
Blind Justice
1994Movie
Private
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994TV
Monty
1994TV
Doug
Demolition Man
1993Movie
Wasteland Scrap
Airborne
1993Movie
Augie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
The X-Files
1993TV
Bart 'Zero' Liquori
Marked for Murder
1993Movie
Car Thief
Great Scott!
1992TV
Ray
The Golden Palace
1992TV
Cab Driver
Picket Fences
1992TV
Curtis Williams
Bob Roberts
1992Movie
Roger Davis
Morgenmagazin
1992TV
Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992TV
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self - Guest
Our Shining Moment
1991Movie
Teenage Boy
Northern Exposure
1990TV
Kevin Wilkins
The Simpsons
1989TV
Milo (voice)
Life Goes On
1989TV
Skinhead
This Morning
1988TV
Self
Kids' Choice Awards
1987TV
Host, Self - Honoree
Too Far from the Norm
1987Movie
Rick
The New Leave It to Beaver
1984TV
Nick
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self - Host
The Fall Guy
1981TV
Chuck
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Tenacious D
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Kung Fu Panda 5
Movie
Po (voice)
Making of School of Rock
Movie
Self
Micronations
Movie
The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny
Movie
Self