
Jack Black
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), 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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Jumanji 3 as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
2026The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Bowser (voice)
2025Anaconda as Doug McCallister
2025The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 as Self
2025Tenacious D Live at the O2 as Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self
2025Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow as Self
2025Early To Class as Himself (Archive footage)
2025A Minecraft Movie as Steve
2024Dear Santa as Satan
20242024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2024Borderlands as Claptrap (voice)
2024Dueling Dumplings as Po (voice)
2024ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord as Self
2024Kung Fu Panda 4 as Po (voice)
2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Replayed as Bowser (archive sound)
2023Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself as Self - Actor
2023Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring as Self
2023Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 as Self
2023Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour as JB
2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie as Bowser (voice)
2023History of the World: Part II as Joseph Stalin
2023Free LSD as (Special Appearance)
2022Dio: Dreamers Never Die as Self
2022Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center as Self
2022Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Wolfman Jack
2022Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Po (voice)
2022Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood as Grown Up Stan (voice)
2022How Did We Get Here? as Self (archive footage)
2022Big Nate as Brad Gunter (voice)
2021Cash Box as Man
20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2021Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Westley
2020Dear Class of 2020 as Self
2020Celebrity Escape Room as Self - Game Master
2020Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
2020Cup of Joe as Self
2020One World: Together at Home as Self
2020Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story as Self
2019Jumanji: The Next Level as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
2019The Mandalorian as Captain Bombardier
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
2018The Unexpected Race as Sheriff
2018Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween as R.L. Stine (uncredited)
2018The House with a Clock in Its Walls as Jonathan Barnavelt
2018Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest as Po (Voice)
2018The Insufferable Groo as Self
2018Amazing Saturday as Self
2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Dexter
2018What the Fit as Self
2018The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
2017Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
2017The Russell Howard Hour as Self
2017The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017The Gong Show as Self - Judge
2017Tommy Can't Sleep as Big Tommy
2017The Polka King as Jan Lewan
2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
2016Great Minds with Dan Harmon as Ludwig van Beethoven
2016Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as Self
2016Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
2016Kung Fu Panda 3 as Po (voice)
2016Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll as Po (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! as Self
2015Documentary Now! as Jamison Friend
2015Goosebumps as R.L. Stine
2015Another Period as Dan Ringley
2015The Brink as Alex Talbot
2015The D Train as Dan Landsman
2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
2015Hot Ones as Self
2014The Concert for Valor as Self
201421 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
2014Sex Tape as YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
2014Heaven Adores You as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014The Sheik as Self
2014Welcome to Sweden as Self
2014Harmontown as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013Rick and Morty as Lithdor (voice)
2013Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera as Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
2013The Birthday Boys
2013Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection as Po (Voice)
2013Drunk History as William Mulholland
2013Drunk History as Vincenzo Peruggia
2013Drunk History as Elvis Presley
2013Radio Disney Music Awards as Self - Presenter
2012Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet as Self
2012Dreamworks Holiday Classics as Po (voice)
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2012The Eric Andre Show as Self
2012The Roadie as JB
2012Bernie as Bernie Tiede
2012Double Fine Adventure as Self
2012Good Mythical Morning as Self
2011Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters as Po (voice)
2011The Muppets as Jack Black (uncredited)
2011The Big Year as Brad Harris
2011Brain Games as Self
2011Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
2011Conan O'Brien Can't Stop as Self
2011Kung Fu Panda 2 as Po (voice)
2011Fight for Your Right Revisited as MCA (B-Boys 2)
2011Workaholics as Pritchard
2010Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver
2010Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2010Kung Fu Panda Holiday as Po (voice)
2010Conan as Self
2010Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 as Self
2010Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage as Self
2009Community as Buddy
2009The Jay Leno Show as Self
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Year One as Zed
2009We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
2009Chopped as Self
2008Prop 8: The Musical as Jesus Christ
2008Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five as Po (voice)
2008Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 as Self
2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness as Jeff Portnoy
2008Tropic Thunder as Jeff Portnoy
2008VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
2008Kung Fu Panda as Po (voice)
2008Water And Power as The Mayor
2008D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary as Self
2008Be Kind Rewind as Jerry
2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Paul McCartney (uncredited)
2007Margot at the Wedding as Malcolm
2007iCarly as Aspartamay
2007Acceptable.tv
2007Acceptable.tv as Self / Cop / Story Wizard
2007The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' as Self
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2006The Holiday as Miles Dumont
2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as JB
2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
2006Tenacious D: Time Fixers as JB
2006The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
2006Exposure as Dan Harmon
2006Nacho Libre as Nacho
2006Coachella as Self (Interviewee)
2006Danny Roane: First Time Director as Self
2006Kong's New York, 1933
2006Tenacious D: For the Ladies as JB
2006Awesometown as George Washington
2005King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
2005King Kong as Carl Denham
2005Earth to America as Self
2005Made in Hollywood as Self
2005The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
2005Infinite Challenge as Self
2005The Office as Sam
2005Club Oscar as Lenny (voice)
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
2004Tom Goes to the Mayor as Trapper JB (voice)
2004The Present as Self
2004Shark Tale as Lenny (voice)
2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Motorcyclist
2004Envy as Nick Vanderpark
2004Laser Fart as The Elegant Hunter
2004Cracking Up
2004Channel 101 as Self - Host
2004Live at Johnny's
2003Melvin Goes to Dinner as Mental Patient (uncredited)
2003Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
2003Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks as Self
2003Tenacious D: In the Studio as Self
2003School of Rock as Dewey Finn
2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special as Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Computerman as Computerman
2003Time Belt as Computerman
2003Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Emmys Segment
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Musical Guest
2002The Lewis Lectures as Lewis (voice)
2002Tenacious D: Live in London as Self
2002Clone High as Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
2002Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale as JB
2002Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up as Self
2002American Idol as Self
2002HypaSpace as Self
2002Icons
2002Tenacious D: Butt Baby as JB
2002Ice Age as Zeke (voice)
2002Run Ronnie Run as Lead Chimney Sweep
2002Orange County as Lance Brumder
2002Last Call with Carson Daly as Self
2001Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal as Self
2001Being 'Shallow Hal' as Self
2001Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
2001Shallow Hal as Hal Larson
2001Tenacious D: JB's BJ as JB
2001The Andy Dick Show as J.D
2001Saving Silverman as J.D. McNugent
2000Jesus' Son as Georgie
2000High Fidelity as Barry Judd
1999Cradle Will Rock as Sid
1999Teen Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
1999The Love Letter as Fisherman
1999Heat Vision and Jack as Jack Austin
1999Heat Vision and Jack as Jack Austin
1998Enemy of the State as Fiedler
1998I Still Know What You Did Last Summer as Titus Telesco (uncredited)
1998Will & Grace as Dr. Isaac Hershberg
1998Bongwater as Devlin
1998Johnny Skidmarks as Jerry
1997Tenacious D as Jack 'JB' Black
1997The Jackal as Ian Lamont
1997The View as Self
1996Mars Attacks! as Billy Glenn Norris
1996Full Frontal Comedy as self
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996The Fan as Broadcast Technician
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996The Cable Guy as Rick
1996Crossworlds as Steve
1996Bio-Dome as Tenacious D
1995Dead Man Walking as Craig Poncelet
1995Mr. Show with Bob and David as Farmer / Satan / God
1995Mr. Show with Bob and David as Expert
1995Mr. Show with Bob and David as Jeepers Creepers
1995Mr. Show with Bob and David as Gay Guy / Moviegoer
1995The Single Guy as Randy
1995Waterworld as Pilot
1995Pride & Joy as Man
1995Bye Bye Love as DJ at Party
1994The NeverEnding Story III as Slip
1994The Innocent as Marty Prago
1994Touched by an Angel as Monte
1994All-American Girl as Tommy
1994Blind Justice as Private
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994Monty as Doug
1993Demolition Man as Wasteland Scrap
1993Airborne as Augie
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993The X-Files as Bart 'Zero' Liquori
1993Marked for Murder as Car Thief
1992Great Scott! as Ray
1992Picket Fences as Curtis Williams
1992The Golden Palace as Cab Driver
1992Bob Roberts as Roger Davis
1992Morgenmagazin as Self
1992MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991Our Shining Moment
1990Northern Exposure as Kevin Wilkins
1989The Simpsons as Milo (voice)
1989Life Goes On as Skinhead
1988This Morning as Self
1987Kids' Choice Awards as Host
1987Kids' Choice Awards as Self - Honoree
1987Too Far from the Norm as Rick
1984The New Leave It to Beaver as Nick
1984MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Host
1981The Fall Guy as Chuck
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953The Oscars as Self
—Making Of School of Rock as Self
—Untitled Weezer Film
—Micronations
—The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny as Self









