Jack Black

55, from Santa Monica, California, USA

Artwork for The Super Mario Bros. MovieImage of Jack Black

Biography

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter. Black is known for his roles in the films High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Orange County (2002), School of Rock (2003), Envy (2004), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bernie (2011) and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), in addition to his role in the Jumanji franchise. He also voices the giant panda named Po from DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda films. He gained Golden Globe nominations for his work in School of Rock and Bernie, and he was given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2018.\n\nBlack is also the lead vocalist of the Grammy Award–winning comedy rock duo Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with long time friend, Kyle Gass. They have released multiple studio albums including their self titled debut Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny, Rize of the Fenix, and Post-Apocalypto, in addition to their television series Tenacious D (1997–2000) and film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006). Since 2018, Black has maintained a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games.

Timeline

2025Aged 56

  • Poster for A Minecraft Movie

    Steve

  • Poster for Anaconda

    (Unknown)

2024Aged 55

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda 4

    Po (voice)

  • Poster for ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord

    Self

  • Poster for Dueling Dumplings

    Po (voice)

  • Poster for Borderlands

    Claptrap (voice)

  • Poster for 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Self

  • Poster for Dear Santa

    Satan

2023Aged 54

  • Poster for Free LSD

    (Special Appearance)

  • Poster for The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    Bowser (voice)

  • Poster for Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour

    JB

  • Poster for Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023

    Self

  • Poster for Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring

    Self

  • Poster for Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself

    Self - Actor

  • Poster for Gianna

    Associate Producer

2022Aged 53

  • Poster for How Did We Get Here?

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

    Grown Up Stan (voice)

  • Poster for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

    Wolfman Jack

  • Poster for Dio: Dreamers Never Die

    Self

2021Aged 52

2020Aged 51

  • Poster for Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story

    Self

  • Poster for One World: Together at Home

    Self

  • Poster for Feeding America Comedy Festival

    Self

  • Poster for Celebrity Escape Room

    Self - Game Master

  • Poster for Dear Class of 2020

    Self

  • Poster for The Croods: A New Age

    Songs

2019Aged 50

  • Poster for Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019

    Self

  • Poster for A Very Jumanji Thanksgiving

    Self (Jumanji Family)

  • Poster for Jumanji: The Next Level

    Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

2018Aged 49

  • Poster for Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

    Dexter

  • Poster for The Insufferable Groo

    Self

  • Poster for The House with a Clock in Its Walls

    Jonathan Barnavelt

  • Poster for Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

    R. L. Stine (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Unexpected Race

    Sheriff

2017Aged 48

  • Poster for The Polka King

    Jan Lewan

  • Tommy Can`t Sleep

    Big Tommy

  • Poster for The Words That Built America

    Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

  • Poster for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

    Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

2016Aged 47

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

    Po (voice)

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda 3

    Po (voice)

  • Poster for Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Self

2015Aged 46

  • Poster for The D Train

    Dan Landsman

  • Poster for Goosebumps

    R.L. Stine

  • Poster for Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!

    Self

2014Aged 45

  • Poster for Harmontown

    Self

  • Poster for The Sheik

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Heaven Adores You

    Self

  • Poster for Sex Tape

    YouPorn Owner (uncredited)

  • Poster for 21 Years: Richard Linklater

    Self - Actor

  • Poster for The Concert for Valor

    Self

2013Aged 44

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

    Po (Voice)

  • Poster for Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera

    Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)

2012Aged 43

  • Poster for Bernie

    Bernie Tiede

  • Poster for The Roadie

    JB

  • Poster for Dreamworks Holiday Classics

    Po (voice)

  • Poster for Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet

    Self

2011Aged 42

2010Aged 41

2009Aged 40

  • Poster for We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

    Self

  • Poster for Year One

    Zed

2008Aged 39

  • Poster for Be Kind Rewind

    Jerry

  • Poster for D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary

    Self

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda

    Po (voice)

  • Poster for VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

    Self

  • Poster for Tropic Thunder

    Jeff Portnoy

  • Poster for Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

    Jeff Portnoy

  • Poster for Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2

    Self

  • Poster for Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

    Po (voice)

  • Poster for Prop 8: The Musical

    Jesus Christ

2007Aged 38

  • Poster for Tenacious D: For the Ladies

    JB

  • Poster for The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'

    Self

  • Poster for Margot at the Wedding

    Malcolm

  • Poster for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

    Paul McCartney (uncredited)

  • Poster for Year of the Dog

    Producer

2006Aged 37

2005Aged 36

  • Poster for Club Oscar

    Lenny (voice)

  • Poster for A Concert for Hurricane Relief

    Self - Presenter

  • Poster for Earth to America

    Self

  • Poster for King Kong

    Carl Denham

  • Poster for King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

    Self

2004Aged 35

  • Poster for Envy

    Nick Vanderpark

  • Poster for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

    Motorcyclist

  • Poster for Shark Tale

    Lenny (voice)

  • Poster for The Present

    Self

2003Aged 34

  • Poster for Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

    Self

  • Poster for School of Rock

    Dewey Finn

  • Poster for Tenacious D: In the Studio

    Self

  • Poster for Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks

    Self

  • Poster for Melvin Goes to Dinner

    Mental Patient (uncredited)

  • Poster for 60 Spins Around the Sun

    Executive Producer

2002Aged 33

2001Aged 32

2000Aged 31

  • Poster for High Fidelity

    Barry Judd

  • Poster for Jesus' Son

    Georgie

1999Aged 30

  • Poster for Heat Vision and Jack

    Jack Austin

  • Poster for Cradle Will Rock

    Sid

1998Aged 29

  • Poster for Johnny Skidmarks

    Jerry

  • Poster for Bongwater

    Devlin

  • Poster for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

    Titus Telesco (uncredited)

  • Poster for Enemy of the State

    Fiedler

1997Aged 28

  • Poster for The Jackal

    Ian Lamont

1996Aged 27

  • Poster for Bio-Dome

    Tenacious D

  • Poster for Crossworlds

    Steve

  • Poster for The Cable Guy

    Rick

  • Poster for The Fan

    Broadcast Technician

  • Poster for Mars Attacks!

    Billy Glenn Norris

1995Aged 26

  • Poster for Bye Bye Love

    DJ at Party

  • Poster for Waterworld

    Pilot

  • Poster for Dead Man Walking

    Craig Poncelet

1994Aged 25

  • Poster for Blind Justice

    Private

  • Poster for The Innocent

    Marty Prago

  • Poster for The NeverEnding Story III

    Slip

1993Aged 24

  • Poster for Marked for Murder

    Car Thief

  • Poster for Airborne

    Augie

  • Poster for Demolition Man

    Wasteland Scrap

1992Aged 23

  • Poster for Bob Roberts

    Roger Davis

1987Aged 18

  • Poster for Too Far from the Norm

    Rick

Year unknown

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