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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

Good Mythical Morning

Self

The Daily Show

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Infinite Challenge

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

The Simpsons

Milo (voice)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	A Minecraft Movie	Steve
2025	Anaconda
2025	Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror	Self
2025	Early To Class	Himself (Archive footage)
2024	Dear Santa	Satan
2024	Kung Fu Panda 4	Po (voice)
2024	Dueling Dumplings	Po (voice)
2024	ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord	Self
2024	Borderlands	Claptrap (voice)
2024	2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self
2023	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Bowser (voice)
2023	Free LSD	(Special Appearance)
2023	Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour	JB
2023	Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023	Self
2023	Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring	Self
2023	Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself	Self - Actor
2022	How Did We Get Here?	Self (archive footage)
2022	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Wolfman Jack
2022	Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center	Self
2022	Dio: Dreamers Never Die	Self
2022	Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood	Grown Up Stan (voice)
2021	2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self
2021	Cash Box	Man
2020	Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self
2020	Celebrity Escape Room	Self - Game Master
2020	Dear Class of 2020	Self
2020	Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story	Self
2020	One World: Together at Home	Self
2019	Jumanji: The Next Level	Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
2019	Tenacious D - Rock in Rio 2019	Self
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	Dexter
2018	The House with a Clock in Its Walls	Jonathan Barnavelt
2018	Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween	R. L. Stine (uncredited)
2018	The Insufferable Groo	Self
2018	The Unexpected Race	Sheriff
2018	Humility	Self
2017	Tommy Can`t Sleep	Big Tommy
2017	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
2017	The Polka King	Jan Lewan
2017	The Words That Built America	Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2016	Kung Fu Panda 3	Po (voice)
2016	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll	Po (voice)
2016	Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny	Self
2015	Goosebumps	R.L. Stine
2015	Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!	Self
2015	The D Train	Dan Landsman
2014	Harmontown	Self
2014	Sex Tape	YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
2014	The Concert for Valor	Self
2014	Heaven Adores You	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014	21 Years: Richard Linklater	Self - Actor
2014	The Sheik	Self
2013	Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera	Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
2013	Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection	Po (Voice)
2012	The Roadie	JB
2012	Bernie	Bernie Tiede
2012	Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet	Self
2012	Dreamworks Holiday Classics	Po (voice)
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	Po (voice)
2011	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters	Po (voice)
2011	The Big Year	Brad Harris
2011	Conan O'Brien Can't Stop	Self
2011	Fight for Your Right Revisited	MCA (B-Boys 2)
2011	The Muppets	Jack Black (uncredited)
2011	Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division	Self
2010	Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage	Self
2010	Gulliver's Travels	Lemuel Gulliver
2010	Kung Fu Panda Holiday	Po (voice)
2010	Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010	Self
2009	Year One	Zed
2009	We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial	Self
2008	Prop 8: The Musical	Jesus Christ
2008	Be Kind Rewind	Jerry
2008	Tropic Thunder	Jeff Portnoy
2008	Kung Fu Panda	Po (voice)
2008	Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness	Jeff Portnoy
2008	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five	Po (voice)
2008	D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary	Self
2008	Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2	Self
2008	VH1 Rock Honors: The Who	Self
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Paul McCartney (uncredited)
2007	Margot at the Wedding	Malcolm
2007	The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'	Self
2006	The Holiday	Miles
2006	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	JB
2006	Nacho Libre	Nacho
2006	Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'	Self
2006	Tenacious D: For the Ladies	JB
2006	Awesometown	George Washington
2006	The Eighth Blunder of the World	Self
2006	Tenacious D: Time Fixers	JB
2006	Coachella	Self (Interviewee)
2006	Danny Roane: First Time Director	Self
2005	King Kong	Carl Denham
2005	Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast	Self - Presenter
2005	King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries	Self
2005	Earth to America	Self
2005	Club Oscar	Lenny (voice)
2004	Shark Tale	Lenny (voice)
2004	Envy	Nick Vanderpark
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Motorcyclist
2004	The Present	Self
2004	Linklater: St. Richard of Austin	Self
2003	Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks	Self
2003	Tenacious D: In the Studio	Self
2003	School of Rock	Dewey Finn
2003	Melvin Goes to Dinner	Mental Patient (uncredited)
2003	Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special	Self
2002	Ice Age	Zeke (voice)
2002	Orange County	Lance Brumder
2002	The Lewis Lectures	Lewis (voice)
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Lead Chimney Sweep
2002	Tenacious D: Live in London	Self
2002	Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up	Self
2002	Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale	JB
2002	Tenacious D: Butt Baby	JB
2002	Jack Black: Spider-Man	Jack Black / Spider-Man
2002	Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
2001	Saving Silverman	J.D. McNugent
2001	Shallow Hal	Hal
2001	Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal	Self
2001	Being 'Shallow Hal'	Self
2001	Tenacious D: JB's BJ	JB
2000	High Fidelity	Barry Judd
2000	Jesus' Son	Georgie
1999	Heat Vision and Jack	Jack Austin
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Sid
1999	The Love Letter	Fisherman
1998	Enemy of the State	Fiedler
1998	Bongwater	Devlin
1998	Johnny Skidmarks	Jerry
1998	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Titus Telesco (uncredited)
1997	The Jackal	Ian Lamont
1996	Bio-Dome	Tenacious D
1996	The Cable Guy	Rick
1996	Crossworlds	Steve
1996	Mars Attacks!	Billy Glenn Norris
1996	The Fan	Broadcast Technician
1995	Waterworld	Pilot
1995	Dead Man Walking	Craig Poncelet
1995	Bye Bye Love	DJ at Party
1994	The NeverEnding Story III	Slip
1994	Blind Justice	Private
1994	The Innocent	Marty Prago
1993	Airborne	Augie
1993	Marked for Murder	Car Thief
1993	Demolition Man	Wasteland Scrap
1992	Bob Roberts	Roger Davis
1987	Too Far from the Norm	Rick
	Making Of School of Rock	Self
	The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny	Self
	Micronations
	Stepdude	Sherman
	Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life	Self (archive footage)
	Untitled Weezer Film

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2023	History of the World: Part II	Joseph Stalin
2022	Big Nate	Brad Gunter (voice)
2022	Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight	Po (voice)
2021	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Self - Contestant
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Westley
2020	Cup of Joe	Self
2019	The Mandalorian	Captain Bombardier
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show
2018	The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale	Self - Special Guest
2018	Eli Roth's History of Horror	Self
2018	Amazing Saturday	Self
2018	What the Fit	Self
2017	The Gong Show	Self - Judge
2017	The Russell Howard Hour	Self
2016	Full Frontal with Samantha Bee	Self
2016	Join or Die with Craig Ferguson	Self
2016	Great Minds with Dan Harmon	Ludwig van Beethoven
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Self
2015	The Brink	Alex Talbot
2015	Documentary Now!	Jamison Friend
2015	Another Period	Dan Ringley
2015	Hot Ones	Self
2014	Welcome to Sweden	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self
2013	The Birthday Boys
2013	Drunk History	William Mulholland
2013	Radio Disney Music Awards	Self - Presenter
2013	Drunk History	Vincenzo Peruggia
2013	Rick and Morty	Lithdor (voice)
2013	Drunk History	Elvis Presley
2012	Good Mythical Morning	Self
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self
2012	The Eric Andre Show	Self
2012	Double Fine Adventure	Self
2012	Honest Trailers	Steve (archive footage)
2011	Brain Games	Self
2010	Conan	Self
2010	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2009	The Jay Leno Show	Self
2009	Community	Buddy
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2009	Chopped	Self
2008	Water And Power	The Mayor
2007	The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2007	iCarly	Aspartamay
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2007	Acceptable.tv
2007	Acceptable.tv	Self / Cop / Story Wizard
2006	Exposure	Dan Harmon
2005	The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self
2005	Infinite Challenge	Self
2005	The Office	Sam
2005	Made in Hollywood	Self
2004	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Trapper JB (voice)
2004	Cracking Up
2004	Live at Johnny's
2004	Laser Fart	The Elegant Hunter
2004	Channel 101	Self - Host
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self
2003	Computerman	Computerman
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
2003	Celebrities Uncensored	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self - Emmys segment
2003	Time Belt	Computerman
2002	Clone High	Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
2002	Icons
2002	HypaSpace	Self
2002	American Idol	Self
2002	Last Call with Carson Daly	Self
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self
2001	The Andy Dick Show	J.D
1999	Heat Vision and Jack	Jack Austin
1998	Will & Grace	Dr. Isaac Hershberg
1997	Tenacious D	Jack 'JB' Black
1997	The View	Self
1996	The Daily Show	Self
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1996	Full Frontal Comedy	self
1995	The Single Guy	Randy
1995	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Expert
1995	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Farmer / Satan / God
1995	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Gay Guy / Moviegoer
1995	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Jeepers Creepers
1995	Pride & Joy	Man
1994	Touched by an Angel	Monte
1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994	All-American Girl	Tommy
1994	Monty	Doug
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1993	The X-Files	Bart 'Zero' Liquori
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992	The Golden Palace	Cab Driver
1992	Great Scott!	Ray
1992	Picket Fences	Curtis Williams
1992	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Self
1992	Morgenmagazin	Self
1990	Northern Exposure	Kevin Wilkins
1989	The Simpsons	Milo (voice)
1989	Life Goes On	Skinhead
1988	This Morning	Self
1987	Kids' Choice Awards	Host
1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self - Host
1984	The New Leave It to Beaver	Nick
1981	The Fall Guy	Chuck
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953	The Oscars	Self