Jack Black
Acting • Born 1969-08-28
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
285 credits
High Fidelity
Movie • 2000
Barry Judd
King Kong
Movie • 2005
Carl Denham
Ice Age
Movie • 2002
Zeke (voice)
The Holiday
Movie • 2006
Miles Dumont
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Movie • 2006
JB
Prop 8: The Musical
Movie • 2008
Jesus Christ
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Movie • 2023
Bowser (voice)
Free LSD
Movie • 2023
(Special Appearance)
Shark Tale
Movie • 2004
Lenny (voice)
Bob Roberts
Movie • 1992
Roger Davis
Envy
Movie • 2004
Nick Vanderpark
Saving Silverman
Movie • 2001
J.D. McNugent
The Jackal
Movie • 1997
Ian Lamont
Be Kind Rewind
Movie • 2008
Jerry
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Movie • 2007
Paul McCartney (uncredited)
Tropic Thunder
Movie • 2008
Jeff Portnoy
Orange County
Movie • 2002
Lance Brumder
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Movie • 2004
Motorcyclist
Jesus' Son
Movie • 2000
Georgie
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Movie • 2005
Self - Presenter
Kung Fu Panda
Movie • 2008
Po (voice)
Bio-Dome
Movie • 1996
Tenacious D
Enemy of the State
Movie • 1998
Fiedler
Nacho Libre
Movie • 2006
Nacho
Waterworld
Movie • 1995
Pilot
Airborne
Movie • 1993
Augie
Shallow Hal
Movie • 2001
Hal Larson
The Cable Guy
Movie • 1996
Rick
The NeverEnding Story III
Movie • 1994
Slip
Dear Santa
Movie • 2024
Satan
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Movie • 2010
Self
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Movie • 2008
Jeff Portnoy
Margot at the Wedding
Movie • 2007
Malcolm
The Lewis Lectures
Movie • 2002
Lewis (voice)
Bongwater
Movie • 1998
Devlin
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Movie • 2008
Po (voice)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2021
Self
Blind Justice
Movie • 1994
Private
The Roadie
Movie • 2012
JB
Gulliver's Travels
Movie • 2010
Lemuel Gulliver
Crossworlds
Movie • 1996
Steve
Year One
Movie • 2009
Zed
Kung Fu Panda 2
Movie • 2011
Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Movie • 2010
Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Movie • 2011
Po (voice)
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Movie • 2005
Self
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
Movie • 2023
JB
The Big Year
Movie • 2011
Brad Harris
Bernie
Movie • 2012
Bernie Tiede
Making Of School of Rock
Movie
Self
How Did We Get Here?
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Movie • 2006
Self
Kung Fu Panda 3
Movie • 2016
Po (voice)
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
Movie • 2010
Self
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
Movie • 2003
Self
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
Movie • 2008
Self
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2
Movie • 2008
Self
The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny
Movie
Self
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
Movie • 2007
Self
Heat Vision and Jack
Movie • 1999
Jack Austin
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
Movie • 2006
JB
Harmontown
Movie • 2014
Self
Goosebumps
Movie • 2015
R.L. Stine
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
Movie • 2023
Self
The Present
Movie • 2004
Self
Kung Fu Panda 4
Movie • 2024
Po (voice)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Movie • 2022
Wolfman Jack
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
Movie • 2015
Self
Run Ronnie Run
Movie • 2002
Lead Chimney Sweep
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
Movie • 2022
Self
A Minecraft Movie
Movie • 2025
Steve
The D Train
Movie • 2015
Dan Landsman
Sex Tape
Movie • 2014
YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
Johnny Skidmarks
Movie • 1998
Jerry
The Concert for Valor
Movie • 2014
Self
Earth to America
Movie • 2005
Self
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
Movie • 2013
Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
Dead Man Walking
Movie • 1995
Craig Poncelet
Too Far from the Norm
Movie • 1987
Rick
Micronations
Movie
Heaven Adores You
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
Movie • 2022
Self
Marked for Murder
Movie • 1993
Car Thief
Awesometown
Movie • 2006
George Washington
Tommy Can't Sleep
Movie • 2017
Big Tommy
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring
Movie • 2023
Self
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Movie • 2011
Self
Demolition Man
Movie • 1993
Wasteland Scrap
Dueling Dumplings
Movie • 2024
Po (voice)
Mars Attacks!
Movie • 1996
Billy Glenn Norris
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Movie • 2014
Self - Actor
Cradle Will Rock
Movie • 1999
Sid
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Movie • 1998
Titus Telesco (uncredited)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Movie • 2016
Po (voice)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Movie • 2017
Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
Tenacious D: In the Studio
Movie • 2003
Self
The Polka King
Movie • 2017
Jan Lewan
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
Movie • 2024
Self
Anaconda
Movie • 2025
Doug McCallister
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Movie • 2018
Dexter
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Movie • 2018
Jonathan Barnavelt
Pretty Sweet
Movie • 2012
Self
The Words That Built America
Movie • 2017
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Movie • 2011
MCA (B-Boys 2)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Movie • 2018
R.L. Stine (uncredited)
The Fan
Movie • 1996
Broadcast Technician
Bye Bye Love
Movie • 1995
DJ at Party
Jumanji: The Next Level
Movie • 2019
Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
School of Rock
Movie • 2003
Dewey Finn
The Insufferable Groo
Movie • 2018
Self
The Unexpected Race
Movie • 2018
Sheriff
The Innocent
Movie • 1994
Marty Prago
Tenacious D: Live in London
Movie • 2002
Self
The Eighth Blunder of the World
Movie • 2006
Self
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
Movie • 2002
Self
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
Movie • 2001
Self
Being 'Shallow Hal'
Movie • 2001
Self
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Movie • 2020
Self
Club Oscar
Movie • 2005
Lenny (voice)
Celebrity Escape Room
Movie • 2020
Self - Game Master
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Movie • 2016
Self
Dear Class of 2020
Movie • 2020
Self
The Sheik
Movie • 2014
Self
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Movie • 2022
Grown Up Stan (voice)
The Muppets
Movie • 2011
Jack Black (uncredited)
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Movie • 2020
Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Movie • 2008
Self
Borderlands
Movie • 2024
Claptrap (voice)
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Movie • 2012
Po (voice)
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
Movie • 2002
JB
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
Movie • 2006
JB
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Movie • 2003
Mental Patient (uncredited)
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Movie • 2009
Self
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
Movie • 2001
JB
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
Movie • 2002
JB
One World: Together at Home
Movie • 2020
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2003
Self
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
Movie • 2023
Self - Actor
Cash Box
Movie • 2021
Man
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2024
Self
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Movie • 2011
Self
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Movie • 2013
Po (Voice)
Coachella
Movie • 2006
Self (Interviewee)
Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
Movie • 2003
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Movie • 2025
Self
The Love Letter
Movie • 1999
Fisherman
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Movie • 2004
Self
Danny Roane: First Time Director
Movie • 2006
Self
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
Movie
Self
Our Shining Moment
Movie • 1991
Teenage Boy
Kong's New York, 1933
Movie • 2006
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3
Movie • 2025
Self
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Movie • 2026
Bowser (voice)
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Movie • 2025
Jumanji 3
Movie • 2026
Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest
Movie • 2018
Po (Voice)
Tenacious D Live at the O2
Movie • 2025
Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
Kung Fu Panda 5
Movie
Po (Voice)
Vida de Garoto
Movie • 2010
steve
Passaic Mosaic
Movie • 2008
Self
Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man
Movie
A Minecraft Movie 2
Movie • 2027
Steve
Fats Waller Was Born Here
Movie • 2008
Multiple Roles/Jerry
Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle
Movie • 2008
Self
social justice whatever
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Jack Black: Spider-Man
Movie • 2002
Spider-Man
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Milo (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Tenacious D
TV • 1997
Jack 'JB' Black
Computerman
TV • 2003
Computerman
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
TV • 2005
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Monte
Clone High
TV • 2002
Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Icons
TV • 2002
Tom Goes to the Mayor
TV • 2004
Trapper JB (voice)
HypaSpace
TV • 2002
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Welcome to Sweden
TV • 2014
Self
Heat Vision and Jack
TV • 1999
Jack Austin
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Golden Palace
TV • 1992
Cab Driver
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
The Andy Dick Show
TV • 2001
J.D
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV • 2015
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
TV • 2007
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
TV • 2016
Self
Good Mythical Morning
TV • 2012
Self
Live at Johnny's
TV • 2004
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Mandalorian
TV • 2019
Captain Bombardier
Brain Games
TV • 2011
Self
Community
TV • 2009
Buddy
The Birthday Boys
TV • 2013
The Brink
TV • 2015
Alex Talbot
iCarly
TV • 2007
Aspartamay
Comedy Bang! Bang!
TV • 2012
Self
Documentary Now!
TV • 2015
Jamison Friend
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Bart 'Zero' Liquori
Drunk History
TV • 2013
William Mulholland
Radio Disney Music Awards
TV • 2013
Self - Presenter
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2016
Self
Big Nate
TV • 2022
Brad Gunter (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
The Eric Andre Show
TV • 2012
Self
Life Goes On
TV • 1989
Skinhead
The Gong Show
TV • 2017
Self - Judge
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
TV • 2022
Po (voice)
Another Period
TV • 2015
Dan Ringley
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self - Host
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
Westley
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
Last Call with Carson Daly
TV • 2002
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
Double Fine Adventure
TV • 2012
Self
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
TV • 2018
Self - Special Guest
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Vincenzo Peruggia
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Dr. Isaac Hershberg
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The Russell Howard Hour
TV • 2017
Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Emmys Segment
Exposure
TV • 2006
Dan Harmon
Water And Power
TV • 2008
The Mayor
Infinite Challenge
TV • 2005
Self
Acceptable.tv
TV • 2007
Laser Fart
TV • 2004
The Elegant Hunter
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Chuck
The New Leave It to Beaver
TV • 1984
Nick
Great Scott!
TV • 1992
Ray
Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Kevin Wilkins
Monty
TV • 1994
Doug
All-American Girl
TV • 1994
Tommy
The Single Guy
TV • 1995
Randy
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Picket Fences
TV • 1992
Curtis Williams
Mr. Show with Bob and David
TV • 1995
Farmer / Satan / God
Mr. Show with Bob and David
TV • 1995
Expert
Mr. Show with Bob and David
TV • 1995
Jeepers Creepers
Mr. Show with Bob and David
TV • 1995
Gay Guy / Moviegoer
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
TV • 2016
Ludwig van Beethoven
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
Lithdor (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Acceptable.tv
TV • 2007
Self / Cop / Story Wizard
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Elvis Presley
Chopped
TV • 2009
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Cup of Joe
TV • 2020
Self
History of the World: Part II
TV • 2023
Joseph Stalin
Kids' Choice Awards
TV • 1987
Host
The Office
TV • 2005
Sam
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
Channel 101
TV • 2004
Self - Host
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Pride & Joy
TV • 1995
Man
Morgenmagazin
TV • 1992
Self
Amazing Saturday
TV • 2018
Self
Time Belt
TV • 2003
Computerman
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2010
What the Fit
TV • 2018
Self
Full Frontal Comedy
TV • 1996
self
Workaholics
TV • 2011
Pritchard
Kids' Choice Awards
TV • 1987
Self - Honoree
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self - Presenter
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest
Cracking Up
TV • 2004
Bruce Philapousis
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
Yo Gabba Gabba!
TV • 2007
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self - Guest