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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The X-Files
Saturday Night Live
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
E! True Hollywood Story
Will & Grace
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Honest Trailers
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Rick and Morty
Community
The Simpsons
The Fall Guy
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
American Idol
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Mandalorian
Touched by an Angel
The Single Guy
Celebrities Uncensored
The Office
History of the World: Part II
The Eric Andre Show
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Good Mythical Morning
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Northern Exposure
The Jay Leno Show
Drunk History
The Golden Palace
All-American Girl
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Kids' Choice Awards
iCarly
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Pride & Joy
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Last Call with Carson Daly
Picket Fences
Clone High
Brain Games
Welcome to Sweden
Another Period
Big Nate
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
Mr. Show with Bob and David
Drake & Josh
The Muppets
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Run Ronnie Run
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Demolition Man
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The Oscars
Sex Tape
Bob Roberts
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
MTV Video Music Awards
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Mars Attacks!
Bio-Dome
Bye Bye Love
Waterworld
The Jackal
Borderlands
Ice Age
Tom Goes to the Mayor
The Holiday
Super Mario World
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Shark Tale
Margot at the Wedding
Jumanji: The Next Level
The NeverEnding Story III
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Tropic Thunder
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Anaconda
The Concert for Valor
King Kong
Orange County
Tenacious D
A Minecraft Movie
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Be Kind Rewind
School of Rock
Nacho Libre
The Brink
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Kung Fu Panda 2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Kung Fu Panda
Untitled Jumanji: The Next Level Sequel
The Polka King
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Goosebumps
Dear Santa
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
Shallow Hal
Kung Fu Panda 3
Bernie
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Gulliver's Travels
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Production Credits
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Brink
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
The Croods: A New Age
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Gulliver's Travels
Tenacious D
A Minecraft Movie
Nacho Libre
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