Jack Black

Actor

Born August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, USA

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), and 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).

Filmography

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A Minecraft Movie Squared

Steve

Coming soon

Jumanji: Open World

Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Making of School of Rock

Self

Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Bowser (voice)

Anaconda

Doug McCallister

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3

Self

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Self

Jack Black: Tenacious Dude

self

Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow

Self

A Minecraft Movie

Steve

40 Watts from Nowhere

Dear Santa

Satan

2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

Borderlands

Claptrap (voice)

Dueling Dumplings

Po (voice)

ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord

Self

Kung Fu Panda 4

Po (voice)

Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself

Self - Actor

Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring

Self

Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023

Self

Gianna

Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Bowser (voice)

History of the World: Part II

Joseph Stalin

Free LSD

(Special Appearance)

Dio: Dreamers Never Die

Self

Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center

Self

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Wolfman Jack

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

Po (voice)

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Grown Up Stan (voice)

How Did We Get Here?

Self (archive footage)

Big Nate

Brad Gunter (voice)

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

Happily

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Self - Contestant

The Croods: A New Age

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Westley

Dear Class of 2020

Self

History 101

Celebrity Escape Room

Self - Game Master

Feeding America Comedy Festival

Self

Cup of Joe

Self

One World: Together at Home

Self

Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story

Self

Jumanji: The Next Level

Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

The Mandalorian

Captain Bombardier

Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self - Guest

The Unexpected Race

Sheriff

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Self

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

R.L. Stine (uncredited)

Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Jonathan Barnavelt

Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest

Po (Voice)

The Insufferable Groo

Self

Amazing Saturday

Self

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Dexter

What the Fit

Self

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

Self - Special Guest

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

The Russell Howard Hour

Self

Steve

Self

The Words That Built America

Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

The Gong Show

Self - Judge

Tommy Can't Sleep

Big Tommy

The Polka King

Jan Lewan

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Self

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Ludwig van Beethoven

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

Self

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Self

Kung Fu Panda 3

Po (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

Po (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!

Self

Documentary Now!

Jamison Friend

Goosebumps

R.L. Stine / Slappy / Invisible Boy (voice)

Another Period

Dan Ringley

The Brink

Alex Talbot

The D Train

Dan Landsman

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self

Hot Ones

Self

The Concert for Valor

Self

21 Years: Richard Linklater

Self - Actor

Sex Tape

YouPorn Owner (uncredited)

Heaven Adores You

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Sheik

Self

Welcome to Sweden

Self

Harmontown

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Self

Wizard's Way

Rick and Morty

Lithdor (voice)

Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera

Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)

The Birthday Boys

Ghost Ghirls

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

Po (Voice)

Drunk History

William Mulholland

Radio Disney Music Awards

Self - Presenter

Pretty Sweet

Self

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics

Po (voice)

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Self

The Eric Andre Show

Self

The Roadie

Bernie

Bernie Tiede

Double Fine Adventure

Self

Good Mythical Morning

Self

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Po (voice)

The Muppets

Jack Black (uncredited)

The Big Year

Brad Harris

Brain Games

Self

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Self

Kung Fu Panda 2

Po (voice)

Fight for Your Right Revisited

MCA (B-Boys 2)

Workaholics

Pritchard

Gulliver's Travels

Lemuel Gulliver

Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

Self

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Po (voice)

Conan

Self

The Talk

Self

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

Self

Community

Buddy

The Jay Leno Show

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Year One

Zed

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

Self

Chopped

Self

Prop 8: The Musical

Jesus Christ

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

Po (voice)

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2

Self

Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle

Self

Rain of Madness

Jeff Portnoy

Tropic Thunder

Jeff Portnoy

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

Self

Passaic Mosaic

Self

Fats Waller Was Born Here

Multiple Roles/Jerry

Kung Fu Panda

Po (voice)

Water and Power

The Mayor

D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary

Self

Be Kind Rewind

Jerry

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Paul McCartney (uncredited)

Margot at the Wedding

Malcolm

iCarly

Aspartamay

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Acceptable.tv

The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'

Self

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Relative insanity

The Holiday

Miles

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

Self

Tenacious D: Time Fixers

Nacho Libre

Nacho

Coachella

Self - Interviewee

Danny Roane: First Time Director

Self

Kong's New York, 1933

Tenacious D: For the Ladies

Awesometown

George Washington

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

Self

King Kong

Carl Denham

Earth to America

Self

Made in Hollywood

Self

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Self - Presenter

Infinite Challenge

Self

The Office

Sam

Club Oscar

Lenny (voice)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

Self

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Trapper JB (voice)

The Present

Self

Shark Tale

Lenny (voice)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Motorcyclist

Envy

Nick Vanderpark

Laser Fart

The Elegant Hunter

Cracking Up

Bruce Philapousis

Channel 101

Self - Host

Melvin Goes to Dinner

Mental Patient (uncredited)

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks

Self

Tenacious D: In the Studio

Self

The School of Rock

Dewey Finn

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

Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Computerman

Time Belt

Computerman

Celebrities Uncensored

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

60 Spins Around the Sun

The Lewis Lectures

Lewis (voice)

Tenacious D: Live in London

Self

Clone High

Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)

Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale

Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up

Self

American Idol

Self

Crank Yankers

Tenacious O (voice)

Icons

Tenacious D: Butt Baby

Ice Age

Zeke (voice)

Run Ronnie Run

Lead Chimney Sweep

Orange County

Lance Brumder

Last Call with Carson Daly

Self

Being 'Shallow Hal'

Self

Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal

Self

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Self

Shallow Hal

Hal Larson

Tenacious D: JB's BJ

The Andy Dick Show

J.D

Saving Silverman

J.D. McNugent

Jesus' Son

Georgie

High Fidelity

Barry Judd

Cradle Will Rock

Sid

Teen Choice Awards

Self - Presenter

The Love Letter

Fisherman

Heat Vision and Jack

Jack Austin

Heat Vision and Jack

Jack Austin

Enemy of the State

Fiedler

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Titus Telesco (uncredited)

Will & Grace

Dr. Isaac Hershberg

Bongwater

Devlin

Johnny Skidmarks

Jerry

Tenacious D

Jack 'JB' Black

The Jackal

Ian Lamont

The View

Self - Guest

Mars Attacks!

Billy Glenn Norris

Full Frontal Comedy

self

E! True Hollywood Story

The Fan

Broadcast Technician

The Daily Show

Self

The Cable Guy

Rick

Crossworlds

Steve

Bio-Dome

Tenacious D

Dead Man Walking

Craig Poncelet

Mr. Show with Bob and David

Jeepers Creepers

The Single Guy

Randy

Waterworld

Pilot

Bye Bye Love

DJ at Party

The NeverEnding Story III

Slip

The Innocent

Marty Prago

Touched by an Angel

Monte

All-American Girl

Tommy

Blind Justice

Private

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Monty

Doug

Demolition Man

Wasteland Scrap

Airborne

Augie

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

The X-Files

Bart 'Zero' Liquori

Marked for Murder

Car Thief

Great Scott!

Ray

The Golden Palace

Cab Driver

Picket Fences

Curtis Williams

Bob Roberts

Roger Davis

Morgenmagazin

Self

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Northern Exposure

Kevin Wilkins

The Simpsons

Milo (voice)

Life Goes On

Skinhead

This Morning

Self

Kids' Choice Awards

Host

Too Far from the Norm

Rick

The New Leave It to Beaver

Nick

MTV Video Music Awards

Self - Host

The Fall Guy

Chuck

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

People's Choice Awards

Self - Presenter

The Oscars

Self