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Background[]
Jack Black ( b. 28 August 1969 ) is an American comedian, musician, and actor. He has appeared in live action stage theater, television, and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances. He is also the lead singer and guitarist of his own rock/comedy band "Tenacious D".
Black is known for his performances in School of Rock; King Kong; Nacho Libre; Bernie; Goosebumps; Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle; Jumanji: The Next Level; and The House with a Clock in Its Walls.
However he is most famous for his extended role as the voice actor of the anthropomorphic panda Po; the goofy martial arts fanatic and of the main protagonist of the hugely popular Kung Fu Panda Franchise as well as the violent prone and hopelessly infatuated Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Biography[]
Personal Life[]
Filmography[]
- The Fall Guy (1984) 1 episode
- Our Shining Moment (1991)
- Bob Roberts (1992)
- The Golden Palace (1992) 1 episode
- Great Scott! (1992) 1 episode
- Life Goes On (1993) 1 episode
- Marked for Murder (1993)
- Airborne (1993)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Northern Exposure (1993) 1 episode
- Monty (1994) 1 episode
- Blind Justice (1994)
- The Innocent (1994)
- The Neverending Story III (1994)
- All-American Girl (1995) 1 episode
- Bye Bye Love (1995)
- Pride & Joy (1995) 1 episode
- Waterworld (1995)
- The X-Files (1995) 1 episode
- Touched by an Angel (1995) 1 episode
- The Single Guy (1995) 1 episode
- Dead Man Walking (1995)
- Picket Fences (1995-96) 2 episodes
- Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995-96) 4 episodes
- Crossworlds (1996)
- Bio-Dome (1996)
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- The Fan (1996)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Bongwater (1997)
- The Jackal (1997)
- Tenacious D: The Complete Master Works (1997-00) series regular
- Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
- Enemy of the State (1998)
- Saturday Night Live (1998-06) 5 episodes
- Cradle Will Rock (1999)
- The Love Letter (1999)
- Jesus' Son (1999)
- Heat Vision and Jack (1999)
- High Fidelity (2000)
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast (2001) 1 episode
- Saving Silverman (2001)
- Frank's Book (2001)
- Shallow Hal (2001)
- The Lewis Lectures (2002)
- MADtv (2002) 1 episode
- The Andy Dick Show (2002) 1 episode
- Run Ronnie Run (2002)
- Orange County (2002)
- Crank Yankers (2002) 1 episode
- Ice Age (2002)
- Lord of the Piercing (2002)
- Jack Black: Spider-Man (2002)
- Clone High (2002) 1 episode
- Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
- Fake Movies (2003)
- School of Rock (2003)
- Will & Grace (2003) 1 episode
- Player$ (2003) 1 episode
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks (2003)
- Time Belt (2003-04) 2 episodes
- Computerman (2003-04) series regular
- Channel 101 (2004)
- Cracking Up (2004) 1 episode
- World Poker Tour (2004) 1 episode
- Envy (2004)
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
- Shark Tale (2004)
- Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004) 1 episode
- Laser Fart (2004-05) 2 episodes
- Awesometown (2005)
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005)
- King Kong (2005)
- Danny Roane: First Time Director (2006)
- Nacho Libre (2006)
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
- The Holiday (2006)
- The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007) 1 episode
- Exposure (2007) 2 episodes
- Margot at the Wedding (2007)
- The Simpsons (2007) 1 episode
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
- American Idol (2007-11) 3 episodes
- D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary (2008)
- Be Kind Rewind (2008)
- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- Biography (2008) 1 episode
- Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008)
- Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Sesame Street (2008) 1 episode
- ADHDtv: With Lew Marklin (2008) 1 episode
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
- Prop 8: The Musical (2008)
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 (2008)
- Drunk History (2008-10) 2 episodes
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
- Water and Power (2009)
- The Office (2009) 1 episodes
- Yo Gabba Gabba! (2009) 1 episode
- In the Attic with Pete Townshend & Friends (2009)
- Year One (2009)
- Great Performances (2009) 1 episode
- Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (2010)
- Community (2010) 1 episode
- iCarly (2010) 1 episode
- Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010)
- Gulliver's Travels (2010)
- Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
- Bernie (2011)
- The Big Year (2011)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)
- The Muppets (2011)
- The Roadie (2012)
- Top 100 Video Games of All Time (2012)
- OFF! - Wrong with Jack Black (2012)
- Ghost Ghirls (2013) 2 episodes
- Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera (2013)
- Ambiance Man (2013) 1 episode
- Drunk History (2013-15) 3 episodes
- Teens Wanna Know (2014) 2 episodes
- Sex Tape (2014)
- The D Train (2015)
- Workaholics (2015) 1 episode
- Welcome to Sweden (2015) 1 episode
- Another Period (2015) 1 episode
- The Brink (2015) 10 episodes
- Documentary Now! (2015) 1 episode
- Goosebumps (2015)
- Five Nights at Freddy's with Jack Black (2015)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016)
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
- Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016) 1 episode
- Seven Bucks Digital Studios (2016-17) 2 episodes
- The Polka King (2017)
- Tommy Can't Sleep (2017)
- The Last Man on Earth (2017) 1 episode
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
- Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
- One World: Together at Home (2020)
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
- Borderlands (2024)
Trivia[]
- Both of his parents are rocket scientists, really! They are both satellite engineers and his mother even worked on the Hubble Space Telescope.
Quotes[]
- "I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools."
- "I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see."