Acting · Santa Monica, California, USA · Born August 28, 1969
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). 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.
MovieA Minecraft Movie Squared
2027
as Steve
MovieJumanji: Open World
2026
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
MovieThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026
as Bowser (voice)
MovieJourneys of a Gentle Southern Man
2026
MovieAnaconda
2025
as Doug McCallister
MovieThe Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
MovieTenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3
2025
as Self
Tenacious D Live at the O2
2025
as Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
MovieStrange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
as Self
MovieJack Black: Tenacious Dude
2025
as self
MovieBack to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
2025
as Self
MovieA Minecraft Movie
2025
as Steve
TVGood Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
MovieDear Santa
2024
as Satan
Movie2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2024
as Self
MovieBorderlands
2024
as Claptrap (voice)
MovieDueling Dumplings
2024
as Po (voice)
MovieZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
2024
as Self
MovieKung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Po (voice)
MovieMichel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023
as Self - Actor
MovieTenacious D Live Rock am Ring
2023
as Self
MovieTenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
2023
as Self
MovieTenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
2023
as JB
MovieThe Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
as Bowser (voice)
TVHistory of the World: Part II
2023
as Joseph Stalin
MovieFree LSD
2023
as (Special Appearance)
MovieDio: Dreamers Never Die
2022
as Self
MovieTenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
2022
as Self
MovieWeird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
as Wolfman Jack
TVKung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
as Po (voice)
MovieApollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022
as Grown Up Stan (voice)
MovieHow Did We Get Here?
2022
as Self (archive footage)
TVBig Nate
2022
as Brad Gunter (voice)
Cash Box
2021
as Man
Movie2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
TVCelebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
TVHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Westley
MovieDear Class of 2020
2020
as Self
MovieCelebrity Escape Room
2020
as Self - Game Master
MovieFeeding America Comedy Festival
2020
as Self
TVCup of Joe
2020
as Self
MovieOne World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
MovieHappy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
2020
as Self
MovieJumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
TVThe Mandalorian
2019
as Captain Bombardier
MovieTenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
2019
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Unexpected Race
2018
as Sheriff
TVEli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
MovieGoosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
as R.L. Stine (uncredited)
TVTenacious D: Post-Apocalypto
2018
as JB
MovieThe House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018
as Jonathan Barnavelt
MovieKung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest
2018
as Po (Voice)
MovieThe Insufferable Groo
2018
as Self
TVAmazing Saturday
2018
as Self
MovieDon't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
as Dexter
TVWhat the Fit
2018
as Self
TVThe Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
as Self - Special Guest
MovieJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
TVThe Russell Howard Hour
2017
as Self
TVSteve
2017
as Self
MovieThe Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
TVThe Gong Show
2017
as Self - Judge
MovieTommy Can't Sleep
2017
as Big Tommy
MovieThe Polka King
2017
as Jan Lewan
MovieRichard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
as Self
TVGreat Minds with Dan Harmon
2016
as Ludwig van Beethoven
TVJoin or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
as Self
TVFull Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
as Self
MovieKung Fu Panda 3
2016
as Po (voice)
MovieKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016
as Po (voice)
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MovieSesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015
as Self
TVDocumentary Now!
2015
as Jamison Friend
MovieGoosebumps
2015
as Stine / Slappy / Invisible Boy (voice)
TVAnother Period
2015
as Dan Ringley
TVThe Brink
2015
as Alex Talbot
MovieThe D Train
2015
as Dan Landsman
TVStarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
as Self
TVHot Ones
2015
as Self
MovieThe Concert for Valor
2014
as Self
Movie21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
MovieSex Tape
2014
as YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
MovieHeaven Adores You
2014
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Sheik
2014
as Self
TVWelcome to Sweden
2014
as Self
MovieHarmontown
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
TVRick and Morty
2013
as Lithdor (voice)
MovieMetalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
2013
as Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
TVThe Birthday Boys
2013
MovieKung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
2013
as Po (Voice)
TVDrunk History
2013
as William Mulholland
TVRadio Disney Music Awards
2013
as Self - Presenter
MoviePretty Sweet
2012
as Self
MovieDreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
as Po (voice)
TVComedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self
TVThe Eric Andre Show
2012
as Self
MovieThe Roadie
2012
as JB
MovieBernie
2012
as Bernie Tiede
TVDouble Fine Adventure
2012
as Self
TVGood Mythical Morning
2012
as Self
MovieKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011
as Po (voice)
MovieThe Muppets
2011
as Jack Black (uncredited)
MovieThe Big Year
2011
as Brad Harris
TVBrain Games
2011
as Self
MovieConan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011
as Self
MovieKung Fu Panda 2
2011
as Po (voice)
MovieFight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as MCA (B-Boys 2)
TVWorkaholics
2011
as Pritchard
MovieGulliver's Travels
2010
as Lemuel Gulliver
TVTake Two with Phineas and Ferb
2010
as Self
MovieKung Fu Panda Holiday
2010
as Po (voice)
TVConan
2010
as Self
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
2010
as Self
TVThe Talk
2010
as Self
MovieRush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010
as Self
TVCommunity
2009
as Buddy
TVThe Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieYear One
2009
as Zed
MovieWe Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
TVChopped
2009
as Self
MovieProp 8: The Musical
2008
as Jesus Christ
MovieKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008
as Po (voice)
MovieTenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2
2008
as Self
MovieTenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle
2008
as Self
MovieRain of Madness
2008
as Jeff Portnoy
MovieTropic Thunder
2008
as Jeff Portnoy
MovieVH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
as Self
MoviePassaic Mosaic
2008
as Self
MovieFats Waller Was Born Here
2008
as Multiple Roles/Jerry
MovieKung Fu Panda
2008
as Po (voice)
TVWater and Power
2008
as The Mayor
MovieD Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
2008
as Self
MovieBe Kind Rewind
2008
as Jerry
MovieWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
as Paul McCartney (uncredited)
MovieMargot at the Wedding
2007
as Malcolm
TViCarly
2007
as Aspartamay
TVYo Gabba Gabba!
2007
TVAcceptable.tv
2007
MovieThe Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
2007
as Self
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2007
MovieThe Holiday
2006
as Miles
MovieTenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
as JB
MovieRecreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
as Self
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006
as Self
MovieTenacious D: Time Fixers
2006
as JB
Exposure
2006
as Dan Harmon
MovieNacho Libre
2006
as Nacho
MovieCoachella
2006
as Self - Interviewee
MovieDanny Roane: First Time Director
2006
as Self
MovieKong's New York, 1933
2006
MovieTenacious D: For the Ladies
2006
as JB
MovieAwesometown
2006
as George Washington
MovieKing Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2005
as Self
MovieKing Kong
2005
as Carl Denham
MovieEarth to America
2005
as Self
TVMade in Hollywood
2005
as Self
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005
MovieShelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
TVInfinite Challenge
2005
as Self
TVThe Office
2005
as Sam
MovieClub Oscar
2005
as Lenny (voice)
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieLinklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
as Self
TVTom Goes to the Mayor
2004
as Trapper JB (voice)
MovieThe Present
2004
as Self
MovieShark Tale
2004
as Lenny (voice)
MovieAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Motorcyclist
MovieEnvy
2004
as Nick Vanderpark
TVLaser Fart
2004
as The Elegant Hunter
TVCracking Up
2004
as Bruce Philapousis
TVChannel 101
2004
as Self - Host
Live at Johnny's
2004
MovieMelvin Goes to Dinner
2003
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
MovieTenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
2003
as Self
MovieTenacious D: In the Studio
2003
as Self
Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
2003
MovieThe School of Rock
2003
as Dewey Finn
MovieLate Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
as Self
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVComputerman
2003
as Computerman
TVTime Belt
2003
as Computerman
TVCelebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Lewis Lectures
2002
as Lewis (voice)
MovieTenacious D: Live in London
2002
as Self
TVClone High
2002
as Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
MovieTenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
2002
as JB
MovieShallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
2002
as Self
TVAmerican Idol
2002
as Self
TVCrank Yankers
2002
as Tenacious O (voice)
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
TVIcons
2002
MovieTenacious D: Butt Baby
2002
as JB
MovieIce Age
2002
as Zeke (voice)
MovieRun Ronnie Run
2002
as Lead Chimney Sweep
MovieOrange County
2002
as Lance Brumder
TVLast Call with Carson Daly
2002
as Self
MovieReel Comedy: Shallow Hal
2001
as Self
MovieBeing 'Shallow Hal'
2001
as Self
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
MovieShallow Hal
2001
as Hal Larson
MovieTenacious D: JB's BJ
2001
as JB
TVThe Andy Dick Show
2001
as J.D
MovieSaving Silverman
2001
as J.D. McNugent
MovieJesus' Son
2000
as Georgie
MovieHigh Fidelity
2000
as Barry Judd
MovieCradle Will Rock
1999
as Sid
TVTeen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Presenter
MovieThe Love Letter
1999
as Fisherman
MovieHeat Vision and Jack
1999
as Jack Austin
TVHeat Vision and Jack
1999
as Jack Austin
MovieEnemy of the State
1998
as Fiedler
MovieI Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
as Titus Telesco (uncredited)
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Dr. Isaac Hershberg
MovieBongwater
1998
as Devlin
MovieJohnny Skidmarks
1998
as Jerry
TVTenacious D
1997
as Jack 'JB' Black
MovieThe Jackal
1997
as Ian Lamont
TVThe View
1997
as Self - Guest
MovieMars Attacks!
1996
as Billy Glenn Norris
TVFull Frontal Comedy
1996
as self
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieThe Fan
1996
as Broadcast Technician
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieThe Cable Guy
1996
as Rick
MovieCrossworlds
1996
as Steve
MovieBio-Dome
1996
as Tenacious D
MovieDead Man Walking
1995
as Craig Poncelet
TVMr. Show with Bob and David
1995
as Jeepers Creepers
TVThe Single Guy
1995
as Randy
MovieWaterworld
1995
as Pilot
Pride & Joy
1995
as Man
MovieBye Bye Love
1995
as DJ at Party
MovieThe NeverEnding Story III
1994
as Slip
MovieThe Innocent
1994
as Marty Prago
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Monte
TVAll-American Girl
1994
as Tommy
MovieBlind Justice
1994
as Private
TVSpace Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
TVMonty
1994
as Doug
MovieDemolition Man
1993
as Wasteland Scrap
MovieAirborne
1993
as Augie
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Bart 'Zero' Liquori
MovieMarked for Murder
1993
as Car Thief
TVGreat Scott!
1992
as Ray
TVThe Golden Palace
1992
as Cab Driver
TVPicket Fences
1992
as Curtis Williams
MovieBob Roberts
1992
as Roger Davis
TVMorgenmagazin
1992
as Self
TVMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Our Shining Moment
1991
as Teenage Boy
TVNorthern Exposure
1990
as Kevin Wilkins
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Milo (voice)
TVLife Goes On
1989
as Skinhead
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self
TVKids' Choice Awards
1987
as Host
MovieToo Far from the Norm
1987
as Rick
TVThe New Leave It to Beaver
1984
as Nick
TVMTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self - Host
TVThe Fall Guy
1981
as Chuck
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVPeople's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieMaking of School of Rock
as Self
The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny
as Self
Micronations
Kung Fu Panda 5
as Po (voice)
