Jack Black profile
Actor profile

Jack Black

28th August 1969 Santa Monica, California, USA Acting

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.

163 Movies 108 TV Shows 2 In Production 273 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Anaconda poster
Anaconda 24th December 2025 as Doug McCallister
Free LSD poster
Free LSD 20th January 2023 as (Special Appearance)
Goosebumps poster
Goosebumps 5th August 2015 as R.L. Stine / Slappy (voice) / Invisible Boy (voice)
Sex Tape poster
Sex Tape 17th July 2014 as YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
Bernie poster
Bernie 27th April 2012 as Bernie Tiede
Envy poster
Envy 30th April 2004 as Nick Vanderpark
Ice Age poster
Ice Age 14th March 2002 as Zeke (voice)
The Fan poster
The Fan 15th August 1996 as Broadcast Technician
Big Nate poster
Big Nate 17th February 2022 as Brad Gunter (voice)
Steve poster
Steve 5th September 2017 as Self
Conan poster
Conan 8th November 2010 as Self
iCarly poster
iCarly 8th September 2007 as Aspartamay
Clone High poster
Clone High 2nd November 2002 as Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
Monty poster
Monty 11th January 1994 as Doug
A Minecraft Sequel poster Coming soon
A Minecraft Sequel 22nd July 2027 as Steve
Jumanji: Open World poster Coming soon
Jumanji: Open World 11th September 2026 as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon