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Jack Black

  • Born Aug. 28, 1969
  • Santa Monica, California, USA
  • 57 years old

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 …

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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), 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.

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Bethany

Zeke (voice)

Po (voice)

Lithdor (voice)

Captain Bombardier

Bowser (voice)

Milo (voice)

Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Carl Denham

Po (voice)

Jeff Portnoy

Lenny (voice)

Po (voice)

Dewey Finn

Billy Glenn Norris

Miles

Sam

Motorcyclist

Fiedler

Wasteland Scrap

YouPorn Owner (uncredited)

Pilot

Stine / Slappy / Invisible Boy (voice)

Bowser (voice)

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Po (voice)

Steve

Hal Larson

Rick

Lemuel Gulliver

Jonathan Barnavelt

Barry

Ian Lamont

Buddy

Zed

Ignacio / Nacho

JB

Titus Telesco (uncredited)

Jack Black (uncredited)

R.L. Stine (uncredited)

Claptrap (voice)

Aspartamay

Craig Poncelet

Jerry

Doug McCallister

Bernie Tiede

Broadcast Technician

Brad Harris

Paul McCartney (uncredited)

Dexter

Wolfman Jack

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Dr. Isaac Hershberg

Nick Vanderpark

Satan

Lance Brumder

Po (voice)

Slip

Tenacious D

Po (voice)

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Malcolm

Pritchard

Po (voice)

Dan Landsman

Po (voice)

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Monte

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Roger Davis

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Georgie

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Fisherman

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Devlin

Jack 'JB' Black

Tenacious O (voice)

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Lenny (voice)

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Jerry

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George Washington

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Computerman

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Jack Austin

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Ray

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Man

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Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Po (voice)

JB

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The Wizard of Hollywood

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Computerman

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Bowser (voice)

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