
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), 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 (2023). 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.

Barry Judd
High Fidelity

Carl Denham
King Kong

Zeke (voice)
Ice Age

Miles Dumont
The Holiday

JB
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Bowser (voice)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Jesus Christ
Prop 8: The Musical

(Special Appearance)
Free LSD

Lenny (voice)
Shark Tale

Roger Davis
Bob Roberts

Nick Vanderpark
Envy

J.D. McNugent
Saving Silverman

Ian Lamont
The Jackal

Jerry
Be Kind Rewind

Paul McCartney (uncredited)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Jeff Portnoy
Tropic Thunder

Lance Brumder
Orange County

Motorcyclist
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Georgie
Jesus' Son

Self - Presenter
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda

Tenacious D
Bio-Dome

Fiedler
Enemy of the State

Nacho
Nacho Libre

Pilot
Waterworld

Augie
Airborne

Hal Larson
Shallow Hal

Rick
The Cable Guy

Slip
Die unendliche Geschichte III - Rettung aus Phantásien

Satan
Dear Santa

Self
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

Jeff Portnoy
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

Malcolm
Margot at the Wedding

Lewis (voice)
The Lewis Lectures

Devlin
Bongwater

Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Private
Blind Justice

JB
The Roadie

Lemuel Gulliver
Gulliver's Travels

Steve
Crossworlds

Zed
Year One

Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 2

Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Self
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

JB
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour

Brad Harris
The Big Year

Bernie Tiede
Bernie

Self
Making Of School of Rock

Self (archive footage)
How Did We Get Here?

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

Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 3

Self
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010

Self
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks

Self
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary

Self
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2

Self
The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny

Self
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'

Jack Austin
Heat Vision and Jack

JB
Tenacious D: For the Ladies

R.L. Stine
Goosebumps

Self
Harmontown

Self
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023

Self
The Present

Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4

Wolfman Jack
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Self
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!

Lead Chimney Sweep
Run Ronnie Run

Self
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center

Steve
A Minecraft Movie

Dan Landsman
The D Train

YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
Sex Tape

Jerry
Johnny Skidmarks

Self
The Concert for Valor

Self
Earth to America

Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera

Craig Poncelet
Dead Man Walking

Rick
Too Far from the Norm

Micronations

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heaven Adores You

Self
Dio: Dreamers Never Die

Car Thief
Marked for Murder

George Washington
Awesometown

Big Tommy
Tommy Can't Sleep

Self
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring

Self
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Wasteland Scrap
Demolition Man

Po (voice)
Dueling Dumplings

Billy Glenn Norris
Mars Attacks!

Self - Actor
21 Years: Richard Linklater

Sid
Cradle Will Rock

Titus Telesco (uncredited)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Sherman
Stepdude

Self
Tenacious D: In the Studio

Jan Lewan
The Polka King

Self
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord

Doug McCallister
Anaconda

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

Jonathan Barnavelt
The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Self
Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet

Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Words That Built America

MCA (B-Boys 2)
Fight for Your Right Revisited

R.L. Stine (uncredited)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Broadcast Technician
The Fan

DJ at Party
Bye Bye Love

Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
Jumanji: The Next Level

Dewey Finn
School of Rock

Self
The Insufferable Groo

Sheriff
The Unexpected Race

Marty Prago
The Innocent

Self
Tenacious D: Live in London

Self
The Eighth Blunder of the World

Self
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal

Self
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up

Self
Being 'Shallow Hal'

Self
Feeding America Comedy Festival

Lenny (voice)
Club Oscar

Self - Game Master
Celebrity Escape Room

Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Self
Dear Class of 2020

Self
The Sheik

Grown Up Stan (voice)
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Jack Black (uncredited)
The Muppets

Self
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story

Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

Claptrap (voice)
Borderlands

Po (voice)
Dreamworks Holiday Classics

JB
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale

JB
Tenacious D: Time Fixers

Mental Patient (uncredited)
Melvin Goes to Dinner

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

JB
Tenacious D: JB's BJ

JB
Tenacious D: Butt Baby

Self
One World: Together at Home

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

Self - Actor
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself

Man
Cash Box

Self
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division

Po (Voice)
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

Self (Interviewee)
Coachella

Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy

Self
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Fisherman
The Love Letter

Untitled Weezer Film

Himself (Archive footage)
Early To Class

Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin

Self
Danny Roane: First Time Director

Self
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow

Our Shining Moment

Kong's New York, 1933

Self
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3

Bowser (voice)
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
Jumanji 3

Bowser (archive sound)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Replayed

Po (Voice)
Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest

Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
Tenacious D Live at the O2
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
161
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-08-28
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also Known As
Thomas Jacob Black