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.

Filmography

• 2027A Minecraft Movie Squared — Steve
• The dream of solar system — The sun
• 2026Jumanji: Open World — Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
• 2026The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — Bowser (voice)
• 202540 Watts from Nowhere — Executive Producer
• 2025A Minecraft Movie — Steve, Songs
• 2025Anaconda — Doug McCallister
• 2025Tenacious D Live at the O2 — Vocals / Guitar / Sax-a-boom
• 2025The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
• 2024Borderlands — Claptrap (voice)
• 2024Dear Santa — Satan
• 2024Dueling Dumplings — Po (voice)
• 2024Kung Fu Panda 4 — Po (voice), Songs
• 2023Free LSD — (Special Appearance)
• 2023Gianna — Associate Producer
• History of the World: Part II — Joseph Stalin
• 2023Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour — JB
• 2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie — Bowser (voice), Songs
• 2022Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood — Grown Up Stan (voice)
• Big Nate — Brad Gunter (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight — Po (voice), Executive Producer
• 2022Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — Wolfman Jack
• 2021Cash Box — Man
• 2021Happily — Producer
• 2020Celebrity Escape Room — Self - Game Master, Executive Producer
• History 101 — Characters
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Westley
• 2020The Croods: A New Age — Songs
• 2019Jumanji: The Next Level — Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon
• 2019Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
• The Mandalorian — Captain Bombardier
• 2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot — Dexter
• 2018Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween — R.L. Stine (uncredited)
• 2018Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest — Po (Voice)
• Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto — JB, Director, Writer
• The Aquabats! Saturday Morning! — The Wizard of Hollywood, Executive Producer
• 2018The House with a Clock in Its Walls — Jonathan Barnavelt
• 2018The Unexpected Race — Sheriff
• 2017Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle — Bethany
• 2017The Polka King — Jan Lewan, Producer
• 2017Tommy Can't Sleep — Big Tommy
• Great Minds with Dan Harmon — Ludwig van Beethoven
• 2016Kung Fu Panda 3 — Po (voice)
• 2016Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll — Po (voice)
• Another Period — Dan Ringley
• Documentary Now! — Jamison Friend
• 2015Goosebumps — Stine / Slappy / Invisible Boy (voice)
• The Brink — Alex Talbot, Producer
• 2015The D Train — Dan Landsman, Producer
• 2014Sex Tape — YouPorn Owner (uncredited)
• 2014Wizard's Way — Executive Producer
• Drunk History — William Mulholland, Vincenzo Peruggia, Elvis Presley
• Ghost Ghirls — Executive Producer
• 2013Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection — Po (voice)
• 2013Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera — Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice)
• Rick and Morty — Lithdor (voice)
• The Birthday Boys
• 2012Bernie — Bernie Tiede
• 2012Dreamworks: Holiday Classics — Po (voice)
• 2012The Roadie — JB, Writer
• 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited — MCA (B-Boys 2)
• 2011Kung Fu Panda 2 — Po (voice)
• 2011Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters — Po (voice)
• 2011The Big Year — Brad Harris
• 2011The Muppets — Jack Black (uncredited)
• Workaholics — Pritchard
• 2010Gulliver's Travels — Lemuel Gulliver, Executive Producer
• 2010Kung Fu Panda Holiday — Po (voice)
• 2010iCarly: iStart a Fan War — Aspartamay
• 2009Branson — Producer
• Community — Buddy
• 2009Year One — Zed
• 2008Be Kind Rewind — Jerry
• 2008Fats Waller Was Born Here — Multiple Roles/Jerry
• 2008Kung Fu Panda — Po (voice)
• 2008Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five — Po (voice)
• 2008Prop 8: The Musical — Jesus Christ
• 2008Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 — Self, Writer
• 2008Tropic Thunder — Jeff Portnoy
• 2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness — Jeff Portnoy
• Water and Power — The Mayor
• Acceptable.tv — Self / Cop / Story Wizard, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2007Margot at the Wedding — Malcolm
• Relative insanity — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2007The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' — Self, Producer
• The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
• 2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story — Paul McCartney (uncredited)
• Yo Gabba Gabba!
• iCarly — Aspartamay
• 2006Awesometown — George Washington
• Exposure — Dan Harmon
• 2006Nacho Libre — Nacho, Producer
• 2006Pulse — Jack Sharp
• 2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny — JB, Producer, Songs, Writer
• 2006Tenacious D: For the Ladies — JB
• 2006Tenacious D: Time Fixers — JB, Music
• 2006The Holiday — Miles
• 2005Club Oscar — Lenny (voice)
• 2005King Kong — Carl Denham
• The Office — Sam
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade
• 2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy — Motorcyclist
• Cracking Up — Bruce Philapousis
• 2004Envy — Nick Vanderpark
• Laser Fart — The Elegant Hunter
• Live at Johnny's
• 2004Shark Tale — Lenny (voice)
• Tom Goes to the Mayor — Trapper JB (voice)
• 200360 Spins Around the Sun — Executive Producer
• Computerman — Computerman
• 2003Melvin Goes to Dinner — Mental Patient (uncredited)
• 2003Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
• 2003The School of Rock — Dewey Finn
• Time Belt — Computerman
• Clone High — Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice)
• Crank Yankers — Tenacious O (voice)
• 2002Ice Age — Zeke (voice)
• Icons
• 2002Orange County — Lance Brumder
• 2002Run Ronnie Run — Lead Chimney Sweep
• 2002Tenacious D: Butt Baby — JB, Writer
• 2002Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale — JB, Writer
• 2002The Lewis Lectures — Lewis (voice)
• Critics Choice Awards — Characters
• 2001Saving Silverman — J.D. McNugent
• 2001Shallow Hal — Hal Larson
• 2001Tenacious D: JB's BJ — JB, Writer
• The Andy Dick Show — J.D
• 2000High Fidelity — Barry
• 2000Jesus' Son — Georgie
• 1999Cradle Will Rock — Sid
• 1999Heat Vision and Jack — Jack Austin
• Heat Vision and Jack — Jack Austin
• 1999The Love Letter — Fisherman
• 1998Bongwater — Devlin
• 1998Enemy of the State — Fiedler
• 1998I Still Know What You Did Last Summer — Titus Telesco (uncredited)
• 1998Johnny Skidmarks — Jerry
• Will & Grace — Dr. Isaac Hershberg
• Tenacious D — Jack 'JB' Black, Producer, Writer, Creator
• 1997The Jackal — Ian Lamont
• 1996Bio-Dome — Tenacious D
• 1996Crossworlds — Steve
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Mars Attacks! — Billy Glenn Norris
• 1996The Cable Guy — Rick
• 1996The Fan — Broadcast Technician
• 1995Bye Bye Love — DJ at Party
• 1995Dead Man Walking — Craig Poncelet
• Mr. Show with Bob and David — Farmer / Satan / God, Expert, Jeepers Creepers, Gay Guy / Moviegoer
• Pride & Joy — Man
• The Single Guy — Randy
• 1995Waterworld — Pilot
• All-American Girl — Tommy
• 1994Blind Justice — Private
• Monty — Doug
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
• 1994The Innocent — Marty Prago
• 1994The NeverEnding Story III — Slip
• Touched by an Angel — Monte
• 1993Airborne — Augie
• 1993Demolition Man — Wasteland Scrap
• 1993Marked for Murder — Car Thief
• The X-Files — Bart 'Zero' Liquori
• 1992Bob Roberts — Roger Davis
• Great Scott! — Ray
• Picket Fences — Curtis Williams
• The Golden Palace — Cab Driver
• 1991Our Shining Moment — Teenage Boy
• Northern Exposure — Kevin Wilkins
• Life Goes On — Skinhead
• The Simpsons — Milo (voice)
• Kids' Choice Awards — Host, Self - Honoree
• 1987Too Far from the Norm — Rick
• The New Leave It to Beaver — Nick
• The Fall Guy — Chuck
• Kung Fu Panda 5 — Po (voice)
• Micronations
• Stepdude — Producer

Appearances as themselves (113)

• 2026Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self
• 2026Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special — Self
• 2026The slapstick slasher movie — Himself
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• 2025Jack Black: Tenacious Dude — self
• 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror — Self
• 2025Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 — Self
• 20242024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2024ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord — Self
• 2023Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself — Self - Actor
• 2023Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 — Self
• 2022Dio: Dreamers Never Die — Self
• 2022How Did We Get Here? — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center — Self
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• Cup of Joe — Self
• 2020Dear Class of 2020 — Self
• 2020Feeding America Comedy Festival — Self
• 2020Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• Amazing Saturday — Self
• Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
• 2018The Insufferable Groo — Self
• The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale — Self - Special Guest
• What the Fit — Self
• Steve — Self
• The Gong Show — Self - Judge
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• 2017The Words That Built America — Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee — Self
• Join or Die with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! — Self
• StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 201421 Years: Richard Linklater — Self - Actor
• 2014Harmontown — Self
• 2014Heaven Adores You — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2014The Concert for Valor — Self
• 2014The Sheik — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Welcome to Sweden — Self
• Radio Disney Music Awards — Self - Presenter
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Double Fine Adventure — Self
• Good Mythical Morning — Self
• 2012Kennedy Center Honors: Led Zeppelin Tribute Film — Self
• 2012Pretty Sweet — Self
• The Eric Andre Show — Self
• Brain Games — Self
• 2011Conan O'Brien Can't Stop — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage — Self
• Take Two with Phineas and Ferb — Self, Self (archive footage)
• 2010Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 — Self
• The Talk — Self
• Chopped — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2009We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial — Self
• 2008D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary — Self
• 2008Passaic Mosaic — Self
• 2008Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle — Self
• 2008VH1 Rock Honors: The Who — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Coachella — Self - Interviewee
• 2006Danny Roane: First Time Director — Self
• 2006Kong's New York, 1933 — Self
• 2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' — Self
• 2006The Eighth Blunder of the World — Self
• 2005Earth to America — Self
• Infinite Challenge — Self
• 2005King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• 2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast — Self - Presenter
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• Channel 101 — Self - Host
• 2004Linklater: St. Richard of Austin — Self
• 2004The Present — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Emmys Segment, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest, Self - "Mean Tweets"
• 2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special — Self
• 2003Tenacious D: In the Studio — Self
• 2003Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• American Idol — Self
• HypaSpace — Self
• Last Call with Carson Daly — Self
• 2002Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up — Self
• 2002Tenacious D: Live in London — Self
• 2001Being 'Shallow Hal' — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
• 2001Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• The View — Self - Guest
• Full Frontal Comedy — self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self - Guest
• This Morning — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Tenacious D
• The Oscars — Self
• Making of School of Rock — Self
• The Glorious Octagon Of Destiny — Self