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Jack Black

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.

Filmography

2026
Jumanji 3

as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Movie
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

as Bowser (voice)

Movie
2025
Anaconda

as Doug McCallister

Movie
2025
A Minecraft Movie

as Steve

Movie
2024
Dear Santa

as Satan

Movie
2024
Borderlands

as Claptrap (voice)

Movie
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4

as Po (voice)

Movie
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie

as Bowser (voice)

Movie
2019
Jumanji: The Next Level

as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Movie
2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon

Movie
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3

as Po (voice)

Movie
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2

as Po (voice)

Movie
2009
Year One

as Zed

Movie
2008
Tropic Thunder

as Jeff Portnoy

Movie
2008
Kung Fu Panda

as Po (voice)

Movie
2006
The Holiday

as Miles Dumont

Movie
2006
Nacho Libre

as Nacho

Movie
2005
King Kong

as Carl Denham

Movie
2004
Shark Tale

as Lenny (voice)

Movie
2003
School of Rock

as Dewey Finn

Movie
2002
Ice Age

as Zeke (voice)

Movie
2001
Shallow Hal

as Hal Larson

Movie
1996
Mars Attacks!

as Billy Glenn Norris

Movie
1995
Waterworld

as Pilot

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