Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter. Black is known for his roles in the films High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Orange County (2002), School of Rock (2003), Envy (2004), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bernie (2011) and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), in addition to his role in the Jumanji franchise. He also voices the giant panda named Po from DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda films. He gained Golden Globe nominations for his work in School of Rock and Bernie, and he was given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2018.\n\nBlack is also the lead vocalist of the Grammy Award–winning comedy rock duo Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with long time friend, Kyle Gass. They have released multiple studio albums including their self titled debut Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny, Rize of the Fenix, and Post-Apocalypto, in addition to their television series Tenacious D (1997–2000) and film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006). Since 2018, Black has maintained a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games.
High Fidelity
(Barry Judd)
King Kong
(Carl Denham)
Ice Age
(Zeke (voice))
The Holiday
(Miles Dumont)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
(JB)
Prop 8: The Musical
(Jesus Christ)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
(Bowser (voice))
Free LSD
((Special Appearance))
Shark Tale
(Lenny (voice))
Bob Roberts
(Roger Davis)
Envy
(Nick Vanderpark)
Saving Silverman
(J.D. McNugent)
The Jackal
(Ian Lamont)
Be Kind Rewind
(Jerry)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
(Paul McCartney (uncredited))
Tropic Thunder
(Jeff Portnoy)
Orange County
(Lance Brumder)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
(Motorcyclist)
Jesus' Son
(Georgie)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
(Self - Presenter)
Kung Fu Panda
(Po (voice))
Bio-Dome
(Tenacious D)
Enemy of the State
(Fiedler)
Nacho Libre
(Nacho)
Waterworld
(Pilot)
Airborne
(Augie)
Shallow Hal
(Hal)
The Cable Guy
(Rick)
The NeverEnding Story III
(Slip)
Dear Santa
(Satan)
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage
(Self)
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
(Jeff Portnoy)
Margot at the Wedding
(Malcolm)
The Lewis Lectures
(Lewis (voice))
Bongwater
(Devlin)
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
(Po (voice))
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(Self)
Blind Justice
(Private)
The Roadie
(JB)
Gulliver's Travels
(Lemuel Gulliver)
Crossworlds
(Steve)
Year One
(Zed)
Kung Fu Panda 2
(Po (voice))
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
(Po (voice))
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
(Po (voice))
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
(Self)
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
(JB)
The Big Year
(Brad Harris)
Bernie
(Bernie Tiede)
Making Of School of Rock
(Self)
How Did We Get Here?
(Self (archive footage))
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
(Self)
Kung Fu Panda 3
(Po (voice))
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'
(Self)
Heat Vision and Jack
(Jack Austin)
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
(JB)
Harmontown
(Self)
Goosebumps
(R.L. Stine)
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
(Self)
This is (not) the greatest song in the world.
(JB)
The Present
(Self)
Oh Hell No
(Sherman)
Kung Fu Panda 4
(Po (voice))
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
(Wolfman Jack)
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
(Self)
Run Ronnie Run
(Lead Chimney Sweep)
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
(Self)
A Minecraft Movie
(Steve)
The D Train
(Dan Landsman)
Sex Tape
(YouPorn Owner (uncredited))
Johnny Skidmarks
(Jerry)
The Concert for Valor
(Self)
Earth to America
(Self)
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
(Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice))
Dead Man Walking
(Craig Poncelet)
Too Far from the Norm
(Rick)
Micronations
Heaven Adores You
(Self)
The Video Game Crash of 1983
(Self)
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
(Self)
Marked for Murder
(Car Thief)
The Love Letter
(Fisherman (uncredited))
Awesometown
(George Washington)
Tommy Can`t Sleep
(Big Tommy)
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring
(Self)
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
(Self)
Demolition Man
(Wasteland Scrap)
Dueling Dumplings
(Po (voice))
Mars Attacks!
(Billy Glenn Norris)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
(Self - Actor)
Cradle Will Rock
(Sid)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
(Titus Telesco (uncredited))
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
(Po (voice))
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
(Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon)
Lord of the Piercing
(Jack the Elf)
Stepdude
(Sherman)
Tenacious D: In the Studio
(Self)
The Polka King
(Jan Lewan)
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
(Self)
Anaconda
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
(Dexter)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
(Jonathan Barnavelt)
Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet
(Self)
The Words That Built America
(Self - Reader - Declaration of Independence)
Fight for Your Right Revisited
(MCA (B-Boys 2))
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
(R. L. Stine (uncredited))
The Fan
(Broadcast Technician)
Bye Bye Love
(DJ at Party)
Jumanji: The Next Level
(Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon)
School of Rock
(Dewey Finn)
The Insufferable Groo
(Self)
The Unexpected Race
(Sheriff)
The Innocent
(Marty Prago)
Tenacious D: Live in London
(Self)
Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
(Self)
The Eighth Blunder of the World
(Self)
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
(Self)
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
(Self)
Being 'Shallow Hal'
(Self)
Feeding America Comedy Festival
(Self)
Club Oscar
(Lenny (voice))
Celebrity Escape Room
(Self - Game Master)
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
(Self)
Dear Class of 2020
(Self)
The Sheik
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
(Grown Up Stan (voice))
The Muppets
(Jack Black (uncredited))
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
(Self)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
(Self)
Borderlands
(Claptrap (voice))
Dreamworks Holiday Classics
(Po (voice))
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
(JB)
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
(JB)
Melvin Goes to Dinner
(Mental Patient (uncredited))
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
(Self)
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
(JB)
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
(JB)
One World: Together at Home
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
(Self)
Michel Gondry: Do it Yourself
(Self - Actor)
Jack Black: Spider-Man
(Jack Black)
Cash Box
(Man)
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(Self)
Jumanji 3
(Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon)
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
(Self)
TUBEPOOP: STORY MODE PART TWO
(Bowser (archive edits))
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2
(Bowser (voice))
This Morning
(Self)
The Simpsons
(Milo (voice))
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tenacious D
(Jack 'JB' Black)
Computerman
(Computerman)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
(Self)
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
Touched by an Angel
(Monte)
Clone High
(Pusher / Larry Hardcore (voice))
The View
(Self)
Icons
Tom Goes to the Mayor
(Trapper JB (voice))
HypaSpace
(Self)
E! True Hollywood Story
Welcome to Sweden
(Self)
Heat Vision and Jack
(Jack Austin)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Golden Palace
(Cab Driver)
American Idol
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
The Jay Leno Show
(Self)
The Andy Dick Show
(J.D)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
(Self)
Time Belt
(Computerman)
Celebrities Uncensored
(Self)
Cracking Up
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
(Self)
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
Good Mythical Morning
(Self)
Live at Johnny's
The Oscars
(Self)
The Mandalorian
(Captain Bombardier)
Brain Games
(Self)
Community
(Buddy)
The Birthday Boys
The Brink
(Alex Talbot)
iCarly
(Aspartamay)
Comedy Bang! Bang!
(Self)
Documentary Now!
(Jamison Friend)
The X-Files
(Bart 'Zero' Liquori)
Drunk History
(William Mulholland)
Radio Disney Music Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
Big Nate
(Brad Gunter (voice))
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(Self)
The Eric Andre Show
(Self)
Life Goes On
(Skinhead)
The Gong Show
(Self - Judge)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
(Po (voice))
Another Period
(Dan Ringley)
MTV Video Music Awards
(Self - Host)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
(Westley)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Last Call with Carson Daly
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
(Self - Contestant)
Double Fine Adventure
(Self)
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
(Self - Special Guest)
Drunk History
(Vincenzo Peruggia)
Hot Ones
(Self)
Will & Grace
(Dr. Isaac Hershberg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The Russell Howard Hour
(Self)
Eli Roth's History of Horror
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self - Emmys segment)
JablinskiGames
(Self)
Exposure
(Dan Harmon)
Water And Power
(The Mayor)
Infinite Challenge
(Self)
Acceptable.tv
Laser Fart
(The Elegant Hunter)
The Single Guy
(Randy)
Northern Exposure
(Kevin Wilkins)
All-American Girl
(Tommy)
Great Scott!
(Ray)
The Fall Guy
(Chuck)
The New Leave It to Beaver
(Nick)
Monty
(Doug)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Musical Guest)
Mr. Show with Bob and David
(Jeepers Creepers)
Mr. Show with Bob and David
(Expert)
Mr. Show with Bob and David
(Gay Guy / Moviegoer)
Mr. Show with Bob and David
(Farmer / Satan / God)
Picket Fences
(Curtis Williams)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
(Ludwig van Beethoven)
Rick and Morty
(Lithdor (voice))
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Cameo (uncredited))
Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto
(JB)
Acceptable.tv
(Self / Cop / Story Wizard)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
(Self)
Drunk History
(Elvis Presley)
Chopped
(Self)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
(Self)
Cup of Joe
(Self)
History of the World: Part II
(Joseph Stalin)
Kids' Choice Awards
(Host)
The Office
(Sam)
Made in Hollywood
(Self)
Channel 101
(Self - Host)
Conan
(Self)
Pride & Joy
(Man)
Morgenmagazin
(Self)
Amazing Saturday
(Self)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
(Producer)
Nacho Libre
(Producer)
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
(Writer)
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
(Writer)
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
(Writer)
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
(Music)
Stepdude
(Producer)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
(Songs)
The D Train
(Producer)
The Roadie
(Writer)
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
(Producer)
The Croods: A New Age
(Songs)
Year of the Dog
(Producer)
Gulliver's Travels
(Executive Producer)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
(Songs)
Gianna
(Associate Producer)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
(Writer)
Happily
(Producer)
Celebrity Escape Room
(Executive Producer)
60 Spins Around the Sun
(Executive Producer)
Tenacious D
(Producer)
Ghost Ghirls
(Executive Producer)
JablinskiGames
(Creator)
Relative insanity
(Executive Producer)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
(Executive Producer)
The Brink
(Producer)
Acceptable.tv
(Executive Producer)
Tenacious D
(Creator)
Acceptable.tv
(Creator)
Relative insanity
(Creator)