Jack Black

Acting · Born 1969-08-28 in Santa Monica, California, USA

Biography

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),…

Filmography

• High Fidelity as Barry Judd
• Ice Age as Zeke (voice)
• The Holiday as Miles Dumont
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie as Bowser (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda as Po (voice)
• Enemy of the State as Fiedler
• Kung Fu Panda 2 as Po (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda Holiday as Po (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda 4 as Po (voice)
• Dead Man Walking as Craig Poncelet

TV

• The Simpsons as Milo (voice)
• The Mandalorian as Captain Bombardier
• Community as Buddy
• iCarly as Aspartamay
• The X-Files as Bart 'Zero' Liquori
• The Eric Andre Show as Self
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
• Northern Exposure as Kevin Wilkins
• Rick and Morty as Lithdor (voice)
• The Office as Sam