Jack Black(I)

Actor
Producer
Writer

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Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California and raised in Hermosa Beach, California toJudith Love Cohen& Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he was a member ofTim Robbins' acting troupe & it was through this collaboration that led to his 1992 film debut inBob Roberts (1992).Although he was just a background voice in his first film, Jack's appearances in such television shows asThe X Files (1993),his breakthrough performance inHigh Fidelity (2000)& his rock-comedy band,Tenacious Dhave created an ever-growing cult following.

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Awards
- 16 wins & 71 nominations

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Known for

School of Rock

7.2

Dewey Finn

2003

High Fidelity

7.4

Barry Judd

2000

Nacho Libre

5.9

Nacho

2006

King Kong

7.2

Carl Denham

2005

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Actor

Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson
6.9
TV Series
- 2024
Borderlands
4.6
- Claptrap(voice)
- 2024
Dueling Dumplings
4.5
Short
- Po(voice)
- 2024
Tenacious D:...Baby One More Time
7.9
Music Video
- Jack Black
- 2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
6.3
- Po(voice)
- 2024
Run the Jewels: RTJX Live from the Hollywood Palladium
TV Series
- 2023
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
6.1
TV Series
- Po
- Op(voice)
- 2022–2023
Tenacious D: Wicked Game
6.4
Music Video
- Jack Black
- 2023
Tenacious D: Video Games
8.4
Music Video
- Jack Black(voice)
- 2023
Jack Black: Peaches
8.3
Music Video
- Jack Black
- 2023
The Mandalorian
8.6
TV Series
- Captain Bombardier
- 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
7.0
- Bowser(voice)
- 2023
History of the World: Part II
5.6
TV Mini Series
- Joseph Stalin
- 2023
Free LSD
6.3
- The Crazed Scientist
- 2023
Rick and Morty
9.1
TV Series
- Viscount of Venus(voice)
- 2022

Producer

Gianna
6.4
Short
- associate producer
- 2023
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
6.1
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2022
The Aquabats! RadVentures!
7.1
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2019–2021
Happily
5.3
- producer
- 2021
Celebrity Escape Room
6.7
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2020
You may call me, Master Naruto
7.4
Short
- producer
- 2019
The Aquabats! Super Kickstarter!
6.1
Video
- executive producer
- 2018
The Polka King
6.0
- producer
- 2017
The Brink
7.7
TV Series
- producer
- 2015
Entertainment
5.7
- executive producer
- 2015
The D Train
5.1
- producer(produced by)
- 2015
Ghost Ghirls
7.9
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2013
Wizard's Way
8.3
- executive producer
- 2013
Shredd
7.5
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 2011
My Life as an Experiment
5.9
TV Movie
- producer
- 2011

Official sites
- Facebook
- Instagram
Alternative name
- Tenacious D
Height
- 1.68 m
Born
- August 28,1969
- Santa Monica, California, USA
Spouse
- Tanya HadenMarch 14, 2006 - present (2 children)
Children
Parents
Other works
Member of the comedy/music groupTenacious Dalong withKyle Gass.They had two ten-minute spots on HBO entitled "Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth."
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Trivia
His parents, Judith Lois (Cohen) and Thomas William Black, who were rocket scientists, divorced when Black was 10. His mother,Judith Love Cohen,worked on the Hubble space telescope.

Quotes
[on filming the love scene inShallow Hal (2001)] It was just strictly professional. It was like a doctor or a carpenter plying his trade. I received no pleasure whatsoever... I requested 32 takes for the perfection of the craft.