Jack Black
Jack Black | |
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| Born | Thomas Jacob Black August 28, 1969 |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer, musician |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse(s) | Tanya Haden (2006–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, voice actor, singer comedian, writer, producer and musician. He is an important member of the Frat Pack, a name used by members of the media for a group of comedians active in today's Hollywood movies. Black is also in demand for some of Hollywood largest movies and smallest indie films. He and Kyle Gass make up the comedy/rock duo Tenacious D. Black starred in the movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, which is based on a true story.[1] Black is also known by his nicknames, Jables or JB. He also played in the 2008 movie Tropic Thunder.
Personal life[change | change source]
Black was born in Santa Monica, California to Thomas Black and Judith Cohen. His father is of English, French, German, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent and His mother is Jewish (of Russian descent). Since 14 March 2006, he is married with Tanya Haden. They have two sons (*2006 and *2009)
Filmography[change | change source]
- Bob Roberts (1992) - Roger Davis
- Airborne (1993) - Augie
- Demolition Man (1993) - Wasteland Scrap
- The Never Ending Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994) - Slip
- Waterworld (1995) - Pilot
- The X-Files (1995) - Bart "Zero" Liqouri TV series
- Dead Man Walking (1995) - Craig Poncelet
- Bio-Doma (1996) - Tenacious D
- The Cable Guy (1996) - Rick Legatos
- The Fan (1996) - Broadcast technician
- Mars Attacks! (1996) - Billy Glenn Norris
- The Jackal (1997) - Ian Lamont
- Bongwater (1997) - Devlin
- Enemy of the State (1998) - Fiedler
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) - Titus Telesco
- Cradle Will Rock (1999) - Sid
- Jesus’ Son (1999) - Georgie
- High Fidelity (2000) - Barry
- Saving Silverman (2001) - JD McNugent
- Shallow Hal (2001) - Hal Larson
- Orange County (2001) - Lance Brumder
- Ice Age (2002) - Voice for Zeke
- School of Rock (2003) - Dewey Finn
- Envy (2004) - Nick Vanderpark
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) - Motorcyclist
- Shark Tale (2004) - Voice for Lenny
- King Kong (2005) - Carl Denham
- Nacho Libre (2006) - Nacho
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006) - Jack "Jables" Black
- The Holiday (2006) - Miles
- Margot at the Wedding (2007) - Malcolm
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) - Paul McCartney
- Be Kind Rewind (2008) - Jerry Gerber
- Kung Fu Panda (2008) - Voice for Po
- Tropic Thunder (2008) - Jeff "Fats" Portnoy
- Year One (2009) - Zed
- Community (2010) - Buddy TV series
- iCarly (2010) - Aspartamay TV series
- Gulliver’s Travels (2010) - Gulliver
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) - Voice for Po
- Fight for Your Rigt Revisited (2011)
- Bernie (2011) - Bernie Tedie
- The Big Year (2011) - Brad Harris
- The Muppets (2011) - Himself
- Drunk History (2013) - Elvis TV series
- Sex Tape (2014) - Owner of YouPorn
- The D Train (2015) - Dan Landsman
- Goosebumps (2015) - R. L. Stine
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) - Voice of Po
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