Jack Black

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and personality. He is best known for his various film roles, such as Dewey Finn in , Carl Denham in 's 2005 remake of , Ignacio/Nacho in , Jerry McLean in , in the 2010 Fox adaptation of , and both voiced Slappy the Dummy and portrayed in the 2015 comedy horror film . He is also well-known for voicing Zeke in Blue Sky's 2002 film , Lenny in ' , Master Po, the overall main protagonist of the , and Bowser in .
For Disney, he portrayed Fiedler in the 1998 Touchstone Pictures film Enemy of the State. He also guest-starred in the Phineas and Ferb spin-off Take Two with Phineas and Ferb and in the 2011 musical comedy film The Muppets. Additionally, he posed, alongside Will Ferrell and Jason Segel, as one of the Hitchhiking Ghosts in "Where You Can Go On The Ride of Your Afterlife" in the Disney Dream Portrait Series. He also portrayed Sid in the 1999 Touchstone Pictures film Cradle Will Rock and Barry Judd in High Fidelity. He currently plays Joseph Stalin in the 2023 Hulu series History of the World, Part II and Captain Bombardier in the Star Wars Disney+ series The Mandalorian.
Black was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of satellite engineers Thomas William Black and Judith Love Cohen. He was raised in Hermosa Beach, California. His mother worked on the Minuteman nuclear missile guidance system, the Apollo lunar module guidance system, the science ground station for the Hubble Space Telescope, and was also a writer. He has three older half-siblings through his mother: scientist Neil Siegel, Howard Siegel, and Rachel Siegel. His mother was born Jewish, while his father converted to Judaism. Black was raised Jewish, attending Hebrew school and having a bar mitzvah. His other ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Polish, Russian, and Scottish.
Black's parents divorced when he was ten, and his father then stopped practicing Judaism. Black moved to Culver City with his father and frequently visited his mother's home. As a child, he appeared in a commercial for the game in 1982. For high school, Black's parents enrolled him at the Poseidon School, a private secondary school designed for students struggling in the traditional school system. He also attended the Crossroads School, where he excelled in drama. He later attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), but dropped out during his second year to pursue a career in entertainment.
==Roles==
Barry Judd.jpg|Barry Judd(High Fidelity)
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb - Jack Black.jpg|Himself(Take Two with Phineas and Ferb)
Muppets2011Trailer02-57.jpg|Himself(The Muppets)
Disney Dream Portrait Series - Hitchhiking Ghosts.jpg|One of the Hitchhiking Ghosts in "Where You Can Go On the Ride of Your Afterlife" from the Disney Dream Portrait Series
CaptainBombardier-Mando22.jpg|Captain Bombardier(The Mandalorian)
==Gallery==
Jack Black Hollywood Film Awards.jpg|Jack Black speaks onstage at the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards in October 2013.
Jack Black SDCC.jpg|Jack Black speaks at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con.
Jack Black 72nd Golden Globes.jpg|Jack Black speaks onstage at the 72nd annual Golden Globes in January 2015.
Jack Black performs at Light Up the Blues ceremony.jpg|Jack Black performs onstage during the 4th annual Light Up the Blues ceremony in May 2016.
Jack Black visits JKL.jpg|Jack Black visiting in November 2016.
Jack Black & Jenny Slate at Sundance Fest.jpg|Jack Black and Jenny Slate attending the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
Jack Black CinemaCon17.jpg|Jack Black speaks at the 2017 Cinema Con.
Jack Black Sundance Fest.jpg|Jack Black attending the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Jack Black & sons 2018 E3 Gaming Con.jpg|Jack Black with his sons, Samuel and Thomas, at the 2018 E3 Gaming Convention.
Jack Black Walk of Fame ceremony.jpg|Jack Black poses at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in September 2018.
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