Jack Black

**Jack Black** (gebore as **Thomas Jacob Black** op 28 Augustus 1969) is ’n Amerikaanse akteur, musikant en komediant. Hy was onder meer in *High Fidelity* en *School of Rock* te sien. Black sing of speel in talle van sy flieks kitaar en is vir twee Golden Globes genomineer. Hy is ook die hoofsanger van die rockgroep *Tenacious D*, wat hy in 1994 met sy vriend Kyle Gass gestig het.

## Lewensloop 
Thomas J. Black, Jr. is op 28 Augustus 1969 in Santa Monica, Kalifornië in die Verenigde State van Amerika gebore. Sy ouers is geskei toe hy 10 jaar oud was, waarna hy met sy pa na Culver City verhuis het. Op universiteit was hy 'n lid van Tim Robbins se ''Actor's gang'', wat hom in 1992 'n rol in die speelfilm *Bob Roberts* besorg het. Dit was net 'n stemrol, maar die begin van sy loopbaan as akteur.

Hy tree in sy beginjare in TV-programme soos *The Golden Palace* en *Northern Exposure* op, en het in klein rolle in films soos *Airborne*, *Demolition Man*, *Waterworld*, *The Fan*, *The NeverEnding Story III* en *The Cable Guy* gespeel. Hy maak egter sy deurbraak in 2000 met *High Fidelity*. Hy was ook die stem van Po in die gewilde Kung Fu Panda-filmreeks.

Hy is op 14 Maart 2006 met Tanya Haden getroud. Die egpaar het twee seuns wat in 2006 en 2009 gebore is.

## Filmografie 
duimnael|Jack Black by die première van King Kong in Berlyn, 2005
duimnael|Jack Black in 2006
duimnael|Jack Black by die première van Kung Fu Panda 2 in Sydney, 2011

* *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-reeks
* *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) – *Stem vir Zeke*
* *School of Rock* (2003) – *Dewey Finn*
* *Envy* (2004) – *Nick Vanderpark*
* *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004) – *Motorfietsryer*
* *Shark Tale* (2004) – *Stem vir 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) – *Stem vir Po*
* *Tropic Thunder* (2008) – *Jeff "Fats" Portnoy*
* *Year One* (2009) – *Zed*
* *Community* (2010) – *Buddy* TV-reeks
* *iCarly* (2010) – *Aspartamay* TV-reeks
* *Gulliver’s Travels* (2010) – *Gulliver*
* *Kung Fu Panda 2* (2011) – *Stem vir Po*
* *Fight for Your Rigt Revisited* (2011)
* *Bernie* (2011) – *Bernie Tedie*
* *The Big Year* (2011) – *Brad Harris*
* *The Muppets* (2011) – *Homself*
* *Drunk History* (2013) – *Elvis* TV-reeks
* *Sex Tape* (2014) – *Eienaar van YouPorn*
* *The D Train* (2015) – *Dan Landsman*
* *Goosebumps* (2015) – *R. L. Stine*
* *Kung Fu Panda 3* (2016) – *Stem vir Po*

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