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Jack Black
Known for: ActingThomas 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), Bernie (2011), Goosebumps (2016), and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), its sequel Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and A Minecraft Movie (2025). He has also voiced Po in the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2008–present) and Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie franchise (2023–present). Black is the lead vocalist of the duo Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with long-time friend Kyle Gass. In 2015, they won the Grammy Award for best metal performance for "The Last in Line." Since 2018, Black has run a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Super Mario Bros. filmen
+2
as Bowser (voice) 
Super Mario Galaxy filmen
+2
as Bowser (voice) 
En Minecraft-film
+3
as Steve 
Anaconda
+3
as Doug McCallister 
Istid
+4
as Zeke (voice) 
Kung Fu Panda
+5
as Po (voice) 
Kung Fu Panda 3
+4
as Po (voice) 
Kung Fu Panda 2
+5
as Po (voice) 
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Po (voice) 
Kung Fu Panda 4
+2
as Po (voice) 
Jumanji: The Next Level
+6
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon 
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
+6
as Bethany 
Shallow Hal
+3
as Hal Larson 
The Holiday
+5
as Miles 
Stor ståhai
+4
as Lenny (voice) 
Tropic Thunder
+3
as Jeff Portnoy 
King Kong
+3
as Carl Denham 
The School of Rock
+3
as Dewey Finn 
The Cable Guy
+4
as Rick 
Enemy of the State
+3
as Fiedler 
Borderlands
+4
as Claptrap (voice) 
Waterworld
+4
as Pilot 
Gåsehud
+5
as Stine / Slappy / Invisible Boy (voice) 
Nacho Libre
+1
as Nacho 
Mars Attacks!
+3
as Billy Glenn Norris 
Sjakalen
+3
as Ian Lamont 
Dear Santa
+2
as Satan 
Fryktens sommer 2
+3
as Titus Telesco (uncredited) 
Gullivers Reiser
+4
as Lemuel Gulliver 
Jumanji: Open World
as Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon 
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
as Po (voice) 
High Fidelity
+3
as Barry 
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
+5
as Jonathan Barnavelt 
Orange County
as Lance Brumder 
Airborne
as Augie 
Year One
+2
as Zed 
The Big Year
+4
as Brad Harris 
Tenacious D
as Jack 'JB' Black 
Saving Silverman
as J.D. McNugent 
A Minecraft Movie Squared
as Steve 
The Brink
as Alex Talbot 
Be Kind Rewind
as Jerry 
Kung Fu Panda - Vinterfestivalen
as Po (voice) 
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
+5
as Dexter 
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
as Po (voice) 
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
as Po (voice) 
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
as Grown Up Stan (voice) 
The D Train
+1
as Dan Landsman 
Den Uendelige Historien 3
as Slip 
Margot at the Wedding
+1
as Malcolm 
Cradle Will Rock
as Sid 
Free LSD
as (Special Appearance) 
Bud og Doyle redder verden
as Tenacious D 
Bernie
as Bernie Tiede 
Envy
as Nick Vanderpark 
The Polka King
as Jan Lewan 
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence 
Blind Justice
as Private 
Happily
+3
Producer 
Harmontown
as Self 
Jesus' Son
as Georgie 
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor 
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
as Self 
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
as Self 
How Did We Get Here?
as Self (archive footage) 
ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
as Self 
Crossworlds
as Steve 
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera
as Dethklok's Original Manager / Fat Fan (voice) 
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
as Self 
The Insufferable Groo
as Self 
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
as Self - Actor 
Bongwater
as Devlin 
Johnny Skidmarks
as Jerry 
The Sheik
as Self 
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
as Self