Main article: Jack Black filmography 1982–1999: Early roles In 19, he gained recurring roles in the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Fellow UCLA student Tim Robbins later cast Black in Bob Roberts. He later attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), but dropped out during his second year to pursue a career in entertainment. He also attended the Crossroads School, where he excelled in drama. 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. As a child, he appeared in a commercial for the Activision game Pitfall! in 1982. Black moved to Culver City with his father and frequently visited his mother's home. īlack's parents divorced when he was 10, and his father then stopped practicing Judaism. His other ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Polish, Russian, and Scottish. Black was raised Jewish, attending Hebrew school and having a bar mitzvah. His mother was born Jewish, while his father converted to Judaism. He has three older half-siblings through his mother: scientist Neil Siegel, Howard Siegel, and Rachel Siegel. 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 was raised in Hermosa Beach, California. Thomas Jacob Black was born in Santa Monica, California, on August 28, 1969, the son of satellite engineers Thomas William Black and Judith Love Cohen. Since 2018, Black has operated a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games. They won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for ' The Last in Line' in 2015. Movie (2023).īlack is the lead vocalist of the band Tenacious D which he formed in 1994 with long-time friend Kyle Gass.

He has also performed voice roles in Ice Age (2002), Shark Tale (2004), Po in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, and Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. He has since starred in Goosebumps (2016), its sequel Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), its sequel Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018). Some of Black's successful films include High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), School of Rock (2003), King Kong (2005), The Holiday (2006), Nacho Libre (2006), Tropic Thunder (2008), and Bernie (2011). His accolades include an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. He is known for roles in family and comedy films, in addition to his voice work in animated films. Thomas Jacob 'Jack' Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician.

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