Jack Black

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AKA: Thomas Jack Black
Nationality: Canadian
Birthdate: 08/28/1969
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, USA

biography

Actor and musician Jack Black began his unique double career as a cult figure on the L.A. “alternative” comedy scene before he was upgraded to scene-stealing character roles in larger pictures, eventually taking the lead in some of the most quirky and endearing comedies of the early millennium. Forays into headier romantic dramas did not cultivate as much enthusiasm as Black’s signature role – that of an overconfident, smart aleck loser with an arsenal of expressive faces and a gung-ho attitude towards the most absurd plans of action. But if audiences did not lap up his subtler shades it was Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2009-2009
Zed
2009
Jeff “Fats” Portnoy
2008
Po
2008
Jerry
2008
Malcolm
2007
Miles
2006
Producer
2006
Nacho
2006
Carl Denham
2005
Voice of Lenny
2004
Nick Vanderpark
2004
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Bruce Phillipoussis
2004
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Doctor
2003
Dewey Finn
2003
(TV Show)
2003-2003
of Pusher, Larry Hardcore
2003
of Zeke
2002
Lance
2002
Hal Larsen
2001
J D
2001
Georgie
2000
Barry
2000
Lamont
1997
Rick
1996
Producer
Devlin
Augie
Lemuel Gulliver

milestones

Year
Milestone
1982 
Made acting debut in a commercial for the Atari videogame Pitfall at age thirteen (date approximate)
1992 
Film debut as an obsessed fan of Tim Robbins' folk-singing politician "Bob Roberts"
1993 
Appeared in the futuristic actioner "Demolition Man"
1993 
Made TV-movie debut with a cameo in the NBC crime drama "Marked For Murder"
1994 
Formed Tenacious D with guitarist Kyle Gass
Continued

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