Thomas 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 F...
Thomas 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), 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 (2023).
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.
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Movies (Cast)
A Minecraft Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Ice Age
Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda
King Kong
The Holiday
Jumanji: The Next Level
Kung Fu Panda 2
Dear Santa
Shark Tale
The Jackal
Sex Tape
The Fan
Borderlands
Nacho Libre
Kung Fu Panda 3
Year One
Waterworld
Saving Silverman
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The Muppets
Orange County
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Crossworlds
Demolition Man
Tropic Thunder
Airborne
Blind Justice
The Cable Guy
Bernie
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Mars Attacks!
Gulliver's Travels
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Free LSD
Goosebumps
Bio-Dome
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Bob Roberts
Club Oscar
Dead Man Walking
School of Rock
Jesus' Son
Be Kind Rewind
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Envy
The Innocent
Dueling Dumplings
Johnny Skidmarks
The Big Year
Shallow Hal
Dreamworks Holiday Classics
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Enemy of the State
Bye Bye Love
Run Ronnie Run
The NeverEnding Story III
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Cradle Will Rock
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Replayed
Marked for Murder
The D Train
Margot at the Wedding
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The Concert for Valor
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
High Fidelity
Heat Vision and Jack
The Roadie
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Awesometown
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Tommy Can't Sleep
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
The Love Letter
The Polka King
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Bongwater
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera