Jack Black is an American actor. The following are his roles in film, television series and video games.
Jack Black is an American actor. The following are his roles in film, television series and video games.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Roger Davis | |
| 1993 | Airborne | Augie | |
| Demolition Man | Wasteland Scrap | ||
| 1994 | The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia | Slip | |
| 1995 | Bye Bye Love | DJ at party | |
| Waterworld | Pilot | ||
| Dead Man Walking | Craig Poncelet | ||
| 1996 | Bio-Dome | Tenacious D | |
| The Cable Guy | Rick Legatos | ||
| The Fan | Broadcast technician | ||
| Mars Attacks! | Billy-Glenn Norris | ||
| Crossworlds | Steve | ||
| 1997 | The Jackal | Ian Lamont | |
| 1998 | Johnny Skidmarks | Jerry | |
| Bongwater | Devlin | ||
| Enemy of the State | Fiedler | ||
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Titus Telesco | Uncredited | |
| 1999 | The Love Letter | Fisherman | |
| Cradle Will Rock | Sid | ||
| Jesus' Son | Georgie | ||
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Barry | Won – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy/Romance Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Music Moment Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Male Performance Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2001 | Frank's Book | Performance hipster | Short film |
| Saving Silverman | JD McNugent | ||
| Shallow Hal | Hal Larson | Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy | |
| 2002 | Orange County | Lance Brumder | |
| Run Ronnie Run! | Lead chimney sweep | Won – DVD Exclusive Award for Best Original Song | |
| Ice Age | Zeke | Voice | |
| 2003 | Melvin Goes to Dinner | Mental patient | Won – Phoenix Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Acting Nominated – DVD Exclusive Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| School of Rock | Dewey Finn | Won – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (3rd place) Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liar | |
| 2004 | Envy | Nick Vanderpark | Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Male Star |
| Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Motorcyclist | Cameo | |
| Shark Tale | Lenny | Voice | |
| 2005 | King Kong | Carl Denham | Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain |
| 2006 | Nacho Libre | Ignacio / Nacho | Also producer Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Movie Star Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Chemistry Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Rumble |
| Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | JB | Also producer and writer | |
| The Holiday | Miles | ||
| 2007 | Margot at the Wedding | Malcolm | Nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Paul McCartney | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind | Jerry Gerber | |
| Kung Fu Panda | Po | Voice Won – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | |
| Secrets of the Furious Five | Voice Short film | ||
| Prop 8: The Musical | Jesus Christ | Short film | |
| Tropic Thunder | Jeff "Fats" Portnoy | Won – Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast | |
| 2009 | Year One | Zed | |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Po | Voice Short film |
| Gulliver's Travels | Lemuel Gulliver | Also executive producer Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actor Nominated – Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Male Movie Star | |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Po | Voice Nominated – Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Voice Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Animation Movie Voice |
| Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Voice Short film | ||
| Bernie | Bernie Tiede | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (runner-up) Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy | |
| The Big Year | Brad Harris | ||
| The Muppets | Himself | Uncredited | |
| 2014 | Sex Tape | Lamont | |
| 2015 | The D Train | Dan Landsman | Also producer |
| Goosebumps | R. L. Stine | Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Movie Actor | |
| Slappy and the Invisible Boy (voices) | |||
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Po | Voice Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Pet |
| Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Voice Short film | ||
| 2017 | The Polka King | Jan Lewan | Also producer |
| Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Professor Sheldon "Shelly" Oberon | Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (with Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Nick Jonas) | |
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Dexter | |
| The Unexpected Race | Sheriff | ||
| The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Jonathan Barnavelt | ||
| Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | R. L. Stine | Uncredited | |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Professor Sheldon "Shelly" Oberon | |
| 2022 | Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood | Adult Stanley | Voice |
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Wolfman Jack | ||
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Bowser | Voice [1] Won – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Villain Nominated – Astra Film Awards for Best Voice-Over Performance Nominated – Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Po | Voice Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie |
| Borderlands | Claptrap | Voice [2] | |
| 2025 | Minecraft | Steve | Post-production [3] |
| TBA | Dear Santa | Santa | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Fall Guy | Young Colt's Friend | Episode: "Old Heroes Never Die" |
| 1985 | The New Leave It to Beaver | Nick | Episode: "Movin' On" |
| 1991 | Our Shining Moment | Teenage boy | Pilot |
| 1992 | The Golden Palace | Taxi driver | Episode: "Seems Like Old Times: Part 2" |
| Great Scott! | Ray | Episode: "Book Crook" | |
| 1993 | Life Goes On | Skinhead | Episode: "Incident on Main" |
| Northern Exposure | Kevin Wilkins | Episode 5-5: "A River Doesn't Run Through It" | |
| Marked for Murder | Car thief | Television film | |
| 1994 | Blind Justice | Private | |
| The Innocent | Marty Prago | ||
| 1995 | All-American Girl | Tommy | Episode "A Night at the Oprah" |
| Pride & Joy | Man | Episode: "Brenda's Secret" | |
| The Single Guy | Randy | Episode: "Sister" | |
| Touched by an Angel | Monte | Episode: "Angels on the Air" | |
| The X-Files | Bart "Zero" Liquori | Episode 3.3: "D.P.O." | |
| 1995–1996 | Mr. Show with Bob and David | Various characters | 4 episodes |
| Picket Fences | Curtis Williams | 2 episodes | |
| 1997–2000 | Tenacious D | JB | Main role; also co-creator, writer and producer |
| 1999 | Heat Vision and Jack | Jack | Pilot |
| 2002 | 2002 MTV Movie Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| The Andy Dick Show | J.D. | Episode: "Flipped" | |
| Clone High | Pusher/Larry Hardcore (voices) | Episode: "Raisin the Stakes" | |
| Crank Yankers | Tenacious D | Episode: "#1.3" | |
| MADtv | Episode: "#7.22" | ||
| 2003 | Player$ | Episode: "Tenacious D a la Mode" | |
| Will & Grace | Dr. Isaac Hershberg | Episode: "Nice in White Satin" | |
| 2003, 2004 | Computerman | Computerman | 6 episodes; Also executive producer |
| Time Belt | 2 episodes | ||
| 2004 | Cracking Up | Bruce | Episode: "Scared Straight" |
| Tom Goes to the Mayor | Trapper JB (voice) | Episode: "Bear Traps" | |
| 2006 | Kids' Choice Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| MTV Video Music Awards | |||
| 2007 | Acceptable.TV | Executive producer | |
| The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Jables | Episode: "Break-Up" | |
| The Simpsons | Milo (voice) | Episode: "Husbands and Knives" | |
| 2008 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: "The Golden Triangle of Destiny" |
| Kids' Choice Awards | Himself (host) | Television special | |
| Spike Video Game Awards | |||
| 2009 | The Office | Himself (as Sam) | Episode: "Stress Relief" |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! | Himself | Episode: "New Friends" | |
| 2010 | Community | Buddy Austin | Episode: "Investigative Journalism" |
| iCarly | Aspartamay [4] | Episode: "iStart a Fanwar" | |
| Take Two with Phineas and Ferb | Himself | Episode: Jack Black; short form series | |
| 2011 | Kids' Choice Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| 2012, 2015 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2018 | Drunk History | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem | Dethklok's original manager / Fat Blogger (voices) | Television special |
| 2015 | Workaholics | Pritchard DeMamp | Episode: "Gramps DeMamp is Dead" |
| The Brink [5] | Alex Talbot | 10 episodes; also producer | |
| Documentary Now! | Jamison Friend | Episode: "Dronez: The Hunt for El Chingon" | |
| 2016 | Panda Republic | Narrator (voice) | Documentary |
| Australia's Got Talent | Guest Judge | Episode: "Grand Finale" (season 8) | |
| 2017 | Great Minds with Dan Harmon | Ludwig van Beethoven | Episode: "Ludwig van Beethoven" |
| The Last Man on Earth | Rear Admiral Roy Billups | Episode: "M.U.B.A.R." | |
| 2018 | Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto | JB (voice) | Main role; also co-creator, director, writer and producer |
| 2020 | Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren and Stimpy Story | Himself | Documentary |
| Celebrity Escape Room | Himself (host) | Television special | |
| Home Movie: The Princess Bride [6] | Dread Pirate Roberts | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | Waffles + Mochi | Himself | Episode: "Water" |
| 2022 | Big Nate | Brad Gunter (voice) | Episode: "The Legend of the Gunting" |
| Rick and Morty | Lithdor, the Viscount of Venus (voice) | Episode: "A Rick in King Mortur's Mort" | |
| 2022–2023 | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Po (voice) | Main role; also executive producer Won – Children's and Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II | Joseph Stalin | 2 episodes |
| The Mandalorian | Captain Bombardier | Episode: "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Peter Jackson's King Kong | Carl Denham | Won – Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance by a Male Won – Spike Video Game Award for Best Cast |
| 2009 | Brütal Legend | Eddie Riggs | Won – Spike Video Game Award for Best Voice |
| 2014 | Broken Age | Harm'ny Lightbeard | |
| 2015 | Goosebumps: Night of Scares | R. L. Stine and Slappy the Dummy | |
| 2020 | Goosebumps: Dead of Night [7] [8] | R. L. Stine and Slappy the Dummy | |
| 2020 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 [9] | Officer Dick | |
| 2021 | Psychonauts 2 [10] | The Mote of Light/Helmut Fullbear | |
| 2022 | High on Life | Himself | Cameo |
| 2022 | Pocket Mortys | Lithdor, the Viscount of Venus | [11] |
| 2023 | Solarpunk Simulator | Captain Jack Black |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jesus Christ Superstar | King Herod | Ricardo Montalban Theatre [12] |
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