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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | |
| 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 | 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 | Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance by a Male Spike Video Game Award for Best Cast |
| 2009 | Brütal Legend | Eddie Riggs | 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 |
| 2023 | Solarpunk Simulator [11] | Captain Jack Black |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jesus Christ Superstar | King Herod | Ricardo Montalban Theatre [12] |
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