Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (lahir 28 Agustus 1969)
adalah aktor Amerika, pelawak, musisi, penyanyi, dan penulis lagu. Karir
aktingnya telah luas, terutama dibintangi dalam film-film komedi. Black dikenal
karena perannya dalam Shallow Hal (2001), School of Rock (2003), King Kong
(2005), The Holiday (2006), franchise Kung Fu Panda (2008–2016), Tropic Thunder
(2008), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Goosebumps (2015), dan Jumanji: Welcome to
the Jungle (2017). Dia telah dinominasikan untuk dua Penghargaan Golden Globe.
Black adalah vokalis utama dari duo rock komedi Tenacious D yang ia bentuk pada
tahun 1994 bersama temannya, Kyle Gass. Mereka telah merilis album Tenacious D,
The Pick of Destiny, dan Rize of the Fenix.
Thomas Jacob Black lahir di Santa Monica, California, dan dibesarkan di Hermosa Beach, California, putra insinyur satelit Judith
Love (née Cohen), yang bekerja di Teleskop Angkasa Hubble dan juga seorang
penulis, dan Thomas William Black. Ibunya dilahirkan sebagai orang
Yahudi, sementara ayahnya pindah ke Yudaisme. Black dibesarkan dalam iman
Yahudi, menghadiri sekolah Ibrani dan merayakan Bar Mitzvah. Pada
penampilan tamu di The Tonight Show dengan Jay Leno, dia mengatakan nama
keluarganya mungkin berasal dari nama pekerjaan pandai besi.
Orangtua Black bercerai ketika dia berusia 10 tahun; Black
pindah ke Culver City bersama ayahnya dan sering mengunjungi rumah ibunya.
Sebagai seorang anak, Black muncul dalam iklan untuk jebakan Game Activision!
pada tahun 1982. Untuk sekolah menengah, orang tua Black mendaftarkannya di
Poseidon School, sekolah menengah swasta yang dirancang khusus untuk siswa yang
berjuang dalam sistem sekolah tradisional. Black juga menghadiri Sekolah
Crossroads, di mana ia unggul dalam drama. Dia kemudian menghadiri UCLA
tetapi drop out selama tahun kedua untuk mengejar karir di dunia hiburan. Rekan
mahasiswa UCLA, Tim Robbins, kemudian memilih Black di Bob Roberts. Black
mendapatkan peran berulang dalam serial komedi sketsa HBO, Mr. Show.
Sebagai seorang pemuda, Black berpartisipasi sebagai
Pramuka. Pada usia 14 tahun, dia berjuang dengan kecanduan kokain. Kakak laki-laki berusia 31 tahun, Howard, meninggal karena
AIDS pada tahun 1989. Pada Januari 2006, ia bertunangan dengan Tanya
Haden, putri bassis jazz Charlie Haden. Keduanya menghadiri Sekolah Crossroads
dan, setelah kelulusan, bertemu lagi 15 tahun kemudian di pesta ulang tahun
seorang teman. Mereka menikah pada tanggal 14 Maret 2006, di Big Sur,
California.
Putra pertama Black, Samuel Jason, lahir pada 10 Juni 2006,
di Cedars-Sinai Medical Center di Los Angeles. Pada 23 Mei 2008, Black dan
istrinya memiliki putra keduanya, Thomas David.
Black mendukung kampanye pemilihan kembali Barack Obama pada
tahun 2012. Pada 2015, Black mengunjungi Kampala di Uganda, Afrika sebagai
bagian dari Hari Hidung Merah Comic Relief USA.
Black telah mengkritik kepresidenan Donald Trump, dan pada
tanggal 20 Januari 2017, tanggal pelantikan Trump, Black membawakan lagu
Tenacious D "The Government Totally Sucks" dengan bandmate Kyle Gass.
Sebelum pertunjukan, Black berkata kepada penonton langsung, "Kami belum
memainkan [lagu ini] selama bertahun-tahun, karena itu tidak pernah terasa
pantas - Tapi sekarang, kami senang untuk melepaskan binatang itu. Pemerintah
benar-benar menyebalkan."
Filmography
Film
Television
| 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 | Himself | with his band Tenacious D |
| The Cable Guy | Rick Legatos | ||
| The Fan | Broadcast technician | ||
| Mars Attacks! | Billy Glenn Norris | ||
| 1997 | Crossworlds | Steve | |
| The Jackal | Ian Lamont | ||
| 1998 | Johnny Skidmarks | Jerry | |
| Bongwater | Devlin | ||
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Titus Telesco | Uncredited | |
| Enemy of the State | Fiedler | ||
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Sid | |
| The Love Letter | Fisherman | Uncredited | |
| Jesus' Son | Georgie | ||
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Barry | 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 | DVD Exclusive Award for Best Original Song | |
| Ice Age | Zeke | Voice | |
| 2003 | Melvin Goes to Dinner | Mental patient | Phoenix Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Acting Nominated – DVD Exclusive Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| School of Rock | Dewey Finn | 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 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 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | |
| Kung Fu Panda: The Secrets of the Furious Five | Voice Short film | ||
| Prop 8: The Musical | Jesus Christ | Short film | |
| Tropic Thunder | Jeff "Fats" Portnoy | 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 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 | Owner of YouPorn | Uncredited |
| 2015 | The D Train | Dan Landsman | Also producer |
| Goosebumps | R. L. Stine Slappy (voice) Invisible Boy (voice) |
Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Movie Actor | |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Po | Voice |
| 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 (Bethany Walker) | 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 | |
| Unexpected Race | Sheriff | Post-production | |
| The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Jonathan Barnavelt | Post-production | |
| Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | Slappy the Dummy | Voice Post-production | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Our Shining Moment | Teenage boy | Television pilot |
| 1993 | The Golden Palace | Taxi driver | Episode: "Seems Like Old Times: Part 2" |
| 1993 | Life Goes On | Skinhead | Episode: "Incident on Main" |
| 1993 | Northern Exposure | Kevin Wilkins | Episode: "A River Doesn't Run Through It" |
| 1993 | Marked for Murder | Car thief | Television film |
| 1994 | Blind Justice | Private | Television film |
| 1994 | The Innocent | Marty Prago | Television film |
| 1995 | All-American Girl | Tommy | Episode "A Night at the Oprah" |
| 1995 | Pride & Joy | Man | Episode: "Brenda's Secret" |
| 1995 | The Single Guy | Randy | Episode: "Sister" |
| 1995 | Touched by an Angel | Monte | Episode: "Angels on the Air" |
| 1995 | The X-Files | Bart "Zero" Liquori | Episode: "D.P.O." |
| 1995–1996 | Mr. Show with Bob and David | Various characters | 4 episodes |
| 1995–1996 | Picket Fences | Curtis Williams | 2 episodes |
| 1997–2000 | Tenacious D | JB | 6 episodes; also co-creator, writer and producer |
| 1999 | Heat Vision and Jack | Jack | Pilot |
| 2002 | 2002 MTV Movie Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| 2002 | The Andy Dick Show | J.D. | Episode: "Flipped" |
| 2002 | Clone High | Pusher/Larry Hardcore (voices) | Episode: "Raisin the Stakes" |
| 2002 | Crank Yankers | Tenacious D | Episode: "#1.3" |
| 2002 | MADtv | Tenacious D | Episode: "#7.22" |
| 2003 | Player$ | Tenacious D | Episode: "Tenacious D a la Mode" |
| 2003 | Will & Grace | Dr. Isaac Hershberg | Episode: "Nice in White Satin" |
| 2003–2004 | Computerman | Computerman | 6 episodes; Also executive producer |
| 2003–2004 | Time Belt | Computerman | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Cracking Up | Brian | Episode: "Scared Straight" |
| 2004 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Trapper JB (voice) | Episode: "Bear Traps" |
| 2006 | Kids' Choice Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| 2006 | MTV Video Music Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| 2007 | Acceptable.TV | Executive producer | |
| 2007 | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Jables | Episode: "Break-Up" |
| 2007 | The Simpsons | Milo (voice) | Episode: "Husbands and Knives" |
| 2008 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: "The Golden Triangle of Destiny" |
| 2008 | Kids' Choice Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| 2008 | Spike Video Game Awards | Himself (Host) | Television special |
| 2009 | The Office | Sam | Episode: "Stress Relief" |
| 2009 | Yo Gabba Gabba! | Himself | Episode: "New Friends" |
| 2010 | Community | Buddy | Episode: "Investigative Journalism" |
| 2010 | iCarly | Aspartamay[48] | 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" |
| 2015 | The Brink[49] | Alex Talbot | 10 episodes; also producer |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! | Jamison Friend | Episode: "Dronez: The Hunt for El Chingon" |
| 2016 | Panda Republic | Narrator (voice) | Documentary |
| 2017 | Great Minds with Dan Harmon | Ludwig van Beethoven | Episode: "Ludwig van Beethoven" |
| 2017 | The Last Man on Earth | Rear Admiral Roy Billups | Episode: "M.U.B.A.R." |
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