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Jack Black was born on August 28, 1969, in Santa Monica, California. His breakthrough role came in 2000's High Fidelity, and he starred opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in 2001's Shallow Hal, before headlining the widely praised School of Rock in 2003. Black's animated spelfilm project Kung Fu Panda scored big at the box office in 2008 — the same year the actor appeared in the comedy Tropic Thunder. More recently he appeared in R.L. Stine's Goosebumps (2015) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017). Black also serves as one half of the Grammy-winning comedy rock duo Tenacious D.

Early Life

Actor, musician and comedian Jack Black was born Thomas Jacob Black on August 28, 1969, in Santa Monica, California. One of the more popular character actors of recent years, Black's acerbic wit and high-energy antics have made him a standard bearer for the Generation X demographic.

Black attended UCLA, where he became a member of Tim Robbins' Act

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Fast Facts

Full Name:

Thomas Jacob Black

Nickname:

Jack, J.B. Jables Jablinski

Birth date:

August 28, 1969

Relationship Status:

Married

Background

Thomas Jacob Black, professionally known as Jack Black, was born on August 28, 1969, in Hermosa Beach, California. He was raised in the Jewish faith by his parents Thomas William Black and Judith Love Cohen, who were both engineers. Black attended U.C.L.A. but later dropped out to pursue an acting career.

Black started as an actor appearing in small roles in television shows such as “Life Goes On,” “Northern Exposure,” “Picket Fences,” and “The X-Files.” He also appeared in the movies “Waterworld” (1995), “The Cable Guy” (1996), “Mars Attacks!” (1996), “Enemy of the State” (1998), and “Cradle Will Rock” (1999). It was his role in “Jesus’ Son” and H.B.O.’s “Mr. Show” that earned him recognition as a comic. Black would later land his breakthrough role in “High Fidelity” (2000). Riding on the momentum of his success, B

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Jack Black Biography

Jack Black

actor, musician
Born: 4/7/1969
Birthplace: Los Angeles

Black spent most of the mid- and late-1990s in relative obscurity, frequently playing offbeat sidekick characters. That all changed in 2000, however, with the release of High Fidelity, Stephen Frears's hilarious adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel. Black, who played a music-store clerk with an unlimited reserve of music trivia, stole many scenes from star John Cusack. Saving Silverman, co-starring Steve Zahn, followed the breakout role, though the film was a critical and commercial flop. Black made his debut as the leading man in the Farrelly Brothers' romantic comedy Shallow Hall (2001), opposite Gwyneth Paltrow. He played the superficial title character who fell for Paltrow's 300–pound Peace Corps volunteer after being hypnotized to only see inner beauty.

Black, a dual-career entertainer, has earned a cult following for his comic rock band Tenacious D, which he calls “a Smo