![]() ![]() He was accompanied by his friend who had merged with a motorcycle, voiced by Owen Wilson. Black appeared in the unaired TV pilot Heat Vision and Jack, directed by Ben Stiller, in which he played an ex-astronaut pursued by actor Ron Silver. Show, Picket Fences, The Golden Palace, and The X-Files. Black's adult career began with small roles on prime time television, including Life Goes On, Northern Exposure, Mr. In 1987, Black joined the Actors' Gang, a theater troupe founded by UCLA students including Tim Robbins, and appeared in a variety of stage productions. ![]() In 1982, Black's first acting job was in a television commercial at age 13 for the video game Pitfall!. Main article: Jack Black filmography Early roles In 19, he gained recurring roles in the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Fellow UCLA student Tim Robbins later cast Black in Bob Roberts. He later attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), but dropped out during his second year to pursue a career in entertainment. He also attended the Crossroads School, where he excelled in drama. For high school, Black's parents enrolled him at the Poseidon School, a private secondary school designed for students struggling in the traditional school system. As a child, he appeared in a commercial for the Activision game Pitfall! in 1982. Black moved to Culver City with his father and frequently visited his mother's home. īlack's parents divorced when he was 10, and his father then stopped practicing Judaism. His other ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Polish, Russian, and Scottish. Black was raised Jewish, attending Hebrew school and having a bar mitzvah. His mother was born Jewish, while his father converted to Judaism. He has three older half-siblings through his mother: scientist Neil Siegel, Howard Siegel, and Rachel Siegel. His mother worked on the Minuteman nuclear missile guidance system, the Apollo lunar module guidance system, the science ground station for the Hubble Space Telescope, and was also a writer. He was raised in Hermosa Beach, California. Thomas Jacob Black was born in Santa Monica, California, on August 28, 1969, the son of satellite engineers Thomas William Black and Judith Love Cohen. Since 2018, he operates a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games. Movie, and the video games Brutal Legend, Broken Age, and Psychonauts 2.īlack is the lead vocalist of the band Tenacious D, and formed the duo in 1994 with long-time friend Kyle Gass. ![]() He has also done voice acting for DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda franchise, The Super Mario Bros. Thomas Jacob " Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician.īlack's film roles include High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Orange County (2002), School of Rock (2003), Envy (2004), King Kong (2005), The Holiday (2006), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bernie (2011), The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), and the Jumanji franchise. ![]()
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