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Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his roles in family and comedy films and his voice work in animated films. His awards include a Children's and Family Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Award nominations. After portraying supporting roles in films including Dead Man Walking (1995), The Cable Guy (1996), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Enemy of the State (1998), Black had his breakout role in the musical film High Fidelity (2000). This led to larger roles in films like Shallow Hal (2001) and Orange County (2002) before he solidified his leading-man status with his starring role in School of Rock (2003). Black has since starred in King Kong (2005), The Holiday (2006), Nacho Libre (2006), Tropic Thunder (2008), Bernie (2011), Goosebumps (2016), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), its sequel Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and A Minecraft Movie (2025). He has also voiced Po in the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2008–present) and Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie franchise (2023-present). Black is the lead vocalist of the duo Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with long-time friend Kyle Gass. In 2015, they won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for "The Last in Line." Since 2018, Black has run a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed by Josh Greenbaum Co-Directed by Elizabeth Banks Screenplay by Josh Greenbaum, Elizabeth Banks, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Based on the Original Barnyard Characters Created by Steve Oedekerk. Written by Kirsten Dunst Co-Written by Seth MacFarlane Also Written by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Story by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Josh Greenbaum. Produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver. Produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Produced by Matthew Mucci. Produced by TJ Miller. Produced by Stephen Stanton. Produced by Seth MacFarlane Produced by Dan Castellaneta and Seth Green. Additional Sequences Directed by Jeff Rowe. Executive Producers Ryan Copeland, Lincolnloud1, Tracywerkheiser, Alligatorplayz and Alligatorplayz2. Co-Producer Steve Oedekerk Art Directors Steve Oedekerk and Maxwell Atoms. Director of Photography Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Also Directors: Ryan Copeland Tracywerkheiser. Supervised by Peter Sohn. Co-Executive Producer: Lincolnloud2. Edited by Kyle Hunter Ariel Shaffer Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg. Casting by Ryan Copeland. (cast Seth Rogen to Denis Leary) With Will Forte and Lizzie Freeman. Kevin Michael Richardson Brady Noon Brad Garrett A Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures Presentation. In association with Nickelodeon Movies. A 20th Century Studios, O Entertainment, and Lord Miller Production. A Point Grey Pictures and Josh Greenbaum Film. Barnyard.
