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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.
Family Guy follows the Griffin family—bumbling patriarch Peter, his wife Lois, their three children Chris, Meg, and baby Stewie, and their anthropomorphic dog Brian—as they navigate absurd situations in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. Peter works as a safety inspector at a nuclear power plant while constantly pursuing get-rich-quick schemes and indulging in childish antics that inevitably backfire. Stewie, the precocious infant, schemes to kill his mother and take over the world from his crib, while Brian serves as the family's sardonic voice of reason despite his own neuroses. The show thrives on rapid-fire cutaway gags, pop culture references, and irreverent humor that ranges from slapstick to dark satire. Each episode finds the family embroiled in increasingly ridiculous predicaments—from Peter's feuds with the giant chicken to elaborate musical numbers—that test their dysfunctional bonds. The series balances crude humor with surprising heart, occasionally exploring genuine family dynamics beneath the chaos. Supporting characters like the Chicken, Ernie the Giant Chicken, and various townspeople add layers of absurdity. Family Guy became a cultural phenomenon for its willingness to push boundaries and satirize everything from politics to pop culture, establishing itself as one of television's most quotable and endlessly meme-able comedies.
