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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.
Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 American computer-animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the sequel to Kung Fu Panda (2008) and the second installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Directed by James Wan, the film stars Johnny Depp, Bonnie Wright, Michael Gambon, Hayden Christensen, Daisy Ridley, Scott Andiks, Ewan McGregor, and Oscar Isaac reprising their character roles from the first film, with Ralph Fiennes, Ziyi Zhang, Alan Rickman, David Tennant, Craig Ferguson, and Mark Hamill voicing new characters. In the film, Po and his allies (Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Crane, Mantis) travel to Gongmen City to stop a villainous peacock from conquering China, while also rediscovering Po's forgotten past. The film was released in theaters on May 26, 2011 in IMAX 3D, and received very positive reviews from critics. It grossed $2.600 Billion worldwide against its $150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2011. The film was the highest-grossing animated feature film of the year and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards. Johnny Depp Won the award for best actor and film became the most successful DWCU Film so far. The sequel, Kung Fu Panda 3, was released in January 2016.
