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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.
Smash is a 2025 superhero film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Zack Snyder, Steven Spielberg, and Gore Verbinski from a story by Snyder. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, the film is the first installment in the Smash Brothers film series. Based on the Smash Brothers video games created by Nintendo Entertainment, it stars Sophia Lillis as Meggy, who travels to America by boat with her older sisters Marie (Hailee Steinfeld) and Callie (Mackenzie Foy) only to realize that the world is in danger. The ensemble cast also includes Bradley Cooper as Luigi and Jack Black as Mario respectively, alongside Jonah Hill, James McAvoy, Vin Diesel, Daniel Kaluuya, Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, and Russell Crowe as Emperor Yoshi. Smash opened in theaters on February 19th, 2025; the film was met with largely positive reviews, with praise for the tone, Kosinski's direction, visual effects, action sequences, musical score, and performances (particularly those of Lillis, Cooper, Diesel, Steinfeld, Foy, Black, and Crowe), along with its faithfulness to the source material. It was also a box-office success, grossing $795 million worldwide against a budget of $133 million. Considered one of the greatest game adaptations of all time, it received numerous awards and nominations, including five Academy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards. A sequel entitled Smash: Dark Moon was released on February 28th, 2026.
