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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.
The movie opens with a cataclysm: a being of pure radiance, Galeem, unleashes a blinding wave of light that disintegrates nearly every hero in existence, imprisoning their spirits as mindless puppets. Only Kirby escapes, awakening in a shattered world where light has twisted reality into a lifeless, oppressive calm. As the lone survivor, Kirby journeys across ruined landscapes, freeing fallen heroes one by one and rebuilding a resistance against Galeem’s false “order.” Each rescued fighter regains not just their body, but their will. As the story unfolds, the truth grows darker—light is no more benevolent than darkness. A rival entity, Dharkon, reveals that the world is trapped in a cycle of extremes, controlled by two gods warring for dominance. The heroes rise together to challenge both forces, rejecting absolute light and absolute darkness alike. In the final act, they shatter the gods’ control entirely, restoring balance through unity and choice. The world is reborn not under a single ideal, but under the freedom of those who fight for it.
