Jack Black is an American actor. The following are his roles in film, television series and video games.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Roger Davis | |
| 1993 | Airborne | Augie | |
| Demolition Man | Wasteland Scrap | ||
| 1994 | The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia | Slip | |
| 1995 | Bye Bye Love | DJ at party | |
| Waterworld | Pilot | ||
| Dead Man Walking | Craig Poncelet | ||
| 1996 | Bio-Dome | ||
| The Cable Guy | Rick Legatos | ||
| The Fan | Broadcast technician | ||
| Mars Attacks! | Billy-Glenn Norris | ||
| Crossworlds | Steve | ||
| 1997 | The Jackal | Ian Lamont | |
| 1998 | Johnny Skidmarks | Jerry | |
| Bongwater | Devlin | ||
| Enemy of the State | Fiedler | ||
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Titus Telesco | Uncredited | |
| 1999 | The Love Letter | Fisherman | |
| Cradle Will Rock | Sid | ||
| Jesus' Son | Georgie | ||
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Barry | Won – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy/Romance Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Music Moment Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Male Performance Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2001 | Frank's Book | Performance hipster | Short film |
| Saving Silverman | JD McNugent | ||
| Shallow Hal | Harold "Hal" Larson | Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy | |
| 2002 | Orange County | Lance Brumder | |
| Run Ronnie Run! | Lead chimney sweep | Won – DVD Exclusive Award for Best Original Song | |
| Ice Age | Zeke | Voice | |
| 2003 | Melvin Goes to Dinner | Mental patient | Won – Phoenix Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Acting Nominated – DVD Exclusive Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| School of Rock | Dewey Finn | Won – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liar | |
| 2004 | Envy | Nick Vanderpark | Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Male Star |
| Motorcyclist | Cameo | ||
| Shark Tale | Lenny | Voice | |
| 2005 | King Kong | Carl Denham | Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain |
| 2006 | Nacho Libre | Ignacio / Nacho | Also producer Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Movie Star Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Chemistry Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Rumble |
| Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | JB | Also producer and writer | |
| The Holiday | Miles | ||
| 2007 | Margot at the Wedding | Malcolm | Nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast |
| Paul McCartney | Uncredited cameo | ||
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind | Jerry Gerber | |
| Kung Fu Panda | Voice Won – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | ||
| Secrets of the Furious Five | Voice Short film | ||
| Prop 8: The Musical | Short film | ||
| Tropic Thunder | Jeff "Fats" Portnoy | Won – Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast | |
| 2009 | Year One | Zed | |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Po | Voice Short film |
| Gulliver's Travels | Also executive producer Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actor Nominated – Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Male Movie Star | ||
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Po | Voice Nominated – Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Voice Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Animation Movie Voice |
| Voice Short film | |||
| Bernie | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (runner-up) Nominated Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy | ||
| The Big Year | Brad Harris | ||
| The Muppets | Himself | Uncredited | |
| 2014 | Sex Tape | Lamont | |
| 2015 | The D Train | Dan Landsman | Also producer |
| Goosebumps | Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Movie Actor | ||
| Slappy and the Invisible Boy (voices) | |||
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Po | Voice Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Pet |
| Voice Short film | |||
| 2017 | The Polka King | Also producer | |
| Professor Sheldon "Shelly" Oberon | |||
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Dexter | |
| The Unexpected Race | Sheriff | ||
| The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Jonathan Barnavelt | ||
| R. L. Stine | Uncredited | ||
| 2019 | Professor Sheldon "Shelly" Oberon | ||
| 2022 | Adult Stanley | Voice | |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Voice[1] Won – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Villain Nominated – Astra Film Awards for Best Voice-Over Performance Nominated – Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie | |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Po | Voice Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie |
| Borderlands | Voice[2] | ||
| 2025 | Minecraft | Post-production[3] | |
| TBA | Dear Santa | Post-production | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Fall Guy | Young Colt's Friend | Episode: "Old Heroes Never Die" |
| 1985 | The New Leave It to Beaver | Nick | Episode: "Movin' On" |
| 1991 | Our Shining Moment | Teenage boy | Pilot |
| 1992 | The Golden Palace | Taxi driver | Episode: "Seems Like Old Times: Part 2" |
| Great Scott! | Ray | Episode: "Book Crook" | |
| 1993 | Life Goes On | Skinhead | Episode: "Incident on Main" |
| Northern Exposure | Kevin Wilkins | Episode 5-5: "A River Doesn't Run Through It" | |
| Marked for Murder | Car thief | Television film | |
| 1994 | Blind Justice | Private | |
| The Innocent | Marty Prago | ||
| 1995 | All-American Girl | Tommy | Episode "A Night at the Oprah" |
| Pride & Joy | Man | Episode: "Brenda's Secret" | |
| The Single Guy | Randy | Episode: "Sister" | |
| Touched by an Angel | Monte | Episode: "Angels on the Air" | |
| The X-Files | Bart "Zero" Liquori | Episode 3.3: "D.P.O." | |
| 1995–1996 | Mr. Show with Bob and David | Various characters | 4 episodes |
| Picket Fences | Curtis Williams | 2 episodes | |
| 1997–2000 | Tenacious D | JB | Main role; also co-creator, writer and producer |
| 1999 | Heat Vision and Jack | Jack | Pilot |
| 2002 | 2002 MTV Movie Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| The Andy Dick Show | J.D. | Episode: "Flipped" | |
| Clone High | Pusher/Larry Hardcore (voices) | Episode: "Raisin the Stakes" | |
| Crank Yankers | Tenacious D | Episode: "#1.3" | |
| MADtv | Episode: "#7.22" | ||
| 2003 | Player$ | Episode: "Tenacious D a la Mode" | |
| Will & Grace | Dr. Isaac Hershberg | Episode: "Nice in White Satin" | |
| 2003, 2004 | Computerman | Computerman | 6 episodes; Also executive producer |
| Time Belt | 2 episodes | ||
| 2004 | Cracking Up | Bruce | Episode: "Scared Straight" |
| Tom Goes to the Mayor | Trapper JB (voice) | Episode: "Bear Traps" | |
| 2006 | Kids' Choice Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| MTV Video Music Awards | |||
| 2007 | Acceptable.TV | Executive producer | |
| The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Jables | Episode: "Break-Up" | |
| The Simpsons | Milo (voice) | Episode: "Husbands and Knives" | |
| 2008 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: "The Golden Triangle of Destiny" |
| Kids' Choice Awards | Himself (host) | Television special | |
| Spike Video Game Awards | |||
| 2009 | The Office | Himself (as Sam) | Episode: "Stress Relief" |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! | Himself | Episode: "New Friends" | |
| 2010 | Community | Buddy Austin | Episode: "Investigative Journalism" |
| iCarly | Aspartamay[4] | Episode: "iStart a Fanwar" | |
| Take Two with Phineas and Ferb | Himself | Episode: Jack Black; short form series | |
| 2011 | Kids' Choice Awards | Himself (host) | Television special |
| 2012, 2015 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2018 | Drunk History | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Dethklok's original manager / Fat Blogger (voices) | Television special | |
| 2015 | Workaholics | Pritchard DeMamp | Episode: "Gramps DeMamp is Dead" |
| The Brink[5] | Alex Talbot | 10 episodes; also producer | |
| Documentary Now! | Jamison Friend | Episode: "Dronez: The Hunt for El Chingon" | |
| 2016 | Panda Republic | Narrator (voice) | Documentary |
| Guest Judge | Episode: "Grand Finale" (season 8) | ||
| 2017 | Great Minds with Dan Harmon | Episode: "Ludwig van Beethoven" | |
| The Last Man on Earth | Rear Admiral Roy Billups | Episode: "M.U.B.A.R." | |
| 2018 | Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto | JB (voice) | Main role; also co-creator, director, writer and producer |
| 2020 | Himself | Documentary | |
| Celebrity Escape Room | Himself (host) | Television special | |
| [6] | 2 episodes | ||
| 2021 | Waffles + Mochi | Himself | Episode: "Water" |
| 2022 | Big Nate | Brad Gunter (voice) | Episode: "The Legend of the Gunting" |
| Rick and Morty | Lithdor, the Viscount of Venus (voice) | Episode: "A Rick in King Mortur's Mort" | |
| 2022–2023 | Po (voice) | Main role; also executive producer Won – Children's and Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program | |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II | Joseph Stalin | 2 episodes |
| The Mandalorian | Captain Bombardier | Episode: "" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Peter Jackson's King Kong | Carl Denham | Won – Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance by a Male Won – Spike Video Game Award for Best Cast | |
| 2009 | Brütal Legend | Eddie Riggs | Won – Spike Video Game Award for Best Voice | |
| 2014 | Broken Age | Harm'ny Lightbeard | ||
| 2015 | Goosebumps: Night of Scares | R. L. Stine and Slappy the Dummy | ||
| 2020 | Goosebumps: Dead of Night[7] [8] | R. L. Stine and Slappy the Dummy | ||
| 2020 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2[9] | Officer Dick | ||
| 2021 | Psychonauts 2[10] | The Mote of Light/Helmut Fullbear | ||
| 2022 | High on Life | Himself | Cameo | |
| 2022 | Pocket Mortys | Lithdor, the Viscount of Venus | [11] | |
| 2023 | Solarpunk Simulator | Captain Jack Black |