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Biography
Black is one of the funniest people I have ever seen. He has been in many movies such as Saving Silverman, Orange County, and Shallow Hal. He is also a great musicion in his band Tenacious D, he is the lead singer and you can learn more about that at the Music Page. High Fidelity was probably the movie that gave him the biggest break. He was in Cable Guy but no one ever remembers that. He hosted the 2002 MTV Movie Awards with Sarah Micheal Geeler and he did a voice for the movie Ice Age. His next movie coming out in 2003 is Envy.
Filmography
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) (uncredited) (cameo)
- Sharkslayer (2004) (voice) - Lenny
- Envy (2004) - Nick Vandermark
- School of Rock, The (2003) - Dewey Finn
- New Foon, The (2003)
- Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003) (uncredited)
- Ice Age (2002) (voice) - Zeke
- Run Ronnie Run! (2002) - Lead Chimney Sweep
- Orange County (2002) - Lance Brumder
- Shallow Hal (2001) - Hal Larson
- Frank's Book (2001) - Performance Hipster
- Saving Silverman (2001) - J.D. McNugent
- High Fidelity (2000) - Barry
- Jesus' Son (1999) - Georgie
- Love Letter, The (1999) (uncredited) - Fisherman
- Cradle Will Rock (1999) - Sid
- Enemy of the State (1998) - Fiedler
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) (uncredited) - Titus Telesco
- Bongwater (1998) - Devlin
- Johnny Skidmarks (1998) - Jerry
- Jackal, The (1997) - Ian Lamont
- Crossworlds (1996) - Steve
- Mars Attacks! (1996) - Billy Glenn Norris
- Fan, The (1996) - Broadcast Technician
- Cable Guy, The (1996) - Rick
- Bio-Dome (1996) - Tenacious D
- Dead Man Walking (1995) - Craig Poncelet
- Waterworld (1995) - Pilot
- Bye Bye, Love (1995) - DJ at Party
- Blind Justice (1994) - Private
- NeverEnding Story III, The (1994) - Slip leader of the Nasties
- Demolition Man (1993) - Wasteland Scrap
- Airborne (1993) - Augie
- Bob Roberts (1992) - Roger Davis, Roberts' Fan
The School of Rock
Cast: Jack Black (Dewey Finn), Joan Cusack (Principal Mullins), Sarah Silverman, Mike White (Ned); other cast not announced yet.
Premise: Fired from his band, rock guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn (Black) takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his free livin' lifestyle, attitude, music and antics soon influences the students to explore other sides of themselves the school doesn't encourage. Finn's real goal in taking the job is to recruit a 9-year-old guitar prodigy, Yuki, to become the lead guitarist in a band that would be able to win a "battle of bands", solving Finn's money problems and re-establishing him as a respected rocker. (White plays Black's roommate, whose teaching job he is substituting for; Cusack plays the school's principal)
Next Movie(s)
Envy
Release Date: April 30th, 2004
Cast: Jack Black (Nick Vandemark), Ben Stiller (Tim Dingman), Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler, Ving Rhames, Christopher Walken, Cayden Boyd (Wolf), Ariel Gade (Lula Dingman), Lily Jackson (Nellie Vanderpark), LisaRaye, Connor Matheus (Nathan Vanderpark)
Premise: When one of them (Black) becomes mindblowingly, quite-literally stinking rich by selling an invention, a pair of life-long best friends and neighbors (they even work at the same company) finds their bond breaking as the other guy (Stiller) starts to go crazy with... envy (Weisz plays Stiller's wife).
Shark Tale
Release Date: October 1st, 2004
Jack Black also playes Lenny the Shark in the movie Sharkslayer with Will Smith for more info go here Will Smith: Actor
King Kong
Release Date: December 14th, 2005
Cast: Naomi Watts (Ann Darrow), Jack Black (Carl Denham), Adrien Brody (Jack Driscoll); other cast not announced yet.
Based Upon: (8/13/03) This movie will be based upon the original story idea by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace for the classic 1933 film, King Kong. That film inspired a few sequels over the years, as well as a 1976 remake starring Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Charles Grodin.
Premise: Set in the 1930s, this is the story of a group of explorers and documentary filmmakers (led by Black) who travel to the mysterious Skull Island (near Sumatra) to investigate legends of a giant gorilla named Kong. Once there, they discover that King Kong is a real creature, living in a massive jungle where creatures from prehistoric times have been protected and hidden for millions of years. As the explorers search for the great ape, their quest puts them up against both Kong and his dinosaur enemies. Ultimately, it is the attention of a beautiful human woman (Watts) that soothes Kong long enough for him to be subdued by the explorers and shipped back to New York, where his bleak future involves being put on display in front of humans... but how long can even the mightiest shackles of man hold back an ape 25 feet tall?
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