Jack Black was first seen in the American action/adventure television series ‘The Fall Guy’ in 1984. He continued to star in television series like ‘The New Leave It to Beaver’ (1985), ‘Our Shining Moment’ (1991), ‘The Golden Palace’ (1992), and ‘Great Scott!’ (1992). He made his silver screen debut in the 1992 American satirical mockumentary film ‘Bob Roberts’ directed by Tim Robbins. The film was praised by critics and currently holds a 95% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. Following his debut, he went on to star in films like ‘Airborne’ (1993), ‘Demolition Man’ (1993), ‘The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia’ (1994), ‘Waterworld’ (1995), ‘Dead Man Walking’ (1995), ‘Bio-Dome’ (1996), ‘The Cable Guy’ (1996), ‘Mars Attacks!’ (1996), ‘The Jackal’ (1997), ‘Bongwater’ (1998), ‘Enemy of the State’ (1998), ‘The Love Letter’ (1999), and ‘Jesus' Son’ (1999). In 2000, he starred as ‘Barry’ in the American romantic comedy-drama film ‘High Fidelity’ directed by Stephen Frears. The film opened to a positive reception and grossed over $47.1 million on a budget of $30 million. Black also became a recipient of the ‘Blockbuster Entertainment Award’ for his performance in the film. He next starred in films such as ‘Saving Silverman’ (2001), ‘Shallow Hal’ (2001), ‘Orange County’ (2002), ‘Ice Age’ (2002), ‘Melvin Goes to Dinner’ (2003), ‘School of Rock’ (2003), ‘Envy’ (2004), ‘Shark Tale’ (2004), ‘King Kong’ (2005), ‘Nacho Libre’ (2006), ‘Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny’ (2006), and ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’ (2007).
In 2008, he voiced ‘Po’ in the John Stevenson and Mark Osborne-directed American computer-animated martial arts comedy film ‘Kung Fu Panda.’ The film received a positive response from critics and performed well at the box office, grossing over $631.7 million on a budget of $130 million. That same year, he also played the role of Jeff "Fats" Portnoy in the action comedy film ‘Tropic Thunder’ directed by Ben Stiller. The film opened to a positive reception and grossed over $195.7 million on a $92 million budget. He was next seen in films like ‘Year One’ (2009), ‘Gulliver's Travels’ (2010), ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ (2011), ‘Bernie’ (2011), ‘Sex Tape’ (2014), ‘The D Train’ (2015), ‘Goosebumps’ (2015), ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ (2016), ‘The Polka King’ (2017), ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ (2017), ‘Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot’ (2018), ‘The House with a Clock in Its Walls’ (2018), ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ (2019), and ‘Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood’ (2022). He was last seen in the 2022 American biographical parody film ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ directed by Eric Appel. The film received a 93% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes.
