History Creator / JackBlack

* HiddenDepths: The whole comedy actor thing has overshadowed the fact that he is a legitimately good singer, what with being the frontman to Music/TenaciousD and all.
** In a trip to South Korea, famous for its own music industry, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RViuAhnBlWE he still managed to catch them off guard by busting through the language barrier to absorb the music directly,]] and got popular enough that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH4t3Xca6qA they made sure to bring him back!]]
** Check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzl_l5gC5is his performance]] of Music/MarvinGaye's "Let's Get It On," a notoriously difficult song to perform, in ''Film/HighFidelity''.
** He's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9l4LMZeNm0 sung the national anthem]] at a sporting event, another notoriously difficult song to perform. And Jack didn't just half-ass or joke around either, he did it completely seriously and nailed all the big high notes.
** Movies like ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' and the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' series show that he is actually a good ''actor'' with surprising range. The teaser trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' gained acclaim for his surprisingly accurate and serious portrayal of Bowser, rather than him just using his regular voice.

* {{Acrofatic}}: It's not just his vocal work that makes him a LargeHam; Jack is insanely energetic and hyperactive, often somehow moreso than those younger and slimmer than him.

* LargeHam: He's the very ''definition'' of this trope.

* OneofUs: Jack Black is known for his love of nerd things, and if he can help people even better! He's collaborated multiple times playing [[https://youtu.be/18cS0vZsWws Dungeons and Dragons to help raise money for charity.]]
%%** He also appeared in an episode of ''Series/NorthernExposure'' in 1993.

Unfortunately, as the turn of the 2010s approached, Black's career began to go down the wrong track. After a praised role in ''Film/TropicThunder'', he got cast alongside Creator/MichaelCera in the prehistoric comedy ''Film/YearOne'', which tanked considerably at the box office and was destroyed by critics. Worse still, it finally revealed his {{Typecasting}} habit he did in previous films, resulting in the upset of many audiences. The final star destroying blow, however, came with the massive domestic flop of a [[Film/GulliversTravels2010 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', which dealt an even bigger blow to his career. His subsequent filmography had been a string of flops (with the exception of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' and ''Film/TheMuppets'', in which he played a key cameo appearance). ''Film/{{Bernie}}'' seemed to be a CareerResurrection for him, but despite winning critical acclaim, it never got to a wide release. Fortunately, it seems as though the good notices of the D's album, ''Rize of the Fenix'', managed to keep Black from going completely under, and his next major film after ''Bernie'', the [[Film/Goosebumps2015 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' (where he played a fictionalized version of R. L. Stine, the series' creator), was well-received by critics and moviegoers and was a moderate box office success, sparking some hope that his acting career could be headed back up the ladder. Indeed, Black's next live-action film, ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'', was an acclaimed box-office smash, and Black himself received praise for pulling off a GenderBender performance that didn't reduce the character to a joke (despite being comic relief). He also starred in ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'', an adaptation of [[Literature/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls the book of the same name]] alongside Creator/CateBlanchett and Creator/KyleMacLachlan.

Black's comedic style combines many key elements from both sides of the traditional [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine double act]]. Black typically begins a skit in which he presents an earnest introduction to a premise or subject that quickly reveals itself to be flawed or fundamentally ludicrous. Black then switches completely to a far-extreme caricature of human emotion. His would-be [[TheStraightMan straight-man]] Gass often functions to trigger these outbursts. When appearing in a movie that turns out to be a flop, he even manages to make it bearable through his appearances alone--his role as the villainous bully in ''Film/TheNeverendingStory III'' was claimed by many to be the only good thing about it.

In 2009, he starred pretty much AsHimself in Creator/TimSchafer's ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' (only, like, six feet taller and really buff), alongside Kyle Gass, Music/OzzyOsbourne, [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy Kilmister]], and [[Music/JudasPriest Rob Halford]]. This meeting also started allowed him to start a friendship with Schafer, nailing him a minor role in Creator/DoubleFine's next big game, VideoGame/BrokenAge.

2021 saw another collaboration with Creator/DoubleFine, appearing as a brain in a jar in VideoGame/Psychonauts2. The same year also saw him announced as the voice of Bowser in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' from Creator/IlluminationEntertainment. He will follow that up with another video game adaptation, playing Claptrap in Creator/EliRoth’s adaptation of ''Film/{{Borderlands}}''. He is also set to reprise his role as Po in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight''.

Thomas Jacob [[RhymingNames "Jack" Black]] (born August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California) is an actor, comedian, and musician. [[HeterosexualLifePartners Best pals]] with Kyle Gass. Together, they formed ''Music/TenaciousD''!

** Movies like ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' and the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' series show that he is actually a good ''actor'' with surprising range.

2021 saw another collaboration with Creator/DoubleFine, appearing as a brain in a jar in VideoGame/Psychonauts2. The same year also saw him announced as the voice of Bowser in an animated ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' film from Creator/IlluminationEntertainment. He will follow that up with another video game adaptation, playing Claptrap in Creator/EliRoth’s adaptation of ''Film/{{Borderlands}}''. He is also set to reprise his role as Po in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight''.

Unfortunately, as the turn of the 2010s approached, Black's career began to go down the wrong track. After a praised role in ''Film/TropicThunder'', he got cast alongside Creator/MichaelCera in the prehistoric comedy ''Film/YearOne'', which tanked considerably at the box office and was destroyed by critics. Worse still, it finally revealed his {{Typecasting}} habit he did in previous films, resulting in the upset of many audiences. The final star destroying blow, however, came with the massive domestic flop of a [[Film/GulliversTravels2010 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', which dealt an even bigger blow to his career. His subsequent filmography had been a string of flops (with the exception of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' and ''Film/TheMuppets'', in which he played a key cameo appearance). ''Film/{{Bernie}}'' seemed to be a CareerResurrection for him, but despite winning critical acclaim, it never got to a wide release. Fortunately, it seems as though the good notices of the D's album, ''Rize of the Fenix'', managed to keep Black from going completely under, and his next major film after ''Bernie'', the [[Film/{{Goosebumps}} film adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' (where he played a fictionalized version of R. L. Stine, the series' creator), was well-received by critics and moviegoers and was a moderate box office success, sparking some hope that his acting career could be headed back up the ladder. Indeed, Black's next live-action film, ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'', was an acclaimed box-office smash, and Black himself received praise for pulling off a GenderBender performance that didn't reduce the character to a joke (despite being comic relief). He also starred in ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'', an adaptation of [[Literature/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls the book of the same name]] alongside Creator/CateBlanchett and Creator/KyleMacLachlan.

2021 saw another collaboration with Creator/DoubleFine, appearing as a brain in a jar in VideoGame/Psychonauts2. The same year also saw him announced as the voice of Bowser in an animated ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' film from Creator/IlluminationEntertainment. He will follow that up with another video game adaptation, playing Claptrap in Creator/EliRoth’s adaptation of ''Film/{{Borderlands}}''.

2021 saw another collaboration with Creator/DoubleFine, appearing as a brain in a jar in VideoGame/Psychonauts2. The same year also saw him announced as the voice of Bowser in an animated ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' film from Creator/IlluminationEntertainment. He will follow that up with another video game adaptation, playing Claptrap in Creator/EliRoth’s adaptation of ''Film/Borderlands''.

2021 saw another collaboration with Creator/DoubleFine, appearing as a brain in a jar in VideoGame/Psychonauts2. The same year also saw him announced as the voice of Bowser in an animated ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' film from Creator/IlluminationEntertainment.

** He also appeared in an episode of ''Series/NorthernExposure'' in 1993.

Not to be confused with the Victorian-era rat-catcher [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Black_%28rat_catcher%29 of the same name]], Manga/BlackJack, the character of the same name in ''ComicBook/Viz'', [[BilingualBonus or]] [[WebComic/{{Homestuck}} Jack Noir]].

Not to be confused with the Victorian-era rat-catcher [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Black_%28rat_catcher%29 of the same name]], Manga/BlackJack, [[BilingualBonus or]] [[WebComic/{{Homestuck}} Jack Noir]].

2021 saw another collaboration with Creator/DoubleFine, appearing as a brain in a jar in VideoGame/Psychonauts2. The same year also saw him announced as the voice of Bowser in an animated ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' film from Creator/{{Illumination}}.

2021 saw another collaboration with Creator/DoubleFine, appearing as a brain in a jar in VideoGame/Psychonauts2.

** He's also sung the national anthem at a sporting event, another notoriously difficult song to perform. And Jack didn't just half-ass or joke around either, he did it completely seriously and nailed all the big high notes.

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California) is an actor, comedian, and musician. [[HeterosexualLifePartners Best pals]] with Kyle Gass. Together, they formed ''Music/TenaciousD''!

** He's also sung the national anthem at a sporting event.

In 2000, Black appeared in ''Film/HighFidelity'' as a wild employee in John Cusack's record store, a role which Black himself considered his breakout, the film also reunited him with Tim Robbins, who had appeared with Cusack and Black in ''Film/BobRoberts'' eight years earlier. His career soon led to leading roles in films such as ''Film/ShallowHal'', ''Film/OrangeCounty'', ''Film/SchoolOfRock'', ''Film/{{Envy}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', ''Film/KingKong2005'', ''Film/NachoLibre'', ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', ''Film/BeKindRewind'', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', and ''Film/TropicThunder''. (Oh, and [[VideoGame/BrutalLegend two]] [[VideoGame/BrokenAge video games]])

Unfortunately, as the turn of the 2010s approached, Black's career began to go down the wrong track. After a praised role in ''Film/TropicThunder'', he got cast alongside Creator/MichaelCera in the prehistoric comedy ''Film/YearOne'', which tanked considerably at the box office and was destroyed by critics. Worse still, it finally revealed his {{Typecasting}} habit he did in previous films, resulting in the upset of many audiences. The final star destroying blow, however, came with the massive domestic flop of a [[Film/GulliversTravels2010 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', which dealt an even bigger blow to his career. His subsequent filmography had been a string of flops (with the exception of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' and ''Film/TheMuppets'', in which he played a key cameo appearance). ''Film/{{Bernie}}'' seemed to be a CareerResurrection for him, but despite winning critical acclaim, it never got to a wide release. Fortunately, it seems as though the good notices of the D's album, ''Rize of the Fenix'', managed to keep Black from going completely under, and his next major film after ''Bernie'', the [[Film/{{Goosebumps}} film adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' (where he played a fictionalized version of R. L. Stine, the series' creator), was well-received by critics and moviegoers and was moderate box office success, sparking some hope that his acting career could be headed back up the ladder. Indeed, Black's next live-action film, ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'', was an acclaimed box-office smash, and Black himself received praise for pulling off a GenderBender performance that didn't reduce the character to a joke (despite being comic relief). He also starred in ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'', an adaptation of [[Literature/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls the book of the same name]] alongside Creator/CateBlanchett and Creator/KyleMacLachlan.

* TrollingCreator: Black's "gaming channel" is actually a bunch of vlogs of him going to arcades or playing on pinball machines ([[ExactWords which are technically precursors to video games anyways]]). When he seemingly started to ''finally'' play a video game (VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}) with the standard LetsPlay format, he turns out to only be ''pretending'' to play and goes right back to old school stuff.

* FountainOfMemes: His appearance on ''Series/SesameStreet'' where he talks about octagons had become this on Website/YouTube.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Black has been in show biz since adolescence. He appears in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA4V-n8Ft3g this]] classic Atari commercial, ''[[Film/TheNeverEndingStory The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia]]'', ''Film/MarsAttacks'', ''Film/TheCableGuy'' and a few episodes of ''Series/MrShow'' before breaking through.