Thomas Jacob “Jack” Black, the son of satellite engineers Judith Love Cohen and Thomas William Black was born on August 28, 1969, in Santa Monica, California. Thomas has British-German and Jewish ancestry from Russia. Black acted alongside John Cusack as a wild employee in the movie High Fidelity from 2000. Black views his performance in High Fidelity as his big Hollywood break. In movies like Shallow Hal, Nacho Libre, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Year One, and Gulliver’s Travels, he quickly rose to the position of leading man. In particular, he was praised for his lead performance in the well-liked movie School of Rock, which brought him praise from critics and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy.
In Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of King Kong, he played the obsessed filmmaker Carl Denham, a performance he based on Orson Welles. He voiced the title character in Kung Fu Panda, which grossed $20.3 million on its opening day, June 6, 2008, as well as Kung Fu Panda 2 and Kung Fu Panda 3; this is his favorite role, and he credits co-star and two-time Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman’s tutelage. His next film, The Big Year, a competitive birdwatching comedy co-starring Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, and JoBeth Williams, was released in October 2011.
Jack Black’s brother: Who is Howard Black?
Howard, Black’s older brother, died of AIDS at the age of 31 more than 25 years ago. “I have two gay siblings: Rachel, my older sister, and Howard, my older brother,” Black explained. “He had a significant influence on me.” Howard accompanied me to my first rock concert.
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