This block contains the information about Jack Black and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Jack Black has been born in California in a family of two very nice but different persons. Blake's mother - was Jewish and his father was a Scottish person whom converted to Judaism, so Jack got Jewish education. Once at some evening show Jack stated that his name probably derived from Scottish Blacksmith. His parents went through a painful for him divorce when he was only ten years old, after the divorce Jack and his father relocated to Culver City, but he was visiting his mother a lot, until the edge of first school year in California University, after finishing the first school year in the University he moved with his father in France. Jack Black, along with Kyle Gas created the music band «Tenacious D» in 1994. The group is still popular and continues to appear on a regularly in a bunch of TV shows on HBO channel. Black plays on all types of guitar in the band. Among the admirers of the group is a well-known actor John Cusack. Jack is married with Tanya Haden. She bore him two two children. The debut in a movie was in 1992, in the political ironic play "Bob Roberts". Throughout the 90s, Jack Black appeared in main roles in various movies. He even played in a movie where he comprised his musical talent with the performing one. In 2003, Black performed in his first big hit, in the musical comedy "School of Rock," in which he played guitar. Critics were so impressed with the actor that he was even nominated for a Golden Globe.

With the help of the Google satellite map you can find the place where Jack Black was born. By zooming in and out you can see the place itself and the area it is situated in and nearby. Find out where Jack Black was born. Now you can see the place itself even not traveling.

Here you can learn about the movies Jack Black acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
King Kong - Carl Denham	$207M	2005	$50.1M	$218M
Waterworld - Pilot	$175M	1995		$88.2M
Kung Fu Panda - Po (voice), Soundtrack (performer: "Kung Fu Fighting")	$130M	2008	$60.2M	$215M
Gulliver's Travels - Lemuel Gulliver, Producer	$112M	2010	$6.31M	$41M
Tropic Thunder - Jeff Portnoy - Hot LZ	$92M	2008	$25.8M	$110M
Enemy of the State - Fiedler	$90M	1998	$20M	$112M
The Holiday - Miles	$85M	2006	$12.8M	$63.2M
Shark Tale - Lenny (voice)	$75M	2004	$47.6M	$161M
Mars Attacks! - Billy Glenn Norris	$70M	1996	$9.38M	$37.8M
The Jackal - Ian Lamont	$60M	1997	$15.2M	$54.9M
Year One - Zed	$60M	2009	$19.6M	$43.3M
Ice Age - Zeke (voice)	$59M	2002	$46.3M	$176M
Demolition Man - Wasteland Scrap	$57M	1993		$58.1M
The Fan - Broadcast Technician	$55M	1996	$6.27M	$18.6M
The Cable Guy - Rick	$47M	1996	$19.8M	$60.2M
Envy - Nick Vanderpark	$40M	2004	$6.16M	$12.2M
Shallow Hal - Hal	$40M	2001	$22.5M	$70.8M
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - Paul McCartney (uncredited)	$35M	2007	$6.26M	$18.3M
The School of Rock - Dewey Finn, Soundtrack ("In The End Of Time", "Step Off", "Math Is A Wonderful Thing")	$35M	2003	$19.6M	$81.3M
Nacho Libre - Nacho, Producer, Soundtrack (performer: "Encarnacion", "Piel Canela", "Singing at the Party", "Forbidden Nectar") ("Encarnacion", "Singing at the Party")	$32M	2006	$28.3M	$80.2M