Jack Black

Black proposed marriage to Tanya Haden, a celebrated cellist in December 2005. The two high school buddies met each other after a decade, at a common friend’s party.

The couple exchanged nuptial vows in California, on 14th March, 2006. They have two sons: Samuel Jason Black and Thomas David Black.

This star won US$125,000 when he appeared on the celebrity edition of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’. The episode also featured celebrated comedy artists Denis Leary, Jimmy Kimmel in October 2001.

Jack Black aka Thomas Jacob Black, was born to Judith Cohen and Thomas William Black on August 28, 1969. His mother is Jewish while his father is of Scot-Irish and German ancestry.

He had a traditional upbringing and went to a Hebrew school. After his parents divorce young Jack moved to Culver City where he stayed with his father, but visited his mother frequently.

In 1982, Balck was selected to appear in a commercial for a video game ‘Pitfall!’. He studied at ‘Culver City High School’ and ‘Poseidon School’. Later, he attended ‘Crossroads High School for Arts & Sciences’, Santa Monica.

Jack enrolled in UCLA where he made acquaintance with Tim Robbin’s who inducted him into ‘The Actor’s Gang’, an acting troupe. It was in Tim’s directorial venture ‘Bob Roberts’ that Jack made his acting debut in 1992.

From 1993 to 1996, he appeared in a various acting roles on television such as ‘Life Goes On’, ‘Northern Exposure’, ‘The Innocent’, ‘The X-Files’, ‘Mr. Show’ and ‘Picket Fences’.

The actor then appeared in small roles in various movies including ‘Airborne’, ‘Demolition Man’, ‘Waterworld’, ‘The Fan’, ‘The Cable Guy’, ‘Mars Attacks!’, ‘Dead Man Walking’, ‘The Jackal’ and ‘Enemy of the State’.

The actor shot to fame with his role was in the 2000 movie, ‘High Fidelity’. Garnering the attention of the movie industry with his performance in the movie, he bagged leading roles in the movies like ‘Shallow Hal’, ‘Nacho Libre’, ‘Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny’, ‘Year One’ and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’.

The multi-talented actor lent his voice for an episode titled ‘Husbands and Knives’ in the popular comic sitcom ‘The Simpsons’. In 2009, he starred in the children’s show ‘Yo Gabba Gabba!’, where he sang songs like ‘It’s Not Fun to Get Lost’, ‘Friends’ and ‘The Goodbye Song.’

Jack’s role in the movie ‘School of Rock’ wooed the audiences and was praised by critics. His character of Dewey Finn, who is a dejected singer and musician, disguises as a music teacher and inspires the students to explore their talent. He also won a ‘Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy’.

The talented actor is also the co-founder of a rock band ‘Tenacious D’ along with fellow musician Kyle Glass. After the duo released their debut album titled ‘Tenacious D’, they have come up with two more albums, ‘The Pick of Destiny’ and ‘Rize of the Fenix’. The tracks from the first two albums have been used in several video games.