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Jack Black (born Thomas Jack Black, Jr. on August 28, 1969) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian and musician. He is considered a core member of the Frat Pack, a name used by members of the media for a group of comedians active in today's Hollywood films, though he is also in demand for Hollywood blockbusters and indie films. He and Kyle Gass make up the comedy and rock duo Tenacious D. Black is also known by his nicknames, JB or Jables.
Black appeared in an un-aired pilot episode for a show directed by Ben Stiller called Heat Vision and Jack where he played an ex-astronaut pursued by actor Ron Silver. He was accompanied by his friend who had merged with a motorcycle, voiced by Owen Wilson.
In a Season 3 episode of The X-Files, titled "D.P.O.", Black played Bart 'Zero' Liquori, friend to Darren, a teen who could cause lightning strikes, played by Giovanni Ribisi.
Black recently hosted the 2006 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards on April 1, 2006 and the MTV video music awards on August 31, 2006.
Jack Black has made five appearances on Saturday Night Live: three times as a host, once as a musical guest (with Kyle Gass as Tenacious D), and another appearance with Tenacious D, not as a host or musical guest.
Black first appeared in the music video for Beck's song Sexx Laws. Black is the lead singer for the rock comedy band Tenacious D. Black's singing style is often described as being a scat type of music. Black has dubbed this form of singing the "ventrili-solo". Black has also performed a two-part scat with bandmate Gass in the song "Tribute".
Tenacious D has released two albums, a self-titled debut, and the follow up, The Pick of Destiny. The latter coincides with the movie Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny. The film, directed by Tenacious D veteran Liam Lynch, features recurring characters such as Lee the superfan and Sasquatch. Tim Robbins cameos (both Black and Gass appeared in Robbins' 1999 film Cradle Will Rock), as does Dave Grohl as Satan. Ben Stiller also makes an appearance as a worker at Guitar Center.
Tenacious D recently helped the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (www.UMDF.org) to raise awareness and funds in San Diego on June 16, 2007. This is the second time Jack Black has donated time and energy to the organization. His presence brought much needed attention to a group of hereditary disorders, now considered as common as childhood cancers, that affect the cell's ability to produce life-sustaining energy.
Black has also appeared on Dave Grohl's Probot album, providing vocals for the hidden song "I Am The Warlock", and Liam Lynch's Fake Songs album, providing vocals for the song "Rock and Roll Whore".
Black performed a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" in the last sequence of High Fidelity. He lent his musical abilities to the Queens of the Stone Age song "Burn the Witch" with rhythmic stomps and claps, some performed with his eyes closed.
Black sang lead vocals with Sum 41 in the song "Things I Want," which is currently unreleased, and performed a cover of "Kiss From a Rose" on an American Idol charity special in 2007.
Black has not only appeared in music videos by Tenacious D, but also in the following:
- Beck, "Sexx Laws"
- Dio, "Push"
- Foo Fighters, "Learn To Fly"
- Foo Fighters, "Low"
- Foo Fighters, "The One"
- The Eagles of Death Metal, "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)"
- Foo Fighters, cover of AC/DC's song "Back in Black" at MTV New Year's Eve Party 2003
- Queens of the Stone Age, "Burn the Witch"
- Sum 41, "Things I Want"
Black's comedic style combines many key elements from both sides of the traditional 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 straight-man Gass often functions to trigger these outbursts. Tenacious D’s subject matter illustrates this technique:
- In "Tribute", Tenacious D tells a story in which they claim to have performed "The Best Song in the World" for a "Shiny Demon" who would otherwise "eat their souls".
- In "Inward Singing", Black doesn’t merely discover a new vocal technique, he discovers what he refers to as "the most powerful tool in singing technology since yodeling". |
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