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Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California and raised in Hermosa Beach, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he was a member of Tim Robbins' acting troupe & it was through this collaboration that led to his 1992 film debut in Bob Roberts (1992). Although he was just a background voice in his first film, Jack's appearances in such television shows as The X-Files (1993), his breakthrough performance in High Fidelity (2000) & his rock-comedy band, Tenacious D have created an ever-growing cult following.- Jack Black was a late 19th century/early 20th century hobo and professional burglar, living out the dying age of the Wild West. He wrote "You Can't Win," a memoir or sketched autobiography describing his days on the road and life as an honorable outlaw. Black's book was written as an anti-crime book urging criminals to go straight but is also his statement of belief in the futility of prisons and the criminal justice system, hence the title of the book. Jack Black was writing from experience, having spent 20 years as a traveling criminal and offers extremely riveting tales of being a cross-country stick-up man, home burglar, petty thief, and opium fiend. Jack Black is an essentially anonymous figure (even his actual name is uncertain) who is recognized through association with William S. Burroughs. Although his philosophy on life was especially influential to Burroughs, who associated with similar characters in his early adulthood and mirrored the style of "You Can't Win" with his first published book, "Junkie," Black's writings also had a profound effect on the writings and lives of all the Beat Generation. Jack Black eventually composed essays on prison reform and was also rumored to have received a stipend of $150 dollars a week to draft a screenplay titled "Salt Chunk Mary," based around the infamous vagabond advocate and ally of the same name in "You Can't Win". The play (re-titled "Jamboree") flopped, although he was able to attain some amount of popularity, which subsided quickly. He died during the Great Depression due to a drowning, widely believed to be a suicide, however, this has been disputed.
- Black Jack was a black Morgan stallion owned by actor Allen "Rocky" Lane. He was purchased from actor Bill Elliot when Lane took over Elliott's role in Red Ryder. Lane enjoyed a successful run in comics from 1946 through 1959 and Black Jack was one of the very few cowboy's horses to star in his own comic book series.
- Jack Black is known for OVW: Wrestling's Future Stars (2002), WWE Jakked (1999) and Ohio Valley Wrestling TV (1998).
- Jack Black is known for Lonelyhearts (1958).
- Actor
- Director
- Stunts
Black Jack Johnson is known for Shots Fired (2012), Not Another Zombie Movie.... About the Living Dead (2014) and Not Another Black Movie (2016).- Sound Department
Jack Black is known for Let's Make a Deal (1963).- Black Jack is known for Fallen Angels (2021).
- Sound Department
Black Jack is known for Barney Miller (1975).- Art Department
- Special Effects
Black Jack is known for Les Arnaud (1967) and La grande java (1971).- Black Jack is known for Silver Stallion (1941).
- Jack Black is known for Zombies and Child 2 (2024).
- Additional Crew
David 'Black Jack' Black is known for Music of the Heart (1999) and Raw Nerve (1999).- Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Black is known for Cowboys of Thunder (2022).- Jack Black is known for The Speed Lovers (1968).
- Black Jack is known for Chloé (1999).
- Transportation Department
Jack Black is known for Every Day (2010) and Girls (2012).- Jack Black Jr. is known for Dark Truths (2012).
- Jack Black is known for Die Antwoord: Fat Faded Fuck Face (2016).