Description:
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.
Birthday
August 28, 1969
Born In
Santa Monica, California, USA
Alternative names
Tenacious D
Height
168 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Tanya Haden March 14, 2006 - present (2 children)
Parents
Judith Love Cohen
Children
Samuel Jason Black
Trivia
His parents, Judith Lois (Cohen) and Thomas William Black, who were rocket scientists, divorced when Black was 10. His mother, Judith Love Cohen, worked on the Hubble space telescope.
Quotes
[on filming the love scene in Shallow Hal (2001)] It was just strictly professional. It was like a doctor or a carpenter plying his trade. I received no pleasure whatsoever... I requested 32 takes for the perfection of the craft.
Nickname
JB
Salaries
$5,000,000
Trademarks
Starts speaking in a slow, quiet tempo and begins to sing in a faster louder cadence.
