The Big Picture: Jack Black Career & Biographical Notes: Made film debut in Tim Robbins' 1992 film Bob Roberts Member of rock/comedy group Tenacious D with fellow actor/musician Kyle Glass Frequently up for the same parts as Philip Seymour Hoffman Rhyming name is but one demonstration of his musical prowess.

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Jack Black Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Enemy of the State
• High Fidelity
• Holiday, The
• Ice Age
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
• Kung Fu Panda
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• People Working Together
• Tropic Thunder

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Upcoming Movies: Release Date Film No release date Master of Space and Time

Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Gulliver's Travels	12/22/10	N/A
Year One	6/19/09	N/A
Tropic Thunder	8/13/08	R			87.84	Info
Kung Fu Panda	6/6/08				207.58	Info
Margot at the Wedding	11/16/07	N/A
The Holiday	12/8/06		2610	12.78	63.22	Info
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny	11/22/06		1919	3.23	8.32	Info
Nacho Libre	6/16/06	PG	3070	28.31	79.71	Info
King Kong	12/14/05	PG-13	3568	50.13	218.05	Info
Shark Tale	10/1/04	PG	4016	47.60	160.76	Info
Envy	4/30/04	PG-13	2445	6.16	12.18	Info
The School of Rock	10/3/03	PG-13	2614	19.62	81.26	Info
Ice Age	3/15/02	PG	3316	46.30	176.39	Info
Orange County	1/11/02	PG-13	2317	15.05	41.03	Info
Shallow Hal	11/9/01	PG-13	2771	23.28	70.83	Info

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Awards:

2003
School of Rock

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Satellites

2000
High Fidelity

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Boston Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Online Film Critics Association

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