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Wh his larger-than-life personaly and mischievo eye twkle, Jack Black turned himself to one of Hollywood's go-to edic actors. Born Santa Moni, he spent his formative years Southern California's Orange County. He began actg as a teenager, appearg mercials and jog a UCLA based theater troupe that also clud a young Tim Robbs. His iendship wh Robbs led to his beg st "Bob Roberts" (1992), which kicked off his screen reer earnt. A steady diet of small rol on televisn seri like "The X-Fil" (Fox, 1993-2002) and movi such as "The Cable Guy" (1996) soon followed. He was also featured a number of tim on the acclaimed David Cross-Bob Onkirk sketch edy program "Mr. Show" (HBO, 1995-98). Durg the mid-1990s, he partnered wh fellow edian Kyle Gass to form the mil edy duo Tenac D, playg gigs around Los Angel. The act led to a televisn al, wh Black playg an amped up versn of himself "Tenac D" (HBO, 1997-2000). His mil abily helped make his turn oppose John Cack "High Fily" (2000), where his character sang Marv Gaye's "Let's Get It On," stantly memorable. After starrg the edi "Shallow Hal" (2001) and "Orange County" (2002), was a return to mic that provid the actor wh one of his signature rol. Starrg Richard Lklater's "School of Rock" (2003), as would-be rocker turned teacher Dewey Fn, he was able to e his talents and manic energy to maximum effectivens. Black soon began showg different sis of his personaly, starrg Peter Jackson's remake of "Kg Kong" (2005) and oppose Kate Wslet the romantic edy "The Holiday" (2006). The actor didn't entirely forego his roots, though, also starrg the Mexin wrtlg edy "Nacho Libre" (2006) at the same time. Nor did his partnership wh Gass end wh the seri, as Tenac D released s first album 2001 and later headled the film "Tenac D the Pick of Dty" (2006). Black ed only his voice for what would bee another of his most regnizable rol, playg the lovable panda Po the animated h "Kung Fu Panda" (2008). The film would spawn multiple sequels and shorts. He kept up a breakneck pace of appearanc films and on televisn, cludg starrg wh Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. "Tropic Thunr" (20008). He teamed wh Lklater once more for a role that garnered the bt reviews of his reer. The actor played real-life murr Bernie Tie oppose Shirley MacLae and Matthew McConghey the dark edy "Bernie" (2011), earng a Goln Globe nomatn. He ntued workg steadily, cludg starrg wh Robbs the short-n TV edy "The Brk" (HBO, 2015). Black eventually found a new niche fay iendly films such as "Goosebumps" (2015), playg a fictnal versn of prolific thor R.L. Ste, and "The Hoe wh a Clock Its Walls" (2018), wh Cate Blanchett. In a siar ve, he teamed wh Dwayne Johnson and Kev Hart for an updatg of the Rob Williams h the big-budget hs "Jumanji: Wele to the Jungle" (2017) and s sequel "Jumanji: The Next Level" (2019).