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Thomas Black (born August 28, 1969), better known as Jack Black, is an American film and television actor and musician. Black and Kyle Gass are the comedy/rock duo Tenacious D. He is considered a core member of the Frat Pack, a group of comedians active in today's Hollywood films.
Early life
Black was born in Hermosa Beach, California to a middle-class Jewish family. His parents, Thomas W. Black and Judith C. Cohen, were satellite engineers and members of a naturist group, Family Synergy . They divorced when he was ten. By his teenage years, Black's family had moved to Culver City, CA, and he started taking drugs in an attempt to fit in. He stole money from his mother to buy cocaine, but soon realized that he had a problem and volunteered for therapy .

Black attended Crossroads School and the University of California, Los Angeles. Fellow UCLA veteran Tim Robbins
later cast him in Bob Roberts, his first film role. Black also had recurring roles on the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show.
Acting career
Black is perhaps best-known for his role as the greedy 1930s-era film director Carl Denham
in Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong. He starred previously in two music-oriented comedies: his breakout role in the 2000
film High Fidelity, as a music snob who torments his boss, played by John Cusack
; and the 2003
hit comedy School of Rock, in which he played an unemployed rocker, Dewey Finn, who gets his big break by teaching a private school fifth grade class music theory and the history of rock and roll.

Black did voice acting work for an episode of the short-lived MTV animated series Clone High, playing the role of "Johnny Hardcore" and "The Pusher". He also provided an introduction for the unaired sketch comedy, Awesometown, donning a colonial-era military uniform. In the intro, he claims to be George Washington (and takes credit for the accomplishments of other American presidents, such as Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln) and gives viewers a general idea as to what they should expect from the show. Black has also guest starred in the Adult Swim show Tom Goes to the Mayor as a bear trap store owner.

Black will host the 2006 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. His next film, Nacho Libre, in which he plays a Mexican wrestler, will open in June 2006.
Music career
Black is the lead singer for the folk-metal comedy band Tenacious D, which perhaps owes much of their popularity to Black's unorthodox, humorous lyrics. Tenacious D's fans often cite his skilled satire of hard rock and metal as much as they do the band's musicianship. Black's singing style is often described as being an odd scat type of music. For example, in the song "Wonderboy", one of his lines is "Rrrigga-gyu-gyu Rrrigga-gyu-gyu", an example of his verbalized guitar solo. This type of singing appears in many Tenacious D songs in place of a melodic or ripping guitar sound. Black has also performed a two-part scat with fellow bandmate Kyle Gass in the song Tribute.
Private life
Black dated actress and comedian Laura Kightlinger
for several years. In January 2006, he became engaged to his current wife Tanya Haden, whom he began dating after his split from Kightlinger in 2005. Haden and Black eloped in March 2006. The two are now expecting a baby.

Black has admitted to using ecstasy during the filming of King Kong, although he has clarified that it does not reflect on his overall behavior during filming.

Black is seen as some as either libertarian or a democrat. He promotes the legalization of marijuana, even referring to those who wish to keep it banned as "old fucking shrivs" in the Tenacious D song, City Hall. He was also a noted supporter of John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential elections.
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