JACK BLACK (Lenny) is currently filming a remake of the classic “King Kong,” in which he stars with Naomi Watts under the direction of Peter Jackson. Black was recently honored with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his starring role as Dewey Finn, a down-and-out rock star-turned-elementary schoolteacher in the hit comedy “The School of Rock.” Black also won an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for his hilarious portrayal of the substitute teacher who turns his fourth grade class into a rock band. In addition, he was named the Comedy Star of the Year at this year’s ShoWest Convention.
Black has been one of the industry’s most popular comedy stars since his breakout role in Stephen Frears’ critically acclaimed romantic comedy “High Fidelity.” For his scene-stealing performance as a sarcastic music store employee, Black won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor, and also received American Comedy Award and MTV Movie Award nominations. He went on to star opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in the title role of the Farrelly brothers’ comedy “Shallow Hal.” He also co-starred with Colin Hanks in “Orange County,” scripted by “School of Rock” screenwriter Mike White, and lent his voice to the role of Zeke in the animated comedy hit “Ice Age.”
Black had earlier made his feature film debut in Tim Robbins’ political comedy “Bob Roberts.” Robbins later cast him in the dramatic features “Dead Man Walking” and “Cradle Will Rock.” Black’s other film credits include Barry Levinson’s “Envy,” with Ben Stiller; the comedy “Saving Silverman”; the critically acclaimed drama “Jesus’ Son”; Tony Scott’s action thriller “Enemy of the State”; Michael Caton-Jones’ dramatic thriller “The Jackal”; Tim Burton’s “Mars Attacks!”; Tony Scott’s “The Fan”; and Ben Stiller’s dark comedy “The Cable Guy.”
In addition to his acting work, Black partnered with his friend Kyle Gass to form the folk-rock group Tenacious D, in which Black is the lead singer. Their self-titled first album was released in the fall of 2001 on Epic Records and was quickly certified gold. Tenacious D also had a variety series on HBO that aired in 1999, and more recently released their first DVD, “Tenacious D: The Masterworks,” which has been certified platinum (five times over). Black is also planning to bring Tenacious D to the big screen in the film “Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny.”
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