from irreverent to child star

Maybe it happened one morning. Any given morning. Jack Black He turned over in his bed – not on the right side of his body, where he no longer has a gallbladder -, woke up and suddenly realized had won more Kids’ Choice Awards than Golden Globes (none of which he got), and as he stroked his long beard he thought: What if, instead of making irreverent films, I devoted myself to children’s films?

Mal had not done well to lend his voice to Po, the protagonist of the saga, in the films. Kung Fu Panda. He was also the voice of Bowser in the animated film Super Mario Bros. All box office hits. And even at the MTV Movie + TV Awards they gave him the award Comedy genius…

Absolutely, and although it didn’t win any of the 13 Teen Choice Awards nominations, it has had its star on the Walk of Fame for seven years. Okay, we’ve already said that you can spot the star there, in Hollywood, for a little money, but hey, it’s a pampering, like a caress on the back.

Thomas Jacob Black, whose father was of English, Scottish, Irish and German descent and a Jewish mother, gained international fame playing the lead role thanks to Richard Linklater Rock school (2003). The idea for the film came about when author Mike White moved into an apartment next door to Jack Black. often white I found Black running naked through the hallsor play most of the music featured in the film at full volume.

As a teenager, his parents enrolled him in a private high school designed specifically for students who had struggled in the traditional school system. They were rocket scientists and they divorced when Black was 10. His mother, Judith Love Cohen, worked on the Hubble Space Telescope.

He met his wife Tanya Haden, daughter of jazz great Charlie Haden, in high school. They met again 15 years after graduating at a friend’s birthday party. His wife is a triplet. His sisters Petra Haden and Rachel Haden, also musicians, were members of the band This dog. Tanya is a cellist.

And he, one of Dave Grohl’s (well, also Will Smith’s) best friends, is also a musician. He is part of the rock band Tenacious D along with his friend and collaborator Kyle Gass. In Rock school Linklater let him play guitar, but he gave him one restriction: no solos.

The actor of High fidelity, Nachos for free, The X-Files (Yes, he acted, although no one remembers it) and even King Kong which Peter Jackson directed after the trilogy The Lord of the RingsAlong with Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Steve Carell and Luke Wilson, he is a member of the so-called Frat Pack, the name Frat Pack refers to the film Those old times (2003), in which Vaughn, Ferrell and Wilson appear, due to the large number of films in which the seven actors appear. The director was Todd Phillips long before that joker.

In his films, Jack wants his characters to speak slowly and calmly and then have a faster, louder rhythm. With his expressive eyes (and eyebrows) and deep, husky voice, he became a recognizable character to everyone. He and Mike White founded a production company called “Um, Black and White.”

It premiered in Argentina two days ago anacondaa kind of remake of the horror film with Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube, in which he shares the cast with Paul Rudd. You play two losers: Jack, an aspiring film director who exclusively makes family videosand Paul to an actor who only appeared in a few episodes of the SWAT series and wants to do a remake anaconda.

Although not strictly a children’s film, Black’s recent successes (the fortune of anaconda remains to be seen). For example, the next three productions in which he will star will be three sequels.

Are Super Mario Galaxy: The Moviewill be released in 2026, the same as Jumanji 3Because A Minecraft 2 movie It is still in pre-production and will hopefully be released in 2027.

Jack is now 56 years old and, like a GPS, is reconsidering which path he will continue his career on.