The Big Year (2011)
Comedy
Two bird enthusiasts try to defeat the cocky, cutthroat world record holder in a year-long bird-spotting competition.
Starring: Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Brian Dennehy, Anjelica Huston, Rashida Jones
Director: David Frankel
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Comedy
Two bumbling store clerks inadvertently erase the footage from all of the tapes in their video rental store. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars.
Starring: Jack Black, Yasiin Bey, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz, P.J. Byrne
Director: Michel Gondry
Jumanji: The Next Level / Jumanji 3 (2019)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world's most dangerous game.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Danny DeVito, Awkwafina, Rhys Darby, Danny Glover
Director: Jake Kasdan
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Kyle MacLachlan, Jack Black, Colleen Camp, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Williams, Lorenza Izzo, Owen Vaccaro
Director: Eli Roth
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Udo Kier, Carrie Brownstein, Carrie Brownstein
Director: Gus Van Sant
The Sheik (2014)
Documentary
The Sheik is a pop culture documentary that chronicles Khosrow Vaziri's electrifying career. From his upbringing in Iran, to his journey in America, to his unprecedented experiences as America's most hated villain.
Starring: Jack Black, Jim Duggan, Mick Foley, Todd W. Fulkerson, David Golshan, Seth Green
Director: Igal Hecht
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle / Jumanji 2 (2017)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Rhys Darby, Nick Jonas
Director: Jake Kasdan
The Polka King (2017)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
Starring: Jenny Slate, Jack Black, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, Willie Garson, Robert Capron
Director: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky
Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die one by one. Is Johnny the next on the list?
Starring: Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, John Kapelos, Jack Black, Geoffrey Lower
Director: John Raffo
The Cable Guy (1996)
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.
Starring: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal, Diane Baker
Director: Ben Stiller
Nacho Libre (2006)
Comedy | Family | Sport
Jack Black is at his comic best as Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery that can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Nacho Libre" to earn money for the monastery — not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnacion.
Starring: Jack Black, Héctor Jiménez, Ana de la Reguera, Richard Montoya, Darius Rose, Peter Stormare
Director: Jared Hess
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible-learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas.
Starring: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, David Cross, James Hong, Angelina Jolie, Bryan Cranston
Director: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Goosebumps (2015)
Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
A young kid teams up with the niece of young adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Greendale, Maryland.
Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, Jillian Bell, Amy Ryan
Director: Rob Letterman
The 42nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV 2016)
Awards
The 42nd People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 2015, were held January 6, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, and were broadcast live on CBS. The ceremony was hosted by Jane Lynch. Nominations were announced on November 3, 2015.
Starring: Jane Lynch, Melissa Benoist, Mayim Bialik, Jack Black, Betsy Brandt, Priyanka Chopra, Chris D'Elia, Adam DeVine, Vin Diesel, Natalie Dormer, Mike Epps, Meagan Good, Clark Gregg, Colin Hanks, Marcia Gay Harden, Josh Holloway, Kate Hudson, Cheyenne Jackson, Raza Jaffrey, Dakota Johnson, Taylor Kinney, Nia Long, Lea Michele, Christina Milian, Kunal Nayyar, Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer, Kether Donohue, Carly Rae Jepsen, Melissa Rauch, Gina Rodriguez, Abigail Spencer, John Stamos, Meghan Trainor, Amber Valletta, Ming-Na Wen, Ed Westwick, Alison Brie, Shemar Moore
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
Comedy | Drama
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black, John Turturro, Ciarán Hinds, Seth Barrish
Director: Noah Baumbach
The D Train (2015)
Comedy
The head of a high school reunion committee travels to Los Angeles to track down the most popular guy from his graduating class and convince him to go to the reunion.
Starring: Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Russell Posner, Henry Zebrowski
Director: Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul
The D Train (2015)
Comedy
The head of a high school reunion committee travels to Los Angeles to track down the most popular guy from his graduating class and convince him to go to the reunion.
Starring: Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Russell Posner, Henry Zebrowski
Director: Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul
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Jesus' Son (1999)
Drama
A gentle and usually mellow young man, who sometimes knows things before they happen and gets vibes of premonition, tell us his story: how he met Michelle in Iowa in 1971, how he got the name of FH, their falling in love and how she introduced him to heroin, his thieving, his hospital work and their time in Chicago when she gets pregnant, detox, going to Phoenix, AA meetings and a dance, working at a care center where he learns to touch the residents, and modifying his daily schedule so that he passes a neighboring Mennonite household at the right time to hear the wife sing Gospel songs in the shower. Slowly, very slowly, FH lets his gifts emerge.
Starring: Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Mark Webber, Jack Black, Denis Leary
Director: Alison Maclean
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Adventure | Comedy | Music | Musical
A pair of slacker musicians decide that to achieve superstardom, they must find a fabled guitar pick with supernatural powers.
Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Ronnie James Dio, Dave Grohl, Ben Stiller, Paul F. Tompkins
Director: Liam Lynch
Sex Tape (2014)
Comedy
A married couple wake up to discover that the sex tape they made the evening before has gone missing, leading to a frantic search for its whereabouts.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Rob Corddry, Jack Black, Rob Lowe, Ellie Kemper
Director: Jake Kasdan
