Jack Black is a well-known actor, musician, and comedian born on August 28, 1969. He is known for his acting roles in the films High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Orange County (2002), School of Rock (2003), Envy (2004), The Holiday (2006), Gulliver’s Travels (2010), Bernie (2011), The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), and the Jumanji franchise
He is also well known for his voice-acting roles as the giant panda named Po from DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda films.
Where did Jack Black go to high school?
Jack Black was enrolled at the Poseidon School, a private secondary school designed for students struggling in the traditional school system.
He also attended the Crossroads School, where he excelled in drama, and later attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Jack had dropped out during his sophomore year to pursue a career in entertainment.
In 1982, Black’s first acting job was in a television commercial at age 13 for the video game Pitfall!
Blackstruggled with cocaine use at the age of 14. He said, “I was having a lot of troubles with cocaine … I was hanging out with some pretty rough characters. I was scared to go to school because one of them wanted to kill me. I wanted to get out of there.
Thomas Jacob Black was born on August 28, 1969, in Santa Monica, California, to satellite en
