FrameThrower · Actors · Jack Black
Jack Black
15 films · 986 frames · top-billed in 11 · 2002–2025
Born 28 August 1969 · Santa Monica, California, USA
Thomas Jacob Black is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his roles in family and comedy films and his voice work in animated films. His awards include a Children's and Family Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Award nominations.
After portraying supporting roles in films including Dead Man Walking (1995), The Cable Guy (1996), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Enemy of the State (1998), Black had his breakout role in the musical film High Fidelity (2000). This led to larger roles in films like Shallow Hal (2001) and Orange County (2002) before he solidified his leading-man status with his starring role in School of Rock (2003).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 15 films · 986 frames · top-billed in 11 · 2002–2025
- MTV Comedic Genius Award2022
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 986 frames from the 15 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jack takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 15 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 56% natural — the look of the work Jack takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A Minecraft Movie
2025 · Steve
Anaconda
2025 · Doug McCallister
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · Po (voice)
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022 · Grown Up Stan (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 · Po (voice)
Kung Fu Panda
2008 · Po (voice)
Be Kind Rewind
2008 · Jerry
Margot At The Wedding
2007 · Malcolm
Nacho Libre
2006 · Nacho
King Kong
2005 · Carl Denham
School of Rock
2003 · Dewey Finn
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023 · Bowser (voice)
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 · Dexter
Shark Tale
2004 · Lenny (voice)
Ice Age
2002 · Zeke (voice)
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 986 frames from Jack Black's 15 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.