Jack Black

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q483907: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to A Minecraft Movie, which ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Heat Vision and Jack (1999); High Fidelity (2000); Ice Age (2002); School of Rock (2003); Shark Tale (2004); Nacho Libre (2006); Margot at the Wedding (2007); Kung Fu Panda (2008); Goosebumps (2015); Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017); The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023); A Minecraft Movie (2025).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Barbie (2023): 1 line

unmapped (template) · through A Minecraft Movie (2025), which they acted in: Barbie ⇒ A Minecraft Movie (the host's read). Barbie is the template: IP plus adult-pleasing stars bridging generations.
“This movie has a lot in common with Barbie.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Gabby's Dollhouse (movie): 1 line

unmapped (same play) · through A Minecraft Movie (2025), which they acted in: A Minecraft Movie ⇒ Gabby's Dollhouse (movie) (the host's read). Gabby's Dollhouse will try the same kid-plus-bridging-parents trick with Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan.
“Yes, Gabby's dollhouse is going to attempt to do the same thing.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:17:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (14) everyone in acting

actor (Steve), A Minecraft Movie (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, Nacho Libre (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, The Super Mario Bros. Movie (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, Kung Fu Panda (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, School of Rock (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, Goosebumps (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, Ice Age (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, Shark Tale (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, High Fidelity (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
actor, Margot at the Wedding (The Big Picture, The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’)
star at Cannes event, Kung Fu Panda (Blank Check — Patreon, Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson)
voice (a TV impersonator replaces him in the show), Kung Fu Panda (Blank Check — Patreon, Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson)
actor, Heat Vision and Jack (Blank Check — Patreon, Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))

Other (1) everyone in other

considered for Cal Naughton, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (The Rewatchables, 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly)

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
“Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Kung Fu Panda. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
“Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → School of Rock. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
“Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Goosebumps. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
“Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Ice Age. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
“Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Shark Tale. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
“Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

people (1)

people (reunion): Jared Hess → Jack Black. Minecraft reunites Hess and Black.
“This is a reunion between Hess and Jack Black.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

unmapped (starred in): Jack Black → Nacho Libre. Jack Black starred in Nacho Libre.
“Also, the director of a film called Nacho Libre starring Jack Black.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
unmapped (shared star): Jack Black → The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Jack Black is in both Minecraft and Super Mario.
“Also, Jack Black is in both films.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:13:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (bridge star): Jack Black → Margot Robbie. Black and Momoa serve as the adult bridge the way Robbie and Gosling did for Barbie.
“My thought is you don't like Jack Black and Jason Momoa as much as you like Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

verdict (earlier favorite): Jack Black → High Fidelity. The speaker loves him from High Fidelity and Tenacious D.
“I love him from like high fidelity and tenacious D”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Jack Black: Sean's gloss on Black's character: Steve is the Christopher Columbus of Minecraft, an interloper colonizing a land he did not originate.
“He's sort of the Christopher Columbus of the Minecraft world, I would say.”
The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:53:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)