What Is Actor Jack Black’s Net Worth? Inside His Impressive Hollywood Fortune

Jack Black, as an actor and musician who is one half of the musical comedy duo Tenacious D, has practically done it all in Hollywood

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Published April 7 2025, 4:22 p.m. ET

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As one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, Jack Black has kept audiences entertained for decades with his crowd-pleasing humor in a variety of high-profile movie projects, as such his net worth is highly impressive.

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Jack, an actor and musician who is one half of the musical comedy duo Tenacious D, has practically done it all in Hollywood, from R-rated comedies and rom-coms, to live-action adaptations and voicing animated characters.

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What is Jack Black’s net worth?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Jack is worth an estimated $50 million, with the majority of his wealth from his lucrative film career.

Jack’s films have grossed a collective amount of billions worldwide, including hits such as the Kung Fu Panda franchise and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Jack Black

Actor, musician

Net worth: $50 million

Jack Black is an American actor and musician.

Birth date: Aug. 28, 1969

Birthplace: Santa Monica, Calif.

Birth name: Thomas Jacob Black

Father: Thomas William Black, satellite engineer

Mother: Judith Love Cohen, satellite engineer

Marriages: Tanya Haden

Children: Two, Samuel (born 2006) and Thomas, born in 2008.

Education: University of California

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What has Jack said about his career?

While speaking about the 20th anniversary of School of Rock with The Hollywood Reporter in 2023, Jack noted how proud he is of his signature role. “That was such a big moment for me. That movie put me on the map in a lot of ways,” he said.

“It remains my favorite experience in my career because it gave me a chance to do all the things that I do best, with acting and with performing and writing music, and working with my favorite writer, Mike White, who did such an incredible job writing in my voice,” Jack told the outlet.

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"It’s very rare and very special when that happens, and working with Richard Linklater, the director, all the planets aligned on that one, and I’ve always felt like that’s the one that’s going to be on my tombstone, and I’m fine with that: the guy from School of Rock,” he continued.

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Is Jack Black married?

In 2006, Jack married musician Tanya Haden. The two eloped after briefly dating, according to People. "My wife is an incredible singer and also cellist," Jack told the outlet in 2023. "I'd love to collaborate with my wife. She's a creative force ... We haven't really done anything for a long time. And it would be fun to do something with her."

Per Parade, although they officially married in 2006, Jack and Tanya actually knew each other back in high school. "I didn't date Tanya or talk to her or anything in high school," he told the outlet in 2015. “I was pretty shy. I just watched her from afar. We only started dating like 20 years after high school."

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Describing how the two officially began dating as adults, Jack revealed that it was Tanya who initiated things. "She came up to me and said, 'Hey, do you ever wanna go get dinner? I should give you my number,' " Jack said while appearing on the Armchair Expert podcast in 2024. "And I was like, oh my God. Heaven opened up above my head, because it was like, this is the thing that I would always want to happen."

The couple are also the parents of two children, sons Samuel (born in 2006) and Thomas, who was born in 2008.

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