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Who Are Jack Black’s Parents?

Jack Black is known for his hilarious roles in comedy classics such as “School of Rock” and the “Kung Fu Panda” franchise, as well as his role as the lead vocalist of the band “Tenacious D.” The Golden Globe-nominee is so talented it would cause anyone to wonder where he came from and who his parents might be. 

Jack Black’s parents, Thomas William Black and Judith Love Cohen, both were satellite engineers who worked on the Hubble Space Telescope. His mother, the late Judith Love Cohen, also ran a children’s publishing company called Cascade Pass. 

Clearly, the actor comes from a talented family. This lineage may have played a role in how he turned into the man everyone knows and loves today. 

Rocket Scientist Parents 

Not much is known about Jack Black’s father, Thomas William Black, as the man led a relatively private life. However, one interesting fact is that Jack Black’s first name is actually Thomas, after his father – Jack is his middle name, which he chose to go by as an adult. 

However, it is public knowledge that both of Jack Black’s parents, Thomas William Black and Judith Love Cohen, worked on the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the largest space telescopes in operation. 

Jack Black joked about his academic parents in a 2003 interview with Newsweek, saying, “I didn’t inherit any of their brainpower. But I have the power to rock. They’re rocket scientists. I’m a rock scientist.”

Jack Black’s mother, Judith Love Cohen, was a dedicated engineer. 

In one story, retold by her son Neil Siegel, she went to work on the day that Jack Black was born and brought a computer printout of a problem with her to the hospital. As Neil Siegel explains, “Later that day, she called her boss and told him that she had solved the problem. And . . . oh, yes, the baby was born, too.” 

After she retired, Judith went on to publish books encouraging young girls to explore science and engineering. 

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