Jack Black and Tanya Haden Due End of May
Actor/comedian/musician Jack Black, 38, and his professional cellist/animator wife Tanya Haden, 36, are due to have their second baby by the month’s end. An exact due date has not been revealed and the baby’s gender is a secret, although there’s been speculation about a second son. We’ll just have to wait and see if that‘s true.
Jack is the lead singer of the comedic rock band Tenacious D. Along with Kyle Gass, who makes up the other half of the duo, Jack has released two albums to date: Tenacious D in 2001 and then The Pick of Destiny in 2006. Their song “The Metal” the music video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Jack’s singing style has been described as a “scat-type” of music.
As far as acting goes, Jack has appeared on his fair share of TV shows. Starting out, he had small roles on such shows as The Golden Palace, Life Goes On, Northern Exposure and The X-Files. He appeared in several movies early-on, including: Airborne, Demolition Man, The Neverending Story III, Waterworld, Dead Man Walking, Bio-Dome, The Cable Guy, Mars Attacks! and The Jackal. He went on to appear in many other movies as the 1990s turned into the 2000s. He was in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer in 1998 and also Enemy of the State that same year. By 2005, he was cast in movies such as High Fidelity, Saving Silverman, Shallow Hal, The School of Rock and King Kong. In 2006, he played the role of Miles on the romantic comedy “The Holiday”.
Last February, Jack’s new movie Be Kind Rewind was released and, in addition, Jack is the voice of the main character Po the Panda, on the animated movie Kung Fu Panda. He’s been working hard to promote the new animated adventure, in fact, he’s been in France and is headed to the remaining areas of Europe soon, then to Japan and finally Australia. He says he’s taking a break now for the birth of his new baby, before flying off again.
Tanya happens to be the triplet daughter of jazz great Charlie Haden and grew up performing along side her sisters Petra and Rachel as part of the group The Haden Triplets. The expectant parents first met back in high school, but didn’t date until they ran into each other again many years later at a mutual friend’s party in 2005. Not long after that- March 2006 to be exact- Jack and Tanya eloped after their less-than-a-year courtship. They welcomed their first baby, Samuel Wyatt, in June 2006. He is 23 months old.
