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Birth Name:
Thomas Jack Black Jr
Birth Place:
California, USA
Ethnicity:
Jewish and Scottish
The actor/musician was born to a Jewish Mother named Judith Cohen and a Father named Thomas William Black. His father converted to Judaism after his marriage. Black was then raised in a Jewish environment.
His father may be of Scottish heritage as his surname is said to be from the Scottish name Blacksmith. He stated this on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
He is one half of the group Tenacious D and starred in the films, Shallow Hal and School of Rock.
Source:
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/
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Cohen is a Hebrew surname. His mother maiden name is Cohen.
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”Blacksmith” is indeed ”Anglian”, however, much of Scotland is actually Anglic (especially the Eastern Lowlands) due to the fact that it was part of the kingdom of Northumbria before it was conquered by the kingdom of Alba (Gaelic Scotland), before Angle settlement in the lowlands, the land was Brythonic which is why Gaelic was never spoken as a majority language in the area. Jack Black’s father called indeed have been an ”Inglis” (the traditional name for the people of the area) ”Blacksmith”.
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Do you even know what Anglo is? Haha Jack Black is pathetic anyway!
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That is very rude! Your pathetic!
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in polish interview with angelian jolie n jack black he admitted he is 1/16 or 1/8 polish
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He is, but ethniceleb is stupid in that it follows bullshit Israeli race theories that claim that all European Jews are Semites… pure unmixed Semites with only four female ancestors. Complete and utter nonsense.
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probably english and jewish
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He is a Pathetic Waste of Human Life (P.S. ALBANIA FOREVER)
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That’s Rude!
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I agree, that is rude. Buzo your a pathetic waste of human life!
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when i saw jack black i thought he was polish and like russian or something like that.
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Oh yeah, Jack Black? Jew all day for sure.
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Beautiful !
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He’s Jewish and Anglo cuz his dad doesn’t know what he is….
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