COMEDY SUPERSTAR JACK BLACK TO RECEIVE KING OF COMEDY AWARD AT NICKELODEON KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2025
ALEX WARREN, AULIʻI CRAVALHO, BENNY BLANCO, ICE SPICE,
JACOB RODRIGUEZ, KEL MITCHELL, MAIA KEALOHA,
SAMANTHA LORRAINE, TONY HAWK, VICTORIA MONÉT AND MORE
JOIN THE LIST OF SUPERSTAR TALENT SCHEDULED TO APPEAR
Tyla to Host Slimiest Awards Show Live from Barker Hangar
in Santa Monica, Calif., on Saturday, June 21, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT)
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif.,– June 11, 2025–Comedy superstar Jack Black will receive the iconic King of Comedy Award during the
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025, live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on Saturday, June 21, at 8 p.m. (ET /PT). Recognized for his illustrious career across film, television, music and more, Black will accept his Silver Blimp from the KCA stage, before getting decimated in Nickelodeon’s iconic Slime.
Additionally, Alex Warren, Auliʻi Cravalho, Benny Blanco, Ice Spice, Jack Griffo, Jacob Rodriguez, Katelyn West, Kel Mitchell, Kira Kosarin, Maia Kealoha, Renee Montgomery, SeanDoesMagic, Samantha Lorraine, Tony Hawk and Victoria Monét have joined the growing list of star-studded talent scheduled to appear on Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025. Previously announced show participants include: KATSEYE, who will perform their hit single, “Gnarly.”
Hosted by Tyla, Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 will continue to put kids and families in control at the biggest party of the summer with exciting star-studded collaborations, legendary skateboarding stunts, the latest in music with high-energy dancing, and Nickelodeon’s signature orange blimp trophy and epic slimings. The show will simulcast across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, MTV2 and CMT, and also air on Nickelodeon channels around the world.
Black is no stranger to Nickelodeon, having hosted the annual awards show in 2006,
2008 and 2011. Last year, he won a
coveted KCA orange blimp for his voiceover work as “Bowser” in
The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He also won “Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie” for his work in
Kung Fu Panda in 2009. Bio information on Jack Black can be found below.
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 is sponsored by Instacart and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 is produced by Nickelodeon Productions and overseen by: Ashley Kaplan, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon & Awesomeness Unscripted & Digital Franchise Studio; Paul J Medford, Vice President, Unscripted Current Series; Luke Wahl, Vice President, Unscripted Creative; and Jennifer Bernstein, Vice President, Talent. Guy Carrington & Kevin Hermanson of Done and Dusted serve as executive producers, with Rob Paine serving as co-executive producer. The show is directed by James Merryman.
JACK BLACK
BIOGRAPHY
Jack Black has cemented himself as one of the most versatile and sought-after talents in entertainment with an illustrious career that includes projects in film, television, music, and more. In April 2025, Black starred in A Minecraft Movie, a live-action adaptation of the popular video game. Portraying Steve, the default character, Black's performance contributed to the film's massive success and becoming the second-highest-grossing video game film of all time.
Additionally, Sony Pictures Anaconda is set to release in December 2025, and Columbia Pictures Jumanji 3 is set to release in December 2026.
Jack can be heard voicing Bowser in Universal’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was released in April 2023 and became the second-biggest animated film of all time. In the film, Black wrote and sang an original song, Peaches, which gave Black his first solo entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Most recently, he can be heard voicing Po in Universal’s Kung Fu Panda 4. Black can also be heard in season two of Netflix’s Kung Fu Panda and Netflix’s Apollo 10 ½, directed by Richard Linklater. He reprised his role opposite Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in Jumanji: The Next Level, the highly-anticipated follow-up film to 2017’s global smash hit Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle.
Additionally, Black is behind the viral YouTube channel
Jablinski Games, which launched in 2018 and reached one million subscribers in just days.
Previously, Black could be heard as the voice of “Po” in all three installments of DreamWorks Animation’s smash franchise Kung Fu Panda. Jack starred as “R.L. Stein” in Sony Pictures’ hit movie Goosebumps. He also starred in the critically-acclaimed independent film Bernie, a role for which he earned a 2013 Golden Globe nomination for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical” and a 2013 Independent Spirit Awards nomination for “Best Male Lead.” Additionally, he topped the box office with Tropic Thunder, School of Rock (which earned him his
first Golden Globe nomination for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical”) and the Academy Award-winning blockbuster film King Kong.
In September 2018, Black received a star on the renowned Hollywood Walk of Fame for his storied film career, which has included roles in
Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot,
The House With A Clock In Its Walls,
The Polka King,
The D Train,
Gulliver’s Travels,
The Big Year,
The Muppets,
Nacho Libre,
Bob Roberts,
High Fidelity,
Saving Silverman,
Year One,
Shallow Hal,
Ice Age,
Orange County,
Envy,
Shark Tale, and
The Holiday.
Black currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Tanya, and their two sons.
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Update (6/16): SpongeBob SquarePants will also be making a special appearance during KCA 2025!
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Originally published: June 11, 2025 at 20:56 BST.
