Kyle Gass
Department: Acting
Biography
Kyle Richard Gass is an American musician, singer, and actor. He is best known for being a founding member of the Grammy-winning comedy band Tenacious D. He is also a member of Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band. Gass is known for sharing writing credit on the band's parodies of rock tropes. He also serves as the serene onstage counterweight to Black's operatically manic vocals. Gass attended UCLA, where he met Tim Robbins.
Known For
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
Elf
2003
Saving Silverman
2001
Idle Hands
1999
Bio-Dome
1996
Shallow Hal
2001
Lower Learning
2008
The Cable Guy
1996
The Roadie
2012
Year One
2009
That Darn Punk
2001
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour
2023
High Road
2012
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
2010
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
2003
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
2008
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2
2008
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'
2007
Tenacious D: For the Ladies
2006
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023
2023
Fear of a Punk Planet
2002
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center
2022
Evolution
2001
Kung Fu Panda
2008
Almost Famous
2000
Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring
2023
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Cake Boy
2005
Tenacious D: In the Studio
2003
Dead and Gone
2008
Barry Munday
2010
Gnaw
2017
The Book of Fire
2015
Extreme Movie
2008
Jacob's Ladder
1990
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012
The Zeros
2001
Tenacious D: Live in London
2002
The New Guy
2002
Bongwater
1998
Wild Hogs
2007
Brain Dead
1990
Sex Drive
2008
Wieners
2008
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale
2002
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2006
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
Tenacious D: JB's BJ
2001
Tenacious D: Butt Baby
2002
The Sound
2025
Dear Santa
2024
Coachella
2006
Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy
2003
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3
2025
Tenacious D Live at the O2
2025
Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle
2008
Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019
2019
Living with Fran
2005
Seinfeld
1989
Tenacious D
1997
Fillmore!
2002
The Daily Show
1996
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Friends
1994
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
The Jake Effect
2006
American Idol
2002
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2007
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
Saturday Night Live
1975
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
The Birthday Boys
2013
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Hacks
2021
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Hot Ones
2015
Speechless
2016
Femme Fatales
2011
2 Broke Girls
2011
Undeclared
2001
The Andy Dick Show
2001
Full Frontal Comedy
1996
Cracking Up
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto
2018