Early life

Kyle Gass was born in Castro Valley, California. Much like his musical career, Gass' acting career also started at a young age. His first gig was for a 7-Up advertisement. Gass graduated from UCLA. Later in his career he met actor Tim Robbins, who recruited him into the Actor's Gang. In 1986, a 16-year-old Jack Black was one of the new recruits in the Actor's Gang, and the two were introduced. According to Gass, he actually did not like Black at first, but the duo eventually settled their differences and soon became best friends. Gass taught Black how to play guitar, and the two soon formed the band Tenacious D.

Acting career

Gass was featured in several episodes of the television show Fear of a Punk Planet, which has since been released on DVD. He has also made an appearance as a lawyer in the Good Charlotte video for "Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous". Along with Black, Gass made a comedic appearance as a hapless airplane mechanic in the Foo Fighters' 1999 video "Learn to Fly."

Gass acted in the feature film Jacob's Ladder which stars Tim Robbins. Gass made a cameo appearance with Michael Richards in the Seinfeld episode, "The Abstinence". Gass appeared in the comedy Elf as an inept author of children's books. He has played small roles in many of Black's films (Year One, Kung Fu Panda, Shallow Hal, Saving Silverman, The Cable Guy, etc.). Gass appeared in season 9 of Friends as a mugger, as the porn director in the 2008 teen film Extreme Movie, Walrus Boy in Wieners, and as the dirty trucker in the men's room in the 2008 film Sex Drive. He starred in the movie Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, alongside Jack Black. Gass had a cameo role as a singing karaoke cowboy in the 2007 movie Wild Hogs. In October 2008, Gass appeared as the character Decatur Doublewide in the film Lower Learning.

He auditioned for a role as a demon in the pilot episode of Reaper, directed by Kevin Smith, but he wasn't hired, to Smith's disappointment. He also appeared in the 22nd episode of 2nd season of 2 Broke Girls as the special effects guy (Also known as 'Cookie Guy').

Music career

While appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 15, 2006, Gass claimed to have been the youngest graduate of the Juilliard School of Music with a degree in classical guitar studies at the age of 13. It should be pointed out that Juilliard did not have a guitar program in 1973, but began its graduate level guitar program in 1989 under Sharon Isbin, and its undergraduate program in 2007. Earlier, in an article in the Sunday Times on October 29, 2006, Black stated that Gass was the youngest graduate of Juilliard. On May 13, 2008, Gass was a phone in guest on the Adam Carolla Show. When Adam Carolla asked him "... And did you go to Juilliard?" Kyle replied "I didn't. I—you know, I made that up as a joke," he continued, "and I thought it would be hilarious, and then I've been hearing about it ever since. Apologies to Juilliard."

Gass is featured as a minor character in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend (of which Jack Black plays the lead role), in which he portrays Kage the Kannonier, a self-pitying giant in charge of a mortar cannon.

Gass stars in a web show, Guitarings, with John Konesky.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Brain Dead	Anaesthetist
1990	Jacob's Ladder	Tony
1993	Mike the Detective	Phil
1995	The Barefoot Executive	Joe
1996	Bio-Dome	KG
1996	The Cable Guy	Couch Potato
1997	Bongwater	Guitarist
1999	Idle Hands	Burger Jungle Guy
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Larry
2000	Almost Famous	Quince Allen
2001	Saving Silverman	Bar Dude
2001	The Zeros	Reed / David
2001	Evolution	Officer Drake
2001	Shallow Hal	Artie
2002	The New Guy	Mr. Luberoff
2003	Elf	Eugene
2006	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	KG
2007	Wild Hogs	Lead Singer
2007	Monkeys	Uncredited
2008	Kung Fu Panda	KG Shaw
2008	Wieners	Walrus Boy
2008	Dead and Gone	Reverend Grass
2008	Lower Learning	Decatur Doublewide
2008	Sex Drive	Trucker
2008	Extreme Movie	Director
2009	Year One	Zaftig the Eunuch
2010	Barry Munday	Jerry Sherman
2011	High Road	Winter Wierdo
2012	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta!	Lester
2014	Book of Fire	Sal
2015	Circus	Circus

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Seinfeld	Smoker	Episode: "The Abstinence"
1997	Tenacious D	Himself	All
1999	Fear of a Punk Planet	Fire Marshal
2000	Manhattan, AZ	Merv	Episode: "Lt. Colonel's Boy"
2001-2002	Undeclared	Eugene	Episodes: "Eric Visits Again" "Eric's POV"
2001	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Himself	Episode: "Sweet for Brak"
2002-2003	Fillmore!	Mr. Collingwood (voice)	2 episodes
2003	Friends	Lowell	Episode: "The One with the Mugging "
2003	Player$	Himself	Episode: "Tenacious D a la Mode"
2004	Cracking Up	Naked Man	Episode: "Panic House"
2004	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Trapper Kyle	Episode: "Beat Traps"
2005	Living with Fran	Rocker Dude	Episode: "The Concerts"
2006	The Jake Effect	Ceissner	Recurring
2007	The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show	Himself	Episode: "Break Up"
2011	FCU: Fact Checkers Unit	Himself	Episode: "Excessive Gass "
2012	Femme Fatales	Willoughby Flagler	Episode: "Gun Twisted"
2013	2 Broke Girls	Buzz	Episode: "And the Extra Work"
2013	Ghost Ghirls	Hawk Olsen	Episode: "Spirits of '76: Part 1 & 2"
2014	The Birthday Boys	John Allison	Episode: "Freshy's"
2015	Drunk History	Fred Eaton	Episode: "Los Angeles"

Music videos

Year	Video	Role	Label
2001	Tenacious D - Tribute	KG	Epic Records
2001	Tenacious D - Wonderboy	KG	Epic Records
2001	Tenacious D - Fuck Her Gently	KG	Epic Records
2001	Good Charlotte - Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous	Lawyer	Epic Records
2006	Tenacious D - POD	KG	Epic Records
2006	Tenacious D - Classico	KG	Epic Records
2009	Trainwreck - Tim Blankenship	Klip Calhoun	Jo Jo Entertainment
2010	Trainwreck - Brodeo	Klip Calhoun	Jo Jo Entertainment
2012	Tenacious D - To Be The Best	KG	Columbia Records
2012	Tenacious D - Low Hangin' Fruit	KG	Columbia Records
2012	Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix	KG	Columbia Records
2012	Tenacious D - Roadie	KG	Columbia Records
2012	Tenacious D - Rock Is Dead	KG	Columbia Records
2015	Kyle Gass Band - Our Job To Rock	KG	Space Horse Records

[ Source: Wikipedia ]