Jack Black to receive the Comedic Genius Award at 2022 MTV Movie and TV Awards
May 27, 2022 Andrew Buss Jack Black, News
Next month, Jack Black will be receiving the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie and TV Awards.
Black is the 5th performer to receive the award. Previous winners include Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Melissa McCarthy, and Sacha Baron Cohen. Cohen most memorably took the opportunity last year to declare that he was “canceling himself,” and featured cameos from Borat, Bruno, and
Black is of course a pretty natural choice for the award, given his body of work. On top of his comedic roles in School of Rock, High Fidelity, Nacho Libre, Tropic Thunder, Orange County, and Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny, he’s also makes up one half of the latter Tenacious D alongside Kyle Gass.
This year’s awards will be hosted by The Bachelorette star Tayshia Adams. The awards will air live on MTV at 8 PM ET.
