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Kyle Gass

Birth name: Klip Calhoun

Birth date: 14.07.1960

Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) [1] is an American actor and a member of the bands Tenacious D (along with Jack Black) and Trainwreck. In Tenacious D, Gass plays lead guitar and sings backup vocals, and also plays the role of Black's comic foil in most of their comedy routines. His nicknames include K.G., Kage, Rage, and Rage Kage, he is also known as the other half of Tenacious D. Gass was born and raised in Walnut Creek, California, where his father turned him on to Mike Kettel, an old guitar player from the late 1930's. Kettel also influenced Gass to try marijuana for the first time because he used it almost daily as a part of his guitar method. At the age of eight, he began playing his first instrument, the flute. Soon after, he began playing the saxophone. By the age of twelve, Gass began playing an old nylon-stringed guitar[2] that was lying around the house. While appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 16, 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 thirteen.[3] Earlier, in an article in the Sunday Times on October 29, 2006, Jack Black stated that Gass was the youngest graduate of Juilliard.[4] Much like his music career, Kyle's acting career also started at a young age. His first acting gig was a 7Up Gold commercial. Upon graduating from Las Lomas High School in 1979, Kyle went on to attend UCLA. While in UCLA, Kyle met actor Tim Robbins, who recruited him into the Actor's Gang. Kyle soon graduated from UCLA in 1983. In 1985, a sixteen-year-old named Jack Black was one of the new recruits in the Actor's Gang, and it was because of this that the two had met. According to Kyle, he actually didn't like Jack a whole lot at first, but the two eventually settled their differences and soon became friends. Kyle even taught Jack how to play the guitar, and the two soon formed a band called Tenacious D. He was also featured in several episodes of the television show Fear of a Punk Planet, which has since been released on DVD. Kyle has also made an appearance in the Good Charlotte video for "Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous" as a lawyer who is questioning a dog. He appeared in an episode of "Friends" as a mugger, Loal, a friend of Phoebie's from the streets and in the comedy Elf as a would-be children's author. Gass also made a cameo appearance as a smoker in the Seinfeld episode, "The Abstinence". He also appeared on several episodes of the short-lived Judd Apatow TV show, "Undeclared", available on DVD. He has appeared with small parts in multiple Jack Black films (Shallow Hal, Saving Silverman, The Cable Guy, etc.) He also has been part of most of Kung Fu Records' movies, Kung Fu Films, which includes Fear of a Punk Planet, it also includes his role in Cake Boy. He has also appeared in Jacob's Ladder with Tim Robbins, playing the character of Tony.

Filmography

# Dead and Gone (2007) .... Reverend Grass # Wieners (2007) .... Walrus Boy # Wild Hogs (2007) .... Kyle (Lead Singer) # Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (2006) .... KG # "The Jake Effect" .... Ceissner (6 episodes, 2006) - Don't Mess with Sloppy (2006) TV Episode .... Ceissner - Flight School (2006) TV Episode .... Ceissner - Only Connect (2006) TV Episode .... Ceissner - Parent Teacher Conference (2006) TV Episode .... Ceissner - Pilot (2006) TV Episode .... Ceissner (1 more) # One Sung Hero (2006) .... Bartender # Cake Boy (2005) (V) .... Nathan # "Living with Fran" .... Rocker Dude (1 episode, 2005) - The Concert (2005) TV Episode .... Rocker Dude # "Tom Goes to the Mayor" .... Trapper Kyle (1 episode, 2004) - Bear Traps (2004) TV Episode (voice) .... Trapper Kyle # "Cracking Up" .... Naked Man (1 episode, 2004) - Panic House (2004) TV Episode .... Naked Man # "Player$" .... Tenacious D (1 episode, 2003) - Tenacious D a la Mode (2003) TV Episode .... Tenacious D # Elf (2003) .... Eugene # "Fillmore!" .... Mr. Collingwood (2 episodes, 2002-2003) ... aka Disney's Fillmore! (USA: complete title) - The Shreds Fell Like Snowflakes (2003) TV Episode (voice) .... Mr. Collingwood - Test of the Tested (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... Mr. Collingwood # "Friends" (1 episode, 2003) - The One with the Mugging (2003) TV Episode # The New Guy (2002) .... Mr. Luberoff # "Undeclared" .... Eugene (2 episodes, 2001-2002) - Eric's POV (2002) TV Episode .... Eugene - Eric Visits Again (2001) TV Episode .... Eugene # Shallow Hal (2001) .... Artie ... aka Schwer verliebt (Germany) # Frank's Book (2001) .... Cemetary Strummer # Evolution (2001) .... Officer Drake # The Zeros (2001) .... Reed/David # That Darn Punk (2001) (V) .... Mr. Jailbait # Saving Silverman (2001) .... Bar Dude ... aka Evil Woman (Australia) (Europe: English title) (Philippines: English title) (UK) (USA: working title) # Almost Famous (2000) (uncredited) .... Quince Allen (only in director's cut) ... aka Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut (USA: director's cut (DVD title)) # "Tenacious D" .... KG / ... (6 episodes, 1997-2000) - Road Gig (2000) TV Episode .... KG - The Fan (2000) TV Episode .... KG - The Greatest Song in the World (1999) TV Episode .... Kyle 'KG' Gass - Death of a Dream (1999) TV Episode .... KG - Angel in Disguise (1997) TV Episode .... KG (1 more) # Cradle Will Rock (1999) .... Larry # Idle Hands (1999) .... Burger Jungle Guy # Bongwater (1997) .... Guitar Player # "Seinfeld" .... Smoker (1 episode, 1996) - The Abstinence (1996) TV Episode .... Smoker # The Cable Guy (1996) .... Couch Potato # Bio-Dome (1996) .... Tenacious D # The Barefoot Executive (1995) (TV) .... Joe # Jacob's Ladder (1990/I) .... Tony ... aka Dante's Inferno # Brain Dead (1990) .... Anaesthetist