Celebrated Name: | Kyle Gass |
Real Name/Full Name: | Kyle Richard Gass |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 64 years old |
Birth Date: | July 14, 1960 |
Birth Place: | Walnut Creek, California, U.S |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 1.75 m |
Weight: | 110 kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Single |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | N/A |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | N/A |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | Yes (Tracy Young) |
Is Kyle Gass Gay?: | No |
Profession: | Singer-Songwriter, Actor |
Salary: | N/A |
Net Worth in 2024: | $4 million |
Last Updated: | November 2024 |
Kyle Richard Gass, popularly known as Kyle Gass or KG, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He’s best known for being a member of the comedy rock band Tenacious D alongside actor and singer Jack Black. Tenacious D has also won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
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Early Life & Biography
Kyle Gass was born on July 14, 1960, in Walnut Creek, California. He studied at the Las Lomas High School, where he played flute in the marching band. Gass graduated from high school in 1979 and later enrolled at UCLA, where he met future celebrity Tim Robbins. Robbins got him to join the Actor’s Gang, where he met Jack Black, his future bandmate.
Both Gass and Black together created the Tenacious D, and a comedy rock band often hailed as the ‘greatest band on Earth.’ Gass also made numerous small appearances in movies throughout the 90s. He also has his own supergroup called Kyle Gass Band, which he formed after the break-up of his first side-project, Trainwreck, in 2011.
Personal Life
Kyle Gass has been rumored to have dated producer Tracy Young. She has a cameo in the Tenacious D episode ‘Death of the Dream.’ Reports suggest Tracy Young and Kyle Gass are no longer in a relationship. Gass has never been engaged or married. However, he is a godfather to Jack Black’s son.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on July 16, 1960, Kyle Gass is 64 years old as of today’s date 25th November 2024. His height is 1.95 m tall, and his weight is 110 kg.
Career
Kyle Gass’s career peaked with his rock band Tenacious D which he founded with Jack Black. Tenacious D were given their own show on HBO in 2000. He was offered several small roles in movies, but the success of Tenacious D was what put him in the limelight. In 2006, Gass and Black filmed Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. His first major break was starring in a 7-UP Gold TV commercial.
Gass was featured in several episodes of the television show Fear of a Punk Planet. 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 also made an appearance as an airplane mechanic in the Foo Fighters’ 1999 video ‘Learn to Fly.’ Kyle Gass hosted a YouTube channel from 2009 to 2012 called Guitarings alongside guitarist John Konesky.
Gass acted in the feature film ‘Jacob’s Ladder,’ which also starred Tim Robbins. He has played small roles in many of Jack Black’s films that include ‘Year One,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda, ‘Shallow Hal,’ ‘Saving Silverman’ and ‘The Cable Guy’ among others. Gass made a cameo appearance with Michael Richards in the Seinfeld episode, ‘The Abstinence.’
Gass starred in the comedy Elf as an author of children’s books. He also appeared in season 9 of Friends. He appeared in the 2008 teen film Extreme Movie. He starred in the movie Tenacious D in the ‘Pick of Destiny’ alongside Jack Black. Gass had a cameo role in the 2007 movie ‘Wild Hogs.’
Awards & Achievements
Kyle Gass has claimed in an interview that he is the youngest graduate of the Juilliard School of Music with a degree in classical guitar studies at the age of 13. Gass’s comedy rock band Tenacious D has won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance alongside Jack Black.
Net Worth & Salary of Kyle Gass in 2024
The majority of Kyle Gass’s wealth comes from his career as a musician. As of November 2024, Kyle Gass’ net worth is $4 million.
Kyle Gass has earned much of his popularity through his career as a musician. Although he did star in multiple films, his comedy rock band Tenacious D, which he formed with friend Jack Black, got him the larger visibility. Tenacious D recently announced their first graphic novel Post-Apocalypto which will be co-written by both Kyle Gass and Jack Black.
The book will be entirely drawn by Kyle Gass. The name Post-Apocalypto draws inspiration from Tenacious D’s YouTube series and their album from 2018. The 180-page, the full-color graphic novel will see the band dive into a post-apocalyptic world. In an attempt to save the world, they battle new forms of deadly mutations in the wake of an atomic blast. The book will release in September 2020.