Kyle Gass

Kyle Gass

Known for
Acting
Born
July 14, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Walnut Creek, California, USA

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

Filmography

2026
The slapstick slasher movie poster

The slapstick slasher movie

Movie · as Himself

2025
The Sound poster

The Sound

Movie · as Bill

2025
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 poster

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3

Movie · as Self

2025
Tenacious D Live at the O2

Tenacious D Live at the O2

Movie · as Vocals / Guitar / Max-a-boom

2024
Dear Santa poster

Dear Santa

Movie · as Science Teacher

2023
Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour poster

Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour

Movie · as KG

2023
Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 poster

Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023

Movie · as Self

2022
Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center poster

Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center

Movie · as Self

2021
Hacks poster

Hacks

TV · as Axel · 1 ep

2019
Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019 poster

Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 2019

Movie

2018
Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto poster

Tenacious D: Post-Apocalypto

TV · as KG · 6 eps

2017
Gnaw poster

Gnaw

Movie · as Terry Lumley

2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee poster

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Speechless poster

Speechless

TV · as Carl · 3 eps

2015
The Book of Fire poster

The Book of Fire

Movie · as Sal

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

TV · as Dario Moretti · 1 ep

2013
The Birthday Boys poster

The Birthday Boys

TV · 1 ep

2012
The Roadie poster

The Roadie

Movie · as KG

2012
High Road poster

High Road

Movie · as Winter Wierdo

2012
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! poster

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

Movie · as Lester

2011
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop poster

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Movie · as Self

2011
Femme Fatales poster

Femme Fatales

TV · as Willoughby Flagler · 1 ep

2011
2 Broke Girls poster

2 Broke Girls

TV · as Buzz · 1 ep

2010
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010

Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010

Movie · as Self

2010
Barry Munday poster

Barry Munday

Movie · as Jerry Sherman

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Year One poster

Year One

Movie · as Zaftig the Eunuch

2009
NSFW Show poster

NSFW Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Lower Learning poster

Lower Learning

Movie · as Decatur Doublewide

2008
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary poster

D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary

Movie · as Self

2008
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 poster

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2

Movie · as Self

2008
Kung Fu Panda poster

Kung Fu Panda

Movie · as KG Shaw (voice)

2008
Dead and Gone poster

Dead and Gone

Movie · as Reverend Grass

2008
Extreme Movie poster

Extreme Movie

Movie · as Director

2008
Sex Drive poster

Sex Drive

Movie · as Trucker

2008
Wieners poster

Wieners

Movie · as Walrus Boy

2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who poster

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

Movie · as Self

2008
Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle poster

Tenacious D: Live at The Moore Theater in Seattle

Movie · as Self

2007
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' poster

The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny'

Movie · as Self

2007
Wild Hogs poster

Wild Hogs

Movie · as Kyle

2007
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show

The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show

TV · 1 ep

2006
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny poster

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Movie · as KG

2006
Tenacious D: For the Ladies poster

Tenacious D: For the Ladies

Movie · as KG

2006
Tenacious D: Time Fixers poster

Tenacious D: Time Fixers

Movie · as KG

2006
Coachella poster

Coachella

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2006
The Jake Effect poster

The Jake Effect

TV · as Ceissner · 7 eps

2005
Cake Boy poster

Cake Boy

Movie · as Nathan

2005
Living with Fran poster

Living with Fran

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor poster

Tom Goes to the Mayor

TV · as Trapper Kyle (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Cracking Up poster

Cracking Up

TV · as Naked Man · 1 ep

2003
Elf poster

Elf

Movie · as Eugene

2003
Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks poster

Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks

Movie · as Self

2003
Tenacious D: In the Studio poster

Tenacious D: In the Studio

Movie · as Self

2003
Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy

Tenacious D: Live at Brixton Academy

Movie

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Musical Guest, Self - "Mean Tweets" · 2 eps

2002
Fear of a Punk Planet poster

Fear of a Punk Planet

Movie · as Fire Marshal Lyle

2002
Tenacious D: Live in London poster

Tenacious D: Live in London

Movie · as Self

2002
The New Guy poster

The New Guy

Movie · as Mr. Luberoff

2002
Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale poster

Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale

Movie · as KG

2002
Tenacious D: Butt Baby poster

Tenacious D: Butt Baby

Movie · as KG

2002
Fillmore! poster

Fillmore!

TV · as Mr. Collingwood (voice) · 1 ep

2002
American Idol poster

American Idol

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Crank Yankers poster

Crank Yankers

TV · as Tenacious O (voice) · 1 ep

2001
Saving Silverman poster

Saving Silverman

Movie · as Bar Dude

2001
Shallow Hal poster

Shallow Hal

Movie · as Artie

2001
That Darn Punk poster

That Darn Punk

Movie · as Mr. Jailbait

2001
Evolution poster

Evolution

Movie · as Officer Drake

2001
The Zeros poster

The Zeros

Movie · as Reed / David

2001
Tenacious D: JB's BJ poster

Tenacious D: JB's BJ

Movie · as KG

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Undeclared poster

Undeclared

TV · as Eugene · 2 eps

2001
The Andy Dick Show poster

The Andy Dick Show

TV · as K.G · 1 ep

2000
Almost Famous poster

Almost Famous

Movie · as Quince Allen (uncredited)

1999
Idle Hands poster

Idle Hands

Movie · as Burger Jungle Guy

1999
Cradle Will Rock poster

Cradle Will Rock

Movie · as Larry

1998
Bongwater poster

Bongwater

Movie · as Guitar Player

1997
Tenacious D poster

Tenacious D

TV · as Kyle 'KG' Gass · 6 eps

1996
Bio-Dome poster

Bio-Dome

Movie · as Tenacious D

1996
The Cable Guy poster

The Cable Guy

Movie · as Couch Potato

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Full Frontal Comedy poster

Full Frontal Comedy

TV · as self · 1 ep

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Lowell · 1 ep

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1990
Jacob's Ladder poster

Jacob's Ladder

Movie · as Tony

1990
Brain Dead poster

Brain Dead

Movie · as Anaesthetist

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Smoker · 1 ep

1984
MTV Video Music Awards poster

MTV Video Music Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Musical Guest, Self - Tenacious D, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep