Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-07-14 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Walnut Creek, California, USA

Also Known As

کایل گاس

Kyle Gass

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

7.3%

Kung Fu Panda

Jun 4, 2008

8.4%

Friends

Sep 22, 1994

6.7%

Elf

Nov 7, 2003

8.2%

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Sep 17, 2013

6.2%

Shallow Hal

Nov 1, 2001

7.5%

Almost Famous

Sep 15, 2000

6.0%

The Cable Guy

Jun 10, 1996

6.0%

Wild Hogs

Mar 2, 2007

6.1%

Evolution

Jun 8, 2001

8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

5.0%

Year One

Jun 18, 2009

7.4%

Jacob's Ladder

Nov 2, 1990

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Acting

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The Sound as Bill

2024

Dear Santa as Science Teacher

2023		Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring as Self
2023		Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 as Self
2023		Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour as KG

2022

Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center as Self

2021

Hacks as Axel

2017

Gnaw as Terry Lumley

2016		Speechless as Carl
2016		Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self

2015		The Book of Fire as Sal
2015		Hot Ones as Self

2013		The Birthday Boys
2013		Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Dario Moretti

2012		Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 as Lester
2012		The Roadie as KG
2012		High Road as Winter Wierdo

2011		2 Broke Girls as Buzz
2011		Conan O'Brien Can't Stop as Self
2011		Femme Fatales as Willoughby Flagler

2010		Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 as Self
2010		Barry Munday as Jerry Sherman

2009

Year One as Zaftig the Eunuch

2008		Extreme Movie as Director
2008		Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 as Self
2008		Sex Drive as Trucker
2008		Lower Learning as Decatur Doublewide
2008		VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
2008		Dead and Gone as Reverend Grass
2008		Kung Fu Panda as KG Shaw (voice)
2008		Wieners as Walrus Boy
2008		D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary as Self

2007		Wild Hogs as Kyle
2007		The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' as Self
2007		The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show

2006		Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as KG
2006		Tenacious D: Time Fixers as KG
2006		The Jake Effect as Ceissner
2006		Coachella as Self (Interviewee)
2006		Tenacious D: For the Ladies as KG

2005		Cake Boy as Nathan
2005		Living with Fran
2005		The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self

2004		Tom Goes to the Mayor as Trapper Kyle (voice)
2004		Cracking Up as Naked Man

2003		Elf as Eugene
2003		Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks as Self
2003		Tenacious D: In the Studio as Self

2002		Tenacious D: Live in London as Self
2002		Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks
2002		Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale as KG
2002		Fillmore! as Mr. Collingwood (voice)
2002		American Idol as Self
2002		The New Guy as Mr. Luberoff
2002		Tenacious D: Butt Baby as KG
2002		Fear of a Punk Planet as Fire Marshal Lyle

2001		Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
2001		Shallow Hal as Artie
2001		Undeclared as Eugene
2001		Tenacious D: JB's BJ as KG
2001		Evolution as Officer Drake
2001		The Zeros as Reed / David
2001		That Darn Punk as Mr. Jailbait
2001		Saving Silverman as Bar Dude

2000

Almost Famous as Quince Allen (uncredited)

1999		Cradle Will Rock as Larry
1999		Idle Hands as Burger Jungle Guy

1998

Bongwater as Guitar Player

1997

Tenacious D as Kyle 'KG' Gass

1996		The Daily Show as Self
1996		The Cable Guy as Couch Potato
1996		Bio-Dome as Tenacious D

1994		Friends as Lowell
1994		Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

1990		Jacob's Ladder as Tony
1990		Brain Dead as Anaesthetist

1989

Seinfeld as Smoker

1984

MTV Video Music Awards as Self

1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Creator

1997

Tenacious D as Creator

Production

2007

The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' as Producer

2006

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Producer

1997

Tenacious D as Producer

Sound

2006		Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Songs
2006		Tenacious D: Time Fixers as Music

Writing

2012

The Roadie as Writer

2006

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Writer

2002		Tenacious D: Rock Star Sperm for Sale as Writer
2002		Tenacious D: Butt Baby as Writer

2001

Tenacious D: JB's BJ as Writer

1997

Tenacious D as Writer