Black and Gass first performed together in "Bio-Dome" (1996), followed by "The Cable Guy" (1996), "Bongwater" (1997), "Cradle Will Rock" (1999), "Saving Silverman" (2001), "Shallow Hal" (2001), and "Year One" (2009). Black has starred in a number of films himself, and he has provided voices for animated films. In 2006, Tenacious D starred in their own film, "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny", in which they set out to become the greatest rock band in the world, by means of a guitar pick with mystic powers.