Kyle Gass

• Name — Kyle Gass • Birth Name — Kyle Richard Gass • Alias — * KG • Kage • Rage Kage • Born — 14 July 1960 • Birthplace — Walnut Creek, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Musician • singer • songwriter • actor • comedian • Years Active — 1988–present • Instrument — * Guitar • vocals • Genre — * Comedy rock • heavy metal • hard rock • acoustic rock • Current Member Of — * Tenacious D • Trainwreck • Kyle Gass Band • Website — kylegass.com

• Illustration — Gass with the Kyle Gass Band at the Zelt-Musik-Festival 2017 in Freiburg, Germany Kyle Richard Gass was born in Walnut Creek, California on July 14, 1960. He has two brothers. At age 8, he learned to play guitar and flute and later made his first television appearance in an advertisement for 7UP. He attended Las Lomas High School, where he played flute with Greg Williams in the marching band and graduated in 1978. He studied acting at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, where he met Tim Robbins. In 1982, he joined Robbins' The Actors' Gang and in the early 1990s met and befriended Jack Black in the group.

Gass first appeared on-screen in a 1988 7-Up Gold commercial, and made his film debut two years later in the horror movie Brain Dead. He made cameo appearances in 1996 film Bio-Dome (alongside Jack Black), the Seinfeld episode "The Abstinence" in 1996, a 1999 episode of the television show Fear of a Punk Planet, and a 2003 season 9 episode of Friends, ("The One with the Mugging"), as Phoebe’s street friend Lowell. He appeared in music videos for Good Charlotte's 2002 song "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous", the Foo Fighters' 1999 song "Learn to Fly", and I Prevail's 2017 song "Already Dead". In 2017, Gass won the FilmQuest award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Apartment 212. Gass has played small roles in many of Black's films including Year One, Kung Fu Panda, Shallow Hal, Saving Silverman and The Cable Guy. He also starred with Black in the movie Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. Gass appeared in Jacob's Ladder (1990), appeared as the "couch potato" in The Cable Guy (1996), and as an inept author of children's books in the comedy Elf (2003). He had a cameo role as a singing karaoke cowboy in Wild Hogs (2007). In 2008 he played the porn director in Extreme Movie, Walrus Boy in Wieners, the dirty trucker in the men's room in Sex Drive, and Decatur Doublewide in Lower Learning.

In Tenacious D, Gass plays lead guitar and sings backing vocals, and also plays the role of Black's comic foil in most of their comedy routines. While appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 15, 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 13. Juilliard did not have a guitar program in 1973, but began its graduate level guitar program in 1989 under Sharon Isbin, and its undergraduate program in 2007. Earlier, in an article in the Sunday Times on October 29, 2006, Black stated that Gass was the youngest graduate of Juilliard. On May 13, 2008, Gass was a phone-in guest on the Adam Carolla Show. When Adam Carolla asked him "... And did you go to Juilliard?" Kyle replied "I didn't. I—you know, I made that up as a joke," he continued, "and I thought it would be hilarious, and then I've been hearing about it ever since. Apologies to Juilliard." In 2017, Gass performed the song "Penelope" for Amazon Music's "Love Me Not" compilation album. In 2021, Gass announced his first solo tour "Kyle Gass Must Save the World". However, it was later cancelled.

On July 16, 2024, Jack Black announced the cancellation of the ongoing Tenacious D Australian tour after Gass said, "Don't miss Trump next time," on stage two days earlier, referencing an at the time recent attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Gass made the comment after being presented with a birthday cake for his 64th birthday and was asked by Black to "make a wish". Two days later, Black said on social media that he was "blindsided" by Gass's comment, and that he would "never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form". Tenacious D canceled the remainder of their world tour, and Black said their "future creative plans are on hold". Gass apologized on social media, calling his comment "Highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake," that he did not condone violence "of any kind, in any form, against anyone," and described the shooting as a "tragedy". He was subsequently dropped by his longtime talent agent, Michael Greene. Gass deleted the apology two days later. At the premiere for the film Borderlands on August 6, Black said he and Gass remained friends and would return "when it feels right".

Gass starred in a web show, Guitarings, with John Konesky and currently hosts the Did We Do It podcast with Kevin Weisman. He has appeared as a contestant on the TV game show Sale of the Century.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — Seinfeld — Smoker — Episode: "The Abstinence" • 1997–2000 — Tenacious D — KG — All • 1999 — Fear of a Punk Planet — Fire Marshal • 2000 — Manhattan, AZ — Merv — Episode: "Lt. Colonel's Boy" • 2001–2002 — Undeclared — Eugene — Episode: "Eric Visits Again" and "Eric's POV" • 2001 — Space Ghost Coast to Coast — Himself — Episode: "Sweet for Brak" • 2002–2003 — Fillmore! — Mr. Collingwood (voice) — 2 episodes • 2002, 2006 — Saturday Night Live — Himself — 2 episodes • 2003 — Friends — Lowell — Episode: "The One with the Mugging" • Player$ — Himself — Episode: "Tenacious D a la Mode" • 2004 — Cracking Up — Naked Man — Episode: "Panic House" • Tom Goes to the Mayor — Trapper Kyle — Episode: "Beat Traps" • 2005 — Living with Fran — Rocker Dude — Episode: "The Concerts" • 2006 — The Jake Effect — Ceissner — Recurring • 2007 — The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show — Himself — Episode: "Break Up" • 2011 — FCU: Fact Checkers Unit — Himself — Episode: "Excessive Gass " • 2012 — Femme Fatales — Willoughby Flagler — Episode: "Gun Twisted" • 2013 — 2 Broke Girls — Buzz — Episode: "And the Extra Work" • Ghost Ghirls — Hawk Olsen — Episode: "Spirits of '76: Part 1 & 2" • 2014 — The Birthday Boys — John Allison — Episode: "Freshy's" • 2015 — Drunk History — Fred Eaton — Episode: "Los Angeles" • 2018 — Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Dario Moretti — Episode: "Jake & Amy" • Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto — KG • 2018–2019 — Speechless — Carl — 2 episodes • 2022 — Hacks — Axel — Episode "The Click" • 2025 — West Valley — Dyle's Dad — Pilot "One Way Ticket To Mars"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2009 — Brütal Legend — Kage the Kannonier — Also facial likeness

• Year — Video — Role — Label • 1999 — Learn to Fly (Foo Fighters) — Flight attendant — Roswell Records • 2001 — Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Good Charlotte) — Lawyer — Epic Records • 2017 — Already Dead (I Prevail) — Internet troll — Fearless Records

Kyle Gass was recorded at birth as Kyle Richard Gass. He also worked under the names KG and Kage. The authorities additionally record the heading Kage. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was atheism.

Kyle Gass is recorded as singer, singer-songwriter, actor, composer and screenwriter.