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Kyle Richard Gass, better known as KG or Kage, is an American actor, singer, songwriter and a rock musician. He has an estimated net worth of $3 million. He is best known for being a member of the band Trainwreck and Tenacious D.
Kyle plays the lead guitar and sings backup vocals. He is also the godfather of the son of Jack Black, his longtime friend and other members of the American comedy rock duo. Mr. Gass was born on July 14, 1960, in Walnut Creek, California. Like his music career, his acting career started off at an early age too. He met Tim Robbins who recruited him to the Actor’s Gang. Kyle graduated in 1986 from the UCLA. Kyle met Jack Black at the Actor’s Gang when he was just 16.
Kyle taught Jack Black how to play the strings of a guitar and soon they formed the band Tenacious D. His television career includes several episodes of Fear of a Punk Planet, Good Charlotte and Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous. In 1999, he appeared in Foo Fighters video Learn to Fly along with Black. They were playing the role of a hapless mechanic.
Gass has appeared in the comedy Elf where he played the role of a children’s book author. He did a cameo in the Seinfeld episode The Abstinence directed by Michael Richards. Gass has been a part of Jack’s movies. He was part of Kung Fu Panda, Shallow Hall, Saving Silverman, The Cable Guy, and more. He also appeared in Jacob’s Ladder. Gass have appeared in Friends for 9 episodes too. He starred along with Jack Black in the movie Tenacious D the Pick of the Destiny.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
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2012 |
Others |
Sales of the video Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! as Lester |
$14,170,000 |
|
2012 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Rize of the Fenix with the American comedy rock band Tenacious D (approximately 113 thousand copies sold) |
$146,900 |
|
2009 |
Others |
Sales of the video Year One as Zaftig the Eunuch |
$19,280,000 |
|
2009 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Year One as Zaftig the Eunuch |
$62,360,000 |
|
2008 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Kung Fu Panda as KG Shaw and Sex Drive as Trucker |
$159,170,000 |
|
2007 |
Others |
Sales of the video Wild Hogs as the Lead Singer |
$92,890,000 |
|
2007 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Wild Hogs as the Lead Singer |
$253,630,000 |
|
2007 |
Others |
Sales of the video Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Kyle "Kage/KG" Gass |
$10,030,000 |
|
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Kyle "Kage/KG" Gass |
$13,910,000 |
|
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Kung Fu Panda as KG Shaw, Sex Drive as Trucker, Extreme Movie as the Director and box office sales of the movie Lower Learning as Decatur Doublewide |
$650,750,000 |
|
2003 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Elf as Eugene |
$220,440,000 |
|
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The New Guy as Mr. Luberoff |
$31,170,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Tenacious D with the American comedy rock band Tenacious D (approximately 1,607,500 copies sold) |
$2,090,000 |
|
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Saving Silverman as a Bar Dude, Evolution as Officer Drake and Shallow Hal as Artie |
$265,540,000 |
|
2000 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Almost Famous as Quince Allen |
$47,380,000 |
|
1999 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Idle Hands as Burger Jungle Guy and Cradle Will Rock as Larry |
$7,050,000 |
|
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Cable Guy as a Couch Potato and box office sales of the movie Bio-Dome as KG |
$116,260,000 |
|
1990 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Brain Dead as an Anaesthetist and Jacob's Ladder as Tony |
$27,750,000 |