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American musician

Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960, in Castro Valley, California) is an American musician, singer and actor, best known for co founding—and being a member of—Tenacious D, a Grammy winning comedy band. He is also a member of Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band.

Kyle Richard Gass was born in Walnut Creek, California on July 14, 1960, and he has two brothers.

Gass first appeared on screen in a 1988 7up Gold commercial, and made his film debut two years later in Brain Dead. He made a cameo appearance in the Seinfeld episode "The Abstinence" in 1996, in a 1999 episode of the television show Fear of a Punk Planet, and in a 2003 episode of Friends, "The One With The Mugging" (S9 E15), 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". Gass has played small roles in many of Jack Black's films (Year One, Kung Fu Panda, Shallow Hal, Saving Silverman, The Cable Guy, etc.). He starred with Jack 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.

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 1990 Brain Dead Anaesthetist Jacob's Ladder Tony 1993 Mike the Detective Phil 1995 The Barefoot Executive Joe 1996 Bio Dome KG The Cable Guy Couch Potato 1997 Bongwater Guitarist 1999 Idle Hands Burger Jungle Guy Cradle Will Rock Larry 2000 Almost Famous Quince Allen 2001 Saving Silverman Bar Dude The Zeros Reed / David Evolution Officer Drake Shallow Hal Artie 2002 The New Guy Mr. Luberoff 2003 Elf Eugene 2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny KG 2007 Wild Hogs Lead Singer Monkeys Uncredited 2008 Kung Fu Panda KG Shaw (voice) Wieners Walrus Boy Dead and Gone Reverend Grass Lower Learning Decatur Doublewide Sex Drive Trucker Extreme Movie Director 2009 Year One Zaftig the Eunuch 2010 Barry Munday Jerry Sherman 2011 High Road Winter Weirdo 2012 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! Lester 2014 Book of Fire Sal 2015 Circus Circus 2017 Gnaw (Apartment 212) Terry