Jack Kirby

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-08-28 (77 years old)

Deathday

1994-02-06

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Jack Kirby

Biography

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learnt to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of ...

Acting

2017

Kirby at War: La Guerre De Kirby

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Stan Lee

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2001

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

as Himself (archive footage)

-

Kirbyvision

as Self (archive footage)

Production

2003

Hulk

as Characters

2012

The Avengers

as Characters

2017

Justice League

as Characters

1990

Captain America

as Characters

2006

Ultimate Avengers 2

as Characters

2011

2011

Thor

as Draughtsman

2011

Thor

as Character Designer

2011

Thor

as Original Series Design

2023

Blue Beetle

as Thanks

2000

X-Men

as Thanks

2019

Dark Phoenix

as Thanks

1944

Captain America

as Characters

2021

Black Widow

as Thanks

2015

Fantastic Four

as Characters

2018

2015

2012

The Avengers

as Comic Book

2015

2011

Thor

as Comic Book

2013

2011

Thor

as Thanks

2022

2019

Avengers: Endgame

as Characters

2022

Groot's First Steps

as Characters

2021

Eternals

as Comic Book

2019

2007

2010

Planet Hulk

as Characters

2015

Ant-Man

as Comic Book

2008

Iron Man

as Comic Book

2010

Iron Man 2

as Comic Book

2013

Iron Man 3

as Comic Book

2008

The Incredible Hulk

as Comic Book

2018

Black Panther

as Comic Book

2005

Fantastic Four

as Comic Book

2018

1979

Captain America

as Characters

2019

Avengers: Endgame

as Comic Book

2022

Black Adam

as Characters

2017

2019

Captain Marvel

as Characters

2017

Thor: Ragnarok

as Comic Book

2019

2020

2017

Justice League Dark

as Characters

2016

Team Thor

as Characters

-

Untitled X-Men Film

as Characters

2014

2018

2019

2026

Avengers: Doomsday

as Characters

1994

The Fantastic Four

as Comic Book

2027

1977

The Incredible Hulk

as Characters

2017

Team Thor: Part 2

as Characters

2024

-

Black Panther 3

as Characters

2025

Thunderbolts*

as Characters

-

Spider-Man

as Writer

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