Jack White (born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975 in Detroit) is an American rock musician, producer, and actor, best known as leader of the rock duo The White Stripes.

White's initial professional music experience came in the early 1990s as a drummer in the Detroit country-punk band Goober and the Peas. Upon forming the White Stripes with his ex-wife Meg White, Jack White switched to guitar and vocal duties while Meg took over on the drums. First Jack had to teach Meg how to play the drums. Jack and Meg White were for a time rumoured to be brother and sister, and did little to set the record straight finding the mystery to be good publicity. More recently they have publicly acknowledged the true nature of their relationship.

White is also known for his eccentric behaviour, hobbies and passions; he collects stuffed animal heads taxidermy, claiming they make him think about life and judging things; the band dresses only in red-white-black, the three basic and most important colours, according to their conception on simple beauty. He no longer prepares set lists for his band's shows, for they believe it would ruin the whole natural feeling of their performance by planning it too accurately. White also has an obsession for the number three and all that it represents.

The critical and popular success of the White Stripes opened up new opportunities for White; in 2003 he was well-received in a featured role in the film Cold Mountain and performed several songs in traditional acoustic style for the soundtrack of that film. He appeared, with Meg, in one of the shorts comprising the Jim Jarmusch directed 2003 film, Coffee and Cigarettes. Following this, White produced Loretta Lynn's highly acclaimed 2004 album Van Lear Rose, singing with her on the duet.

On December 13, 2003, White was involved in an altercation at a Detroit club with Jason Stollsteimer, lead singer of another band, the Von Bondies, and was arrested and charged with misdemeanor aggravated assault. He pleaded guilty, and was fined $500 in court costs and sentenced to take anger management courses.

To much surprise, Jack White unexpectedly married Karen Elson (who appeared in the video for the White Stripes song Blue Orchid) on June 1, 2005 in Manuas, Brazil, with manager Ian Montone as best man and Meg White as the maid of honour.

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