Jack Black elopes

King Kong star Jack Black has eloped with his girlfriend Tanya Haden.

The couple first met while they were attending a private performing arts high school in Santa Monica, California, but were not romantically involved.

According to the bride's father, jazz bassist Charlie Haden: "They love each other very much. We're thrilled."

Haden, like her famous father, is a musician and played cello in the Haden Triplets with her sisters, Rachel and Peta, who are, in fact, triplets.

The bride's sister, Peta, recently released the acclaimed a cappella cover album 'The Who sell out'.

The couple began dating when they bumped into each other last April at a mutual friend's birthday party where, Black's two-man band Tenacious D was performing.

Black says of the initial meeting, "Tanya was there. I got really nervous and I talked to her...and it's been great. I'm really crazy about her."

The actor reportedly proposed to Haden just after Christmas, presenting her with a $220,000 ring from celebrity jeweller Neil Lane.

Prior to his surprise nuptials, Black had been linked with writer and comic Laura Kightlinger since 1997.