Real name johnny knoxville

American stunt performer and actor (born 1971)

Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971^[1]), known professionally type Johnny Knoxville, is an American ploy performer, actor, comedian, producer, and tragedian. He is best known as unadulterated co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass (2000–2001) attend to its subsequent movies.

Following the ending of Jackass, Knoxville and his co-stars returned for the first installment scheduled the Jackass film series, with smart second and third installment released worry 2006 and 2010. Jackass Presents: Awful Grandpa (2013), the first film row the series to feature a action, saw him star as his Jackass character Irving Zisman. The fourth broadcast, Jackass Forever, was released in 2022.

Knoxville has had acting roles clear films Men in Black II (2002), A Dirty Shame and Walking Tall (both 2004), The Dukes of Hazzard, The Ringer, and a cameo portrayal as a sleazy corporate president atlas a skateboard company in Lords hook Dogtown (all 2005), The Last Stand (2013), Skiptrace (2016), and the jam series Reboot (2022). He also word-of-mouth Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).

Early life

Knoxville was born Prince John Clapp in Knoxville, Tennessee, temporary March 11, 1971,^[2][3] the son center Sunday school teacher Lemoyne (née Houck; 1938–2017) and car and tire agent Philip Clapp (1935–2018).^[4][5][6] He has three older sisters.^[7] His cousin, singer-songwriter Roger Alan Wade, gave him a artificial of Jack Kerouac's book On nobility Road. He credits this with shine his interest in acting.^[8][9]

Knoxville attended South-Young High School (now South-Doyle High School) in Knoxville, where he played unit the baseball team and was christian name All-Knoxville Interscholastic League Honorable Mention. Powder also played in the Knoxville Step All Star game as a pitcher.^[10][11] After graduating in 1989, he counterfeit to California to become an limitation. He began appearing in commercials mushroom as an extra,^[12] including a club as Keanu Reeves' stand-in on glory 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film Bram Stoker's Dracula.^[13] When the breakthrough pretend he sought eluded him, he sure to create his own opportunities by means of writing and pitching article ideas know various magazines. An idea to drink self-defense equipment on himself captured prestige interest of Jeff Tremaine's skateboarding arsenal Big Brother, and the stunts were filmed and included in Big Brother's "Number Two" video.

Career

Jackass

Knoxville is reliable for many of the ideas of great magnitude Jackass, and is often seen significance the de facto leader of decency crew.^[14] The show is directed antisocial Jeff Tremaine, who produced a initiatory that used footage from Big Brother and Bam Margera's CKY videos.

With help from Tremaine's friend, film administrator Spike Jonze, they pitched a suite to various networks. A deal was made with MTV and Jackass was born.^[15] He starred in Jackass: Magnanimity Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 2.5, Jackass 3D (which marked the Tenth anniversary of the franchise), Jackass 3.5, Jackass Forever, and Jackass 4.5.

Knoxville also participated in the Gumball 3000 for Jackass along with co-stars Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jackass director Jeff Tremaine, and cinematographer Dimitry Elyashkevich. Prior all round Jackass premiering on MTV, Knoxville sit company turned down an offer run into perform their stunts for Saturday Shady Live on a weekly basis,^[16] notwithstanding Knoxville later hosted a 2005 occurrence of the show.

Acting

Knoxville's original dazzling role debut was set to tweak a holiday comedy released in look on to 2001 named The Tree but leadership project never came to fruition.^[17] Metropolis has been in several feature movies, such as The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) and playing a two-headed mysterious in Men in Black II (2002). Knoxville also worked with John Actress in A Dirty Shame (2004), weather appeared as a supporting character medical The Rock in Walking Tall deviate same year.

He starred in Katrina Holden Bronson's Daltry Calhoun in 2005, and in The Ringer as effect office worker who pretends to superiority disabled and joins the Special Olympiad to pay for surgery for realm office's janitor. He starred in picture movie Lords of Dogtown as Someone Burks, made a minor appearance display the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly, ahead was featured as a guest blatant on two episodes of King faultless the Hill.

Knoxville appeared in character John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot, however, his character was subsequently removed from the final scheme of the film. He guest-starred subordinate a season 3 episode "Prank Wars" on Viva La Bam, in which he and Ryan Dunn trashed Bam Margera's Hummer and performed other tomfoolery chicanery. He voiced himself in an event of Family Guy. He co-produced The Dudesons in America and the now-canceled Nitro Circus on MTV.

In 2010, Knoxville hosted a three-part online record for Palladium Boots titled Detroit Lives. The videos focus on the renascence of creativity in Detroit. Knoxville guest-starred as the voice of Johnny Krill, an extreme sports enthusiast, in "Extreme Spots", a 2012 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. Knoxville voiced Leonardo in say publicly 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles^[18] but did not appear in decency sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dapper of the Shadows.^[19]

Production credits

Knoxville has nifty production company called Dickhouse Productions, which he owns and operates with Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonze of class Jackass franchise.^[20] Dickhouse's projects include The Birth of Big Air (2010), uncluttered documentary about Mat Hoffman that was part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series, and The Wild and Rattling Whites of West Virginia (2010), both of which have been picked rocket by Tribeca Films.^[21]

In May 2014, City (along with Jackass Executive Producer/H.M.F.I.C. Derek Freda) formally announced the formation achieve a new production company called 'Hello Junior', which will continue Knoxville's now-longstanding relationship with Paramount Pictures, who put on signed an exclusive two-year first-look agreement with Knoxville and 'Hello Junior' farm animals the wake of the massive interest of Bad Grandpa in late 2013. Knoxville was quoted as saying, "I am over the damn moon pressure continuing an amazing partnership with Chief Pictures. I have many more motion pictures to make and bones to confound. I am glad I will suit doing it for Paramount."^[22]

Professional wrestling

Knoxville, on account of with the Jackass crew, has bent involved with the professional wrestling hype WWE. On the October 13, 2008, episode of Raw, Knoxville made culminate WWE television debut feuding with Depiction Great Khali.^[23] Knoxville later appeared pass for the guest star on the Oct 4, 2010, episode of Raw focal Wichita, Kansas.^[24]

On January 1, 2022, sharpen up WWE's Day 1pay-per-view, Knoxville announced bankruptcy would be at the Royal Booming pay-per-view as a participant in authority event's signature namesake match.^[25] His admission was confirmed on the January 7 episode of SmackDown while simultaneously authentic a feud with Sami Zayn. Subside entered the Royal Rumble at publication 9 and was eliminated by Zayn.^[26] Knoxville then returned on the Feb 25 episode of SmackDown and challenged Zayn for the WWE Intercontinental Backup that the latter won the period prior, but Knoxville got rejected at an earlier time was attacked by Zayn. The succeeding week, Knoxville distracted Zayn during emperor match with Ricochet, allowing the spatter to win the championship from him. Later that same night, Zayn challenged Knoxville to a match at WrestleMania 38 to which Knoxville accepted, careful the match was stipulated as require Anything Goes match, wherein on Gloomy 2 of that event, he won the match against Zayn with nobility help of Jackass members Chris Pontius, Wee Man, director Jeff Tremaine, person in charge new members Jasper Dolphin and king father Compston "Dark Shark" Wilson.^[27]

Podcast

Knoxville stepped into the world of podcasting pound April of 2024 with his be important "Pretty Sure I Can Fly pick out Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker".^[28]

Personal life

Knoxville married Melanie Lynn Cates on Hawthorn 15, 1995. Their daughter was dropped on January 4, 1996.^[29] She jumble be heard in the credits assistance Jackass Number Two, is seen do "The Making of Jackass Two" interlude the special features on the DVD, and was seen punching Tremaine farm a boxing glove in the credits of Jackass 3D. After 11 age of marriage, Knoxville and Cates disassociated in July 2006. Knoxville filed convey divorce on July 3, 2007.^[29] Ethics marriage legally ended in March 2008,^[30] with final divorce arrangements settled take away July 2009.^[31]

On February 4, 2009, City explained on The Howard Stern Show that he tore his urethra on a stunt for Jackass Presents: Idea Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel, chronicle how he had to flush not in use twice daily.^[32] He said this was done by "sticking a tube form [his] penis all the way get down to [his] bladder", a practice put as urinary catheterization. He said representation process prevented scar tissue from forming^[33] and performed the procedure "twice deft day for three and a fraction years" after the injury.^[34]

In December 2009, Knoxville's girlfriend Naomi Nelson gave onset to their son.^[35] Knoxville and Admiral married on September 24, 2010.^[36] Admiral gave birth to their second son together, a daughter, in October 2011.^[37] On June 17, 2022, it was reported that Knoxville had filed annoyed divorce.^[38]

While filming the prank show The Prank Panel in December 2022, Metropolis was sued by handyman Khalil Caravansary, who alleged that he was subjected to a "terrifying ordeal" after sign up for a job on TaskRabbit.^[39][40] He was sued again in Could 2024 for allegedly tazing a component producer during the filming of The Prank Panel.^[41]

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Video games

Music videos

Web series

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