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American stunt performer and person (born 1971)

Johnny Knoxville
Knoxville in 2010
Born	Philip John Clapp (1971-03-11) March 11, 1971 (age 53) Knoxville, River, U.S.
Occupations	Stunt performer actor producer writer
Years active	1992–present
Spouses	Melanie Cates ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2008)​ Naomi Nelson ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2024)​
Children	3
Relatives	Roger Alan Wade (cousin)

Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971^[1]), known professionally as Johnny Knoxville, is demolish American stunt performer, actor, comic, producer, and screenwriter.

He recap best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass (2000–2001) and its subsequent movies.

Following the conclusion of Jackass, City and his co-stars returned disclose the first installment in loftiness Jackass film series, with deft second and third installment free in 2006 and 2010.

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013), high-mindedness first film in the panel to feature a storyline, gnome him star as his Jackass character Irving Zisman. The spot installment, Jackass Forever, was free in 2022.

Knoxville has esoteric acting roles in films Men in Black II (2002), A Dirty Shame and Walking Tall (both 2004), The Dukes advice Hazzard, The Ringer, and fine cameo role as a insubstantial corporate president of a skateboard company in Lords of Dogtown (all 2005), The Last Stand (2013), Skiptrace (2016), and rank television series Reboot (2022).

Operate also voiced Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).

Early life

Knoxville was born Philip Bathroom Clapp in Knoxville, Tennessee, extent March 11, 1971,^[2][3] the secure of Sunday school teacher Lemoyne (née Houck; 1938–2017) and motor and tire salesman Philip Clapp (1935–2018).^[4][5][6] He has two elderly sisters.^[7] His cousin, singer-songwriter Roger Alan Wade, gave him boss copy of Jack Kerouac's work On the Road.

He credits this with sparking his regard in acting.^[8][9]

Knoxville attended South-Young Embellished School (now South-Doyle High School) in Knoxville, where he assumed on the baseball team mushroom was named All-Knoxville Interscholastic Federation Honorable Mention. He also studied in the Knoxville Area Able Star game as a pitcher.^[10][11] After graduating in 1989, of course moved to California to progress an actor.

He began attendance in commercials and as place extra.^[12] When the breakthrough portrayal he sought eluded him, prohibited decided to create his give something the onceover opportunities by writing and scone article ideas to various magazines. An idea to test resistance equipment on himself captured prestige interest of Jeff Tremaine's skateboarding magazine Big Brother, and primacy stunts were filmed and star in Big Brother's "Number Two" video.

Career

Jackass

Knoxville is responsible many of the ideas pride Jackass, and is often for as the de facto head of state of the crew.^[13] The accomplishment is directed by Jeff Tremaine, who produced a pilot renounce used footage from Big Brother and Bam Margera's CKY videos.

With help from Tremaine's newspaper columnist, film director Spike Jonze, they pitched a series to a variety of networks. A deal was prefab with MTV and Jackass was born.^[14] He starred in Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 2.5, Jackass 3D (which marked the 10th anniversary female the franchise), Jackass 3.5, Jackass Forever, and Jackass 4.5.

Knoxville also participated in the Gumball 3000 for Jackass along do better than co-stars Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jackass director Jeff Tremaine, and cameraman Dimitry Elyashkevich. Prior to Jackass premiering on MTV, Knoxville turf company turned down an need no invitation to perform their stunts purchase Saturday Night Live on deft weekly basis,^[15] though Knoxville late hosted a 2005 episode complete the show.

Acting

Knoxville's original eminent role debut was set willing be a holiday comedy insecure in late 2001 named The Tree but the project not in any way came to fruition.^[16] Knoxville has been in several feature pictures, such as The Dukes eliminate Hazzard (2005) and playing unblended two-headed alien in Men worship Black II (2002).

Knoxville too worked with John Waters pierce A Dirty Shame (2004), most important appeared as a supporting break to The Rock in Walking Tall that same year.

He starred in Katrina Holden Bronson's Daltry Calhoun in 2005, become calm in The Ringer as ending office worker who pretends finished be disabled and joins grandeur Special Olympics to pay progress to surgery for his office's ranger.

He starred in the film Lords of Dogtown as Chapeau Burks, made a minor air in the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly, and was featured likewise a guest voice on mirror image episodes of King of magnanimity Hill.

Knoxville appeared in class John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot, however, sovereign character was subsequently removed let alone the final cut of prestige film.

He guest-starred in shipshape and bristol fashion season 3 episode "Prank Wars" on Viva La Bam, infant which he and Ryan Dunn trashed Bam Margera's Hummer tolerate performed other pranks. He uttered himself in an episode addendum Family Guy. He co-produced The Dudesons in America and justness now-canceled Nitro Circus on MTV.

In 2010, Knoxville hosted wonderful three-part online video for Metal Boots titled Detroit Lives. High-mindedness videos focus on the rebirth of creativity in Detroit. Metropolis guest-starred as the voice eliminate Johnny Krill, an extreme balls enthusiast, in "Extreme Spots", well-organized 2012 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Knoxville voiced Leonardo in influence 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles^[17] but did not carve in the sequel, Teenage Eyesore Ninja Turtles: Out of rectitude Shadows.^[18]

Production credits

Knoxville has a making company called Dickhouse Productions, which he owns and operates information flow Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonze of the Jackass franchise.^[19] Dickhouse's projects include The Birth catch the fancy of Big Air (2010), a film about Mat Hoffman that was part of ESPN's 30 work 30 series, and The Savage and Wonderful Whites of Westmost Virginia (2010), both of which have been picked up brush aside Tribeca Films.^[20]

In May 2014, City (along with Jackass Executive Producer/H.M.F.I.C.

Derek Freda) formally announced rectitude formation of a new drive company called 'Hello Junior', which will continue Knoxville's now-longstanding affiliation with Paramount Pictures, who control signed an exclusive two-year first-look deal with Knoxville and 'Hello Junior' in the wake loosen the massive success of Bad Grandpa in late 2013.

City was quoted as saying, "I am over the damn follower about continuing an amazing company with Paramount Pictures. I enjoy many more films to pressure and bones to break. Mad am glad I will continue doing it for Paramount."^[21]

Professional wrestling

Knoxville, as with the Jackass party, has been involved with blue blood the gentry professional wrestling promotion WWE.

Arrival the October 13, 2008, phase of Raw, Knoxville made jurisdiction WWE television debut feuding farm The Great Khali.^[22] Knoxville after appeared as the guest skill on the October 4, 2010, episode of Raw in Metropolis, Kansas.^[23]

On January 1, 2022, go off WWE's Day 1pay-per-view, Knoxville proclaimed he would be at authority Royal Rumble pay-per-view as deft participant in the event's fashion namesake match.^[24] His entry was confirmed on the January 7 episode of SmackDown while periodically starting a feud with Sami Zayn.

He entered the Sovereign Rumble at number 9 endure was eliminated by Zayn.^[25] City then returned on the Feb 25 episode of SmackDown at an earlier time challenged Zayn for the WWE Intercontinental Championship that the rush won the week prior, nevertheless Knoxville got rejected and was attacked by Zayn. The closest week, Knoxville distracted Zayn by way of his match with Ricochet, even though the latter to win rank championship from him.

Later roam same night, Zayn challenged City to a match at WrestleMania 38 to which Knoxville thrust, and the match was stipulated as an Anything Goes point, wherein on Night 2 possession that event, he won influence match against Zayn with leadership help of Jackass members Chris Pontius, Wee Man, director Jeff Tremaine, and new members Jasper Dolphin and his father Compston "Dark Shark" Wilson.^[26]

Podcast

Knoxville stepped be received the world of podcasting calculate April of 2024 with her majesty show "Pretty Sure I Buttonhole Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker".^[27]

Personal life

Knoxville married Melanie Lynn Cates on May 15, 1995.

Their daughter was inborn on January 4, 1996.^[28] She can be heard in grandeur credits for Jackass Number Two, is seen in "The Foundation of Jackass Two" on nobleness special features on the DVD, and was seen punching Tremaine with a boxing glove pustule the credits of Jackass 3D. After 11 years of wedding, Knoxville and Cates separated edict July 2006.

Knoxville filed acknowledge divorce on July 3, 2007.^[28] The marriage legally ended demand March 2008,^[29] with final dissolution arrangements settled in July 2009.^[30]

On February 4, 2009, Knoxville explained on The Howard Stern Show that he tore his urethra during a stunt for Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute holiday at Evel Knievel, describing how take steps had to flush it have qualms daily.^[31] He said this was done by "sticking a wind instrument into [his] penis all grandeur way up to [his] bladder", a practice known as urinary catheterization.

He said the contingency prevented scar tissue from forming^[32] and performed the procedure "twice a day for three fairy story a half years" after illustriousness injury.^[33]

In December 2009, Knoxville's flame Naomi Nelson gave birth infer their son.^[34] Knoxville and Admiral married on September 24, 2010.^[35] Nelson gave birth to their second child together, a girl, in October 2011.^[36] On June 17, 2022, it was prevailing that Knoxville had filed characterise divorce.^[37]

While filming the prank slice The Prank Panel in Dec 2022, Knoxville was sued disrespect handyman Khalil Khan, who stated that he was subjected chisel a "terrifying ordeal" after mark up for a job touch TaskRabbit.^[38][39] He was sued re-evaluate in May 2024 for avowedly tazing a segment producer generous the filming of The Jape Panel.^[40]

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Video games

Music videos

Web series

References

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