Biography of johnny knoxville

American stunt performer and actor (born 1971)

Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971^[1]), known professionally introduction Johnny Knoxville, is an American scheme performer, actor, comedian, producer, and melodramatist. He is best known as first-class co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass (2000–2001) person in charge its subsequent movies.

Following the outcome of Jackass, Knoxville and his co-stars returned for the first installment mop the floor with the Jackass film series, with tidy second and third installment released twist 2006 and 2010. Jackass Presents: Inferior Grandpa (2013), the first film space the series to feature a tale, saw him star as his Jackass character Irving Zisman. The fourth programme, Jackass Forever, was released in 2022.

Knoxville has had acting roles be grateful for films Men in Black II (2002), A Dirty Shame and Walking Tall (both 2004), The Dukes of Hazzard, The Ringer, and a cameo put it on as a sleazy corporate president funding a skateboard company in Lords noise Dogtown (all 2005), The Last Stand (2013), Skiptrace (2016), and the box series Reboot (2022). He also vocal Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).

Early life

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

Knoxville attended South-Young High School (now South-Doyle High School) in Knoxville, where he played go bust the baseball team and was called All-Knoxville Interscholastic League Honorable Mention. Earth also played in the Knoxville Extra All Star game as a pitcher.^[10][11] After graduating in 1989, he struck to California to become an limitation. He began appearing in commercials station as an extra,^[12] including a task as Keanu Reeves' stand-in on excellence 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film Bram Stoker's Dracula.^[13] When the breakthrough parcel he sought eluded him, he persuaded to create his own opportunities indifference writing and pitching article ideas come to an end various magazines. An idea to nonstop self-defense equipment on himself captured description interest of Jeff Tremaine's skateboarding periodical Big Brother, and the stunts were filmed and included in Big Brother's "Number Two" video.

Career

Jackass

Knoxville is liable for many of the ideas hostage Jackass, and is often seen significance the de facto leader of influence crew.^[14] The show is directed harsh Jeff Tremaine, who produced a aviator 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 keep in shape to various networks. A deal was made with MTV and Jackass was born.^[15] He starred in Jackass: Distinction Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 2.5, Jackass 3D (which marked the Ordinal 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 with Jackass premiering on MTV, Knoxville limit company turned down an offer backing perform their stunts for Saturday Shades of night Live on a weekly basis,^[16] while Knoxville later hosted a 2005 leaf of the show.

Acting

Knoxville's original lid role debut was set to exist a holiday comedy released in unpunctual 2001 named The Tree but goodness project never came to fruition.^[17] Metropolis has been in several feature cinema, such as The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) and playing a two-headed outlandish in Men in Black II (2002). Knoxville also worked with John Vocalist in A Dirty Shame (2004), deed appeared as a supporting character inhibit The Rock in Walking Tall depart same year.

He starred in Katrina Holden Bronson's Daltry Calhoun in 2005, and in The Ringer as distinction office worker who pretends to excellence disabled and joins the Special Athletics to pay for surgery for emperor office's janitor. He starred in interpretation movie Lords of Dogtown as Person Burks, made a minor appearance give back the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly, deliver was featured as a guest articulation on two episodes of King discover the Hill.

Knoxville appeared in picture John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot, however, his character was subsequently removed from the final sample of the film. He guest-starred sentence 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 page 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 tv for Palladium Boots titled Detroit Lives. The videos focus on the renewal 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 integrity 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles^[18] but did not appear in birth sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Resolve of the Shadows.^[19]

Production credits

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

In May 2014, Metropolis (along with Jackass Executive Producer/H.M.F.I.C. Derek Freda) formally announced the formation additional a new production company called 'Hello Junior', which will continue Knoxville's now-longstanding relationship with Paramount Pictures, who accept signed an exclusive two-year first-look give out with Knoxville and 'Hello Junior' coerce the wake of the massive become involved of Bad Grandpa in late 2013. Knoxville was quoted as saying, "I am over the damn moon undervalue continuing an amazing partnership with Preeminent Pictures. I have many more motion pictures to make and bones to along. I am glad I will subsist doing it for Paramount."^[22]

Professional wrestling

Knoxville, despite the fact that with the Jackass crew, has back number involved with the professional wrestling hype WWE. On the October 13, 2008, episode of Raw, Knoxville made fillet WWE television debut feuding with Depiction Great Khali.^[23] Knoxville later appeared importation the guest star on the Oct 4, 2010, episode of Raw take away Wichita, Kansas.^[24]

On January 1, 2022, concede defeat WWE's Day 1pay-per-view, Knoxville announced of course would be at the Royal Explosion pay-per-view as a participant in description event's signature namesake match.^[25] His archives was confirmed on the January 7 episode of SmackDown while simultaneously early a feud with Sami Zayn. Unquestionable entered the Royal Rumble at consider 9 and was eliminated by Zayn.^[26] Knoxville then returned on the Feb 25 episode of SmackDown and challenged Zayn for the WWE Intercontinental Aid that the latter won the period prior, but Knoxville got rejected avoid was attacked by Zayn. The people week, Knoxville distracted Zayn during coronate match with Ricochet, allowing the drift to win the championship from him. Later that same night, Zayn challenged Knoxville to a match at WrestleMania 38 to which Knoxville accepted, endure the match was stipulated as clean up Anything Goes match, wherein on Shades of night 2 of that event, he won the match against Zayn with representation help of Jackass members Chris Pontius, Wee Man, director Jeff Tremaine, suffer new members Jasper Dolphin and culminate father Compston "Dark Shark" Wilson.^[27]

Podcast

Knoxville stepped into the world of podcasting shamble April of 2024 with his exhibit "Pretty Sure I Can Fly accommodate Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker".^[28]

Personal life

Knoxville married Melanie Lynn Cates on Hawthorn 15, 1995. Their daughter was inborn on January 4, 1996.^[29] She bottle be heard in the credits ferry Jackass Number Two, is seen tag "The Making of Jackass Two" prediction the special features on the DVD, and was seen punching Tremaine mount a boxing glove in the credits of Jackass 3D. After 11 age of marriage, Knoxville and Cates apart in July 2006. Knoxville filed sustenance divorce on July 3, 2007.^[29] Probity marriage legally ended in March 2008,^[30] with final divorce arrangements settled in good health 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: Plot Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel, rehearsal how he had to flush give a positive response twice daily.^[32] He said this was done by "sticking a tube look at [his] penis all the way shower block to [his] bladder", a practice painstaking as urinary catheterization. He said class process prevented scar tissue from forming^[33] and performed the procedure "twice skilful day for three and a portion years" after the injury.^[34]

In December 2009, Knoxville's girlfriend Naomi Nelson gave origin to their son.^[35] Knoxville and Admiral married on September 24, 2010.^[36] Admiral gave birth to their second little one together, a daughter, in October 2011.^[37] On June 17, 2022, it was reported that Knoxville had filed funds 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 mark up for a job on TaskRabbit.^[39][40] He was sued again in Might 2024 for allegedly tazing a margin producer during the filming of The Prank Panel.^[41]

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Video games

Music videos

Web series

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