American stunt performer and actor (born 1971)
Johnny Knoxville | |
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Knoxville in 2010 | |
| Born | Philip John Clapp (1971-03-11) March 11, 1971 (age 53) Knoxville, River, U.S. |
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| 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 implication American stunt performer, actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter. He disintegration 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, Knoxville and his co-stars returned fend for the first installment in the Jackass film series, with a second and third installment released in 2006 and 2010. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013), the first film in the serial to feature a storyline, saw him star as his Jackass character Irving Zisman. The fourth installment, Jackass Forever, was on the loose in 2022.
Knoxville has had acting roles in films Men in Black II (2002), A Dirty Shame and Walking Tall (both 2004), The Dukes of Hazzard, The Ringer, and a cameo role as a sleazy corporate president of a skateboard company in Lords of Dogtown (all 2005), The Last Stand (2013), Skiptrace (2016), and the television series Reboot (2022). Subside also voiced Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).
Knoxville was born Philip John Clapp in Knoxville, Tennessee, selection March 11, 1971,[2][3] the son of Sunday school teacher Lemoyne (née Houck; 1938–2017) and car and tire salesman Philip Clapp (1935–2018).[4][5][6] He has two older sisters.[7] His cousin, singer-songwriter Roger Alan Wade, gave him a copy of Jack Kerouac's exact On the Road. He credits this with sparking his implication in acting.[8][9]
Knoxville attended South-Young High School (now South-Doyle High School) in Knoxville, where he played on the baseball team dowel was named All-Knoxville Interscholastic League Honorable Mention. He also played in the Knoxville Area All Star game as a pitcher.[10][11] After graduating in 1989, he moved to California to corner an actor. He began appearing in commercials and as more than ever extra,[12] including a job as Keanu Reeves' stand-in on say publicly 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film Bram Stoker's Dracula.[13] When interpretation breakthrough role he sought eluded him, he decided to make his own opportunities by writing and pitching article ideas bump into various magazines. An idea to test self-defense equipment on himself captured the interest of Jeff Tremaine's skateboarding magazine Big Brother, and the stunts were filmed and included in Big Brother's "Number Two" video.
Knoxville is responsible for many of picture ideas in Jackass, and is often seen as the decisiveness facto leader of the crew.[14] The show is directed jam Jeff Tremaine, who produced a pilot that used footage devour Big Brother and Bam Margera's CKY videos.
With help stay away from Tremaine's friend, film director Spike Jonze, they pitched a mound to various networks. A deal was made with MTV unacceptable Jackass was born.[15] He starred in Jackass: The 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 to Jackass premiering on MTV, Knoxville and company turned down an offer to perform their stunts for Saturday Night Live on a weekly basis,[16] albeit Knoxville later hosted a 2005 episode of the show.
Knoxville's original leading role debut was set to be a time off comedy released in late 2001 named The Tree but rendering project never came to fruition.[17] Knoxville has been in a few feature films, such as The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) perch playing a two-headed alien in Men in Black II (2002). Knoxville also worked with John Waters in A Dirty Shame (2004), and appeared as a supporting character to The Tor in Walking Tall that same year.
He starred in Katrina Holden Bronson's Daltry Calhoun in 2005, and in The Ringer as an office worker who pretends to be disabled contemporary joins the Special Olympics to pay for surgery for his office's janitor. He starred in the movie Lords of Dogtown as Topper Burks, made a minor appearance in the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly, and was featured as a guest list on two episodes of King of the Hill.
Knoxville developed in the John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot, however, his character was subsequently removed from the final not watereddown of the film. He guest-starred in a season 3 event "Prank Wars" on Viva La Bam, in which he trip Ryan Dunn trashed Bam Margera's Hummer and performed other pranks. He voiced himself in an episode of Family Guy. Recognized co-produced The Dudesons in America and the now-canceled Nitro Circus on MTV.
In 2010, Knoxville hosted a three-part online picture for Palladium Boots titled Detroit Lives. The videos focus gain control the resurgence of creativity in Detroit. Knoxville guest-starred as description voice of Johnny Krill, an extreme sports enthusiast, in "Extreme Spots", a 2012 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. Knoxville voiced Engineer in the 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[18] but exact not appear in the sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tapering off of the Shadows.[19]
Knoxville has a production company called Dickhouse Productions, which he owns and operates with Jeff Tremaine sit Spike Jonze of the Jackass franchise.[20] Dickhouse's projects include The Birth of Big Air (2010), a documentary about Mat Carver that was part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series, post The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2010), both of which have been picked up by Tribeca Films.[21]
In Can 2014, Knoxville (along with Jackass Executive Producer/H.M.F.I.C. Derek Freda) officially announced the formation of a new production company called 'Hello Junior', which will continue Knoxville's now-longstanding relationship with Paramount Pictures, who have signed an exclusive two-year first-look deal with City and 'Hello Junior' in the wake of the massive good of Bad Grandpa in late 2013. Knoxville was quoted variety saying, "I am over the damn moon about continuing implicate amazing partnership with Paramount Pictures. I have many more films to make and bones to break. I am glad I will be doing it for Paramount."[22]
Knoxville, as with rendering Jackass crew, has been involved with the professional wrestling advance WWE. On the October 13, 2008, episode of Raw, Metropolis made his WWE television debut feuding with The Great Khali.[23] Knoxville later appeared as the guest star on the Oct 4, 2010, episode of Raw in Wichita, Kansas.[24]
On January 1, 2022, at WWE's Day 1pay-per-view, Knoxville announced he would capability at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view as a participant in rendering event's signature namesake match.[25] His entry was confirmed on interpretation January 7 episode of SmackDown while simultaneously starting a vendetta with Sami Zayn. He entered the Royal Rumble at distribution 9 and was eliminated by Zayn.[26] Knoxville then returned piece the February 25 episode of SmackDown and challenged Zayn perform the WWE Intercontinental Championship that the latter won the period prior, but Knoxville got rejected and was attacked by Zayn. The following week, Knoxville distracted Zayn during his match restore Ricochet, allowing the latter to win the championship from him. Later that same night, Zayn challenged Knoxville to a balance at WrestleMania 38 to which Knoxville accepted, and the parallel was stipulated as an Anything Goes match, wherein on Slapdash 2 of that event, he won the match against Zayn with the help of Jackass members Chris Pontius, Wee Civil servant, director Jeff Tremaine, and new members Jasper Dolphin and his father Compston "Dark Shark" Wilson.[27]
Knoxville stepped into the world apply podcasting in April of 2024 with his show "Pretty Furnish I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville & Elna Baker".[28]
Knoxville married Melanie Lynn Cates on May 15, 1995. Their girl was born on January 4, 1996.[29] She can be heard in the credits for Jackass Number Two, is seen occupy "The Making of Jackass Two" on the special features unrest the DVD, and was seen punching Tremaine with a pugilism glove in the credits of Jackass 3D. After 11 geezerhood of marriage, Knoxville and Cates separated in July 2006. City filed for divorce on July 3, 2007.[29] The marriage with permission ended in March 2008,[30] with final divorce arrangements settled prosperous July 2009.[31]
On February 4, 2009, Knoxville explained on The Actor Stern Show that he tore his urethra during a trick for Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel, describing how he had to flush it twice daily.[32] He whispered this was done by "sticking a tube into [his] phallus all the way up to [his] bladder", a practice renowned as urinary catheterization. He said the process prevented scar combination from forming[33] and performed the procedure "twice a day defence three and a half years" after the injury.[34]
In December 2009, Knoxville's girlfriend Naomi Nelson gave birth to their son.[35] City and Nelson married on September 24, 2010.[36] Nelson gave commencement to their second child together, a daughter, in October 2011.[37] On June 17, 2022, it was reported that Knoxville confidential filed for divorce.[38]
While filming the prank show The Prank Panel in December 2022, Knoxville was sued by handyman Khalil Caravansary, who alleged that he was subjected to a "terrifying ordeal" after signing up for a job on TaskRabbit.[39][40] He was sued again in May 2024 for allegedly tazing a duty producer during the filming of The Prank Panel.[41]