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Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971),[1][2] best known professionally as Johnny Knoxville, is an American stunt performer, professional wrestler, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass, which aired for three seasons from 2000 to 2001. A year later, Knoxville and his co-stars returned for the first installment in the Jackass film series, with a second and third installment being released in 2006 and 2010, respectively. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013), the first film in the series with a storyline, saw him star as his Jackass character Irving Zisman. Jackass Forever was released in 2022. Jackass 4.5 (2022) is said to be his final installment of the Jackass franchise.[3]

Johnny Knoxville
Knoxville at the Jackass 3D premiere in Berlin, October 2010
Born	Philip John Clapp (1971-03-11) March 11, 1971 (age 51) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Education	South-Doyle High School
Occupation	Stunt performer actor producer screenwriter
Years active	1992–present
Notable work	Jackass
Spouse(s)	Melanie Cates ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2008)​ Naomi Nelson ​ ​ (m. 2010; sep. 2021)​
Children	3
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Johnny Knoxville
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight	181 lb (82 kg)
Debut	2008 2022 (in ring)
Website	johnnyknoxville.com

Knoxville has had acting roles in films such as 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). He also voiced Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).

Early life

Knoxville was born Philip John Clapp ("P.J.") in Knoxville, Tennessee.[2] His father, Philip (1935–2018), was a tire and car salesman, and his mother, Lemoyne Clapp (née Houck; 1938–2017), taught Sunday school.[4][5][6] He has two older sisters.[7]

Knoxville credits a copy of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, given to him by his cousin, singer-songwriter Roger Alan Wade, with giving him the acting bug.[8][9]

Knoxville attended South-Doyle High School in Knoxville. While in high school, he played on the baseball team where he was named All-Knoxville Interscholastic League Honorable Mention and played in the Knoxville Area All Star game as a pitcher.[10][11] After graduating in 1989, he moved to California to become an actor. In the beginning, Knoxville appeared mostly in commercials and made several minor appearances as an extra.[12]

When the "big break" he sought eluded him, he decided to create his own opportunities by writing and pitching article ideas to 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.

Career

Knoxville is responsible for many of the ideas in Jackass, and is often seen as the de facto leader of the crew. The show is directed by Jeff Tremaine, who produced a pilot that used footage from Big Brother and Bam Margera's CKY videos.

With help from Tremaine's friend, film director Spike Jonze, they pitched a series to various networks. A deal was made with MTV and Jackass was born.[13]

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,[14] though Knoxville later hosted a 2005 episode of the show.

Film and television roles

Knoxville has been in several feature films, most notably starring opposite Seann William Scott in Jay Chandrasekhar's adaptation of The Dukes of Hazzard. He starred in Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 2.5, Jackass 3D (which marked the 10th anniversary of the franchise), Jackass 3.5, Jackass Forever, and Jackass 4.5. He played a two-headed alien in the 2002 film Men in Black II. Knoxville also worked with John Waters in A Dirty Shame in 2004, and appeared as a supporting character to The Rock in Walking Tall in the 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 and 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 voice on two episodes of King of the Hill.

Knoxville appeared in the John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot, however, his character was subsequently removed from the final cut of the film. He guest-starred in a season 3 episode "Prank Wars" on Viva La Bam, in which he and Ryan Dunn trashed Bam Margera's Hummer and performed other pranks. He voiced himself in an episode 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 video for Palladium Boots titled Detroit Lives. The videos focus on the resurgence 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 the 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[15] but did not appear in the sequel.[16]

Production credits

Knoxville has a production company called Dickhouse Productions, which he owns and operates with Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonze of the Jackass franchise.[17] Dickhouse's projects include The Birth of Big Air (2010), a documentary about Mat Hoffman that was part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series, and The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2010), both of which have been picked up by Tribeca Films.[18]

In May 2014, Knoxville (along with Jackass Executive Producer/H.M.F.I.C. Derek Freda) formally 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 Knoxville and 'Hello Junior' in the wake of the massive success of Bad Grandpa in late 2013.

Knoxville was quoted as saying, "I am over the damn moon about continuing an amazing partnership with Paramount Pictures," he said. "I have many more films to make and bones to break. I am glad I will be doing it for Paramount."[19]

Professional wrestling

Knoxville, as with the Jackass crew, has been involved with the professional wrestling promotion WWE. On the October 13, 2008 episode of Raw, Knoxville made his WWE television debut feuding with The Great Khali.[20] Knoxville later appeared as the guest star on the October 4, 2010 episode of Raw in Wichita, Kansas.[21]

On January 1, 2022, at WWE's Day 1 pay-per-view, Knoxville announced he would be at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view as a participant in the event's signature namesake match.[22] His entry was confirmed on the January 7 episode of SmackDown while simultaneously starting a feud with Sami Zayn. He entered the Royal Rumble at number 9 and was eliminated by Zayn.[23] Knoxville then returned on the February 25 episode of SmackDown and challenged Zayn for the WWE Intercontinental Championship that the latter won the week prior, but Knoxville got rejected and was attacked by Zayn. The following week, Knoxville distracted Zayn during his match with Ricochet, allowing the latter to win the championship from him. Later that same night, Zayn challenged Knoxville to a match at WrestleMania 38 to which Knoxville accepted, and the match was stipulated as an Anything Goes match, wherein on Night 2 of that event, he won the match against Zayn with the help of Jackass members Chris Pontius, Wee Man, director Jeff Tremaine, and new members Jasper Dolphin and his father Compston "Dark Shark" Wilson.[24]

Personal life

Knoxville married Melanie Lynn Cates on May 15, 1995. They have a daughter born on January 4, 1996.[25] His daughter can be heard in the credits for Jackass Number Two, is seen in "The Making of Jackass Two" on the special features on the DVD, and was seen in the credits of Jackass 3D, punching Tremaine with a boxing glove. After eleven years of marriage, the couple separated in July 2006. Knoxville filed for divorce on July 3, 2007.[25] The marriage was legally ended in March 2008,[26] with final divorce arrangements settled in July 2009.[27]

On February 4, 2009, Knoxville explained on The Howard Stern Show how he tore his urethra during a stunt for Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel,[28] describing how he had to flush it twice daily. He said this was done by "sticking a tube into his penis all the way up to his bladder", referring to the practice of urinary catheterization. Knoxville said the process prevented scar tissue from forming[29] and performed the procedure "twice a day for three and a half years" after the injury.[30]

On August 18, 2009, Knoxville announced that he and his girlfriend, Naomi Nelson, were expecting their first child.[31] Nelson gave birth to a son that December in Los Angeles.[32] Knoxville and Nelson married on September 24, 2010.[33] Nelson gave birth to a daughter in October 2011, in Los Angeles.[34] On June 17, 2022, it was reported that Knoxville filed for divorce from his wife.[35]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Desert Blues	Bob
1998	Number Two: Big Brother	Himself (uncredited)	Direct-to-video
1999	boob	Himself	Direct-to-video
2000	Coyote Ugly	College Guy
2001	Crap: Big Brother	Himself (uncredited)	Direct-to-video
	Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video	Himself	Guest appearances Direct-to-video
	CKY3	Himself	Guest appearances Direct-to-video
2002	Life Without Dick	Dick Rasmusson
	Big Trouble	Eddie Leadbetter
	Deuces Wild	Vinnie 'Fish'
	Men in Black II	Scrad / Charlie
	Jackass: The Movie	Himself and Irving Zisman	Writer and producer
	CKY4: The Latest & Greatest	Himself	Guest appearances Direct-to-video
2003	Grand Theft Parsons	Phil Kaufman
2004	Walking Tall	Deputy Ray Templeton
	A Dirty Shame	Ray 'Ray-Ray' Perkins
	Steve-O: The Early Years	Himself	Guest appearances Direct-to-video
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Topper Burks
	The Dukes of Hazzard	Luke Duke
	Daltry Calhoun	Daltry Calhoun
	The Ringer	Steve Barker / Jeffie
2006	Ultimate Predator	Himself	Direct-to-video Guest appearances
	Jackass Number Two	Himself and Irving Zisman	Writer and producer
2007	Jackass 2.5
	The Man Who Souled the World	Himself	Documentary
2008	Killshot	Ferris Britton	Scenes deleted
	Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel	Himself	Direct-to-video Executive producer
2009	Jackass: The Lost Tapes		Direct-to-video
2010	Father of Invention	Troy Coangelo
	Jackass 3D	Himself and Irving Zisman	Writer and producer
2011	Jackass 3.5
2012	Nitro Circus: The Movie	Himself	Guest appearances
	Nature Calls	Kirk
	Fun Size	Jörgen	Uncredited
2013	The Last Stand	Lewis Dinkum
	Movie 43	Pete
	Small Apartments	Tommy Balls
	Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa	Irving Zisman	Writer and producer
2014	Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Leonardo	Voice
2015	Being Evel	Himself	Producer Documentary
2016	Elvis & Nixon	Sonny West
	Skiptrace	Connor Watts
2017	Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine	Himself	Documentary
2018	Half Magic	Father Gary
	Action Point	Deshawn Crious 'D.C.' Carver	Writer and producer
	Rosy	James
	The Great Buster: A Celebration	Himself	Documentary
2019	Polar	Michael Green
	Above Suspicion	Cash
	We Summon the Darkness	Pastor John Henry Butler
2020	Steve-O: Gnarly	Himself	Guest appearances Direct-to-video
	Mainstream	Ted Wick
2022	Jackass Forever	Himself and Irving Zisman	Writer and producer
	Jackass 4.5
TBA	The Brandon Novak Story	Himself	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Ben Stiller Show	Cure Fan	1 episode
1999	Big Brother	Himself
2000–2001	Jackass	Himself	Co-creator Executive producer
2001	The Andy Dick Show	Wannabe Andy Dick	2 episodes
	2001 MTV Video Music Awards	Himself	Presenter
	2001 MTV Movie Awards	Himself	Presenter
2002	Jackass Backyard BBQ	Himself	TV special Executive producer
	MTV Cribs	Himself	1 episode
	2002 MTV Video Music Awards	Himself	Presenter
	2002 MTV Movie Awards	Himself	Presenter
	MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002	Himself	Presenter
2003–2006	Wildboyz	Himself	10 episodes
2003	Player$	Himself	1 episode
	Australian Idol	Himself	Special guest appearance
2004	Cooking Channel	Himself
	Viva La Bam	Himself	1 episode
2005	Saturday Night Live	Himself	1 episode
	Jackass: Gumball 3000 Rally Special	Himself	TV special
	2005 MTV Movie Awards	Himself	Presenter
2006	King of the Hill	Peter Sterling	1 episode
	2006 MTV Video Music Awards	Himself	Presenter
	Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2006	Himself	Presenter
2007	Adventures in Hollyhood	Himself
2008	WWE Raw	Himself	1 episode
	Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover	Himself	TV special Executive producer
	Family Guy	Himself (voice)	Episode: "The Man with Two Brians"
	King of the Hill	Hoyt Platter
	Unhitched	Chuck
2009	Dogg After Dark	Himself
	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	3 episodes
	Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory	Himself	1 episode
	Nitro Circus	Himself	10 episodes Co-creator and executive producer
	Steve-O: Demise and Rise	Himself	TV movie documentary
	The Goode Family	Dean	1 episode
2010	The Dudesons	Himself	1 episode
	The Dudesons in America	Himself	3 episodes Producer
	WWE Raw	Himself	1 episode
	2010 MTV Video Music Awards	Himself	Presenter
	2010 MTV Europe Music Awards	Himself	Presenter
2011	Ridiculousness	Himself	1 episode
	A Tribute to Ryan Dunn	Himself	TV movie documentary
2012-2013	Loiter Squad	Himself	2 episodes
2012	SpongeBob SquarePants	Johnny Krill	Episode: "Extreme Spots"
2013	Conan	Himself	1 episode
2014–2018	Drunk History	Various	4 episodes
2014	Maron	Himself	1 episode
	CKY: The Greatest Hits	Himself	TV special
2015	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself	1 episode (Unexpected guest in a segment)
2017	Epicly Later'd: Bam Margera	Himself	TV documentary
2020	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	C.J.	Special: "Kimmy vs the Reverend"
2021	Jackass Shark Week	Himself	TV special Executive producer
	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself	1 episode Guest appearance
	WWE SmackDown	Himself	1 episode Guest appearance
2022	WWE Day 1	Himself	video link
	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself	1 episode Guest appearance
	Royal Rumble (2022)	Himself	Royal Rumble Participant
	Ridiculousness	Himself	1 episode
	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Himself	1 episode Guest appearance
	The Daily Show with Trevor Noah	Himself	1 episode Guest appearance
	WrestleMania 38	Himself	Participant
	The Orville	Actor #2	1 episode
	Jackass Shark Week 2.0[36]	Himself	TV special Executive producer
2022–present	Reboot	Clay Barber	Main cast
2022	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself	1 episode Guest appearance
	Celebrity Family Feud[37]	Himself	Participant Episode 9.11
	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Himself	1 episode Guest appearance
	Good Morning America Weekend	Himself	1 episode Guest appearance
2023	The Prank Panel[38]	Himself	Host Executive producer

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Jackass: The Game	Himself	Voice and motion capture
2022	Jackass Human Slingshot	Himself	Voice Mobile game

Music videos

Year	Artist	Track	Role	Notes
2002	CKY	"Flesh Into Gear"	Himself	Archived footage
	Andrew W.K.	"We Want Fun"	Himself
2003	Roger Alan Wade	"If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough"	Himself	Cameraman
2006	Wolfmother	"Joker & the Thief"	Himself
Chris Pontius	"Karazy"	Himself
2010	Weezer	"Memories"	Himself
2022	French Cassettes	"On/Off"	Heist Boss
2022	Queen Kwong	"Sad Man"	Lieutenant

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Jackass Reunion: 15 Years Later[39]	Himself	Rolling Stone special
2018	Hot Ones[40]	Himself	1 episode
2021	Actually Me[41]	Himself	1 episode
2022	Sneaker Shopping[42]	Himself	1 episode
	Battle Scars[43]	Himself	1 episode
	According to Google[44]	Himself	1 episode
	Steve-O's Wild Ride![45]	Himself	Podcast 1 episode
	Autocomplete Interview[46]	Himself	1 episode
	Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?[47]	Himself	1 episode
	The Shittiest Podcast[48]	Himself	Podcast 1 episode

References

External links

• Official website
• Official Jackass site
• Johnny Knoxville at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Johnny Knoxville

Johnny Knoxville (* 11. März 1971 als Philip John Clapp Jr. in Knoxville, Tennessee) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Filmproduzent und Stuntman. Er wurde durch die Reality-Comedy-Serie Jackass und deren Filmableger bekannt.

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- [en] Johnny Knoxville

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[es] Johnny Knoxville

Philip John Clapp, más conocido como Johnny Knoxville (Knoxville, Tennessee, 11 de marzo de 1971), es un actor cómico y doble estadounidense. Ha sido destacado en un número de películas, pero es mayormente conocido como el cocreador y la estrella principal de Jackass.

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[ru] Джонни Ноксвилл

Фи́лип Джон Клэпп (англ. Philip John Clapp; род. 11 марта 1971[1], Ноксвилл, Теннесси), известный как Джо́нни Но́ксвилл (Johnny Knoxville) — американский актёр, сценарист, продюсер и каскадёр, в первую очередь известный как создатель сериала «Чудаки».

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