Johnny Knoxville

Johnny Knoxville

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
Birthdaymars 11, 1971
BiographyPhilip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971), known professionally as Johnny Knoxville, is an American stunt performer, actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality slapstick comedy stunt show Jackass (2000–2001) and its subsequent movie franchise (2002-2026).

Following the conclusion of Jackass, Knoxville and his co-stars returned for the first installment in the Jackass film series, with a second and third installment released in 2006, and 2010, respectively. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013), the first film in the series to feature a storyline, saw him star as his Jackass character Irving Zisman. The fourth main installment, Jackass Forever, was released in 2022. Jackass: Best and Last was released in 2026. It is the final Jackass movie.

Knoxville has had acting roles in films Men in Black II (2002), Grand Theft Parsons (2003), 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).

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