Post by lintu on Mar 11, 2007 1:32:17 GMT -5
Today (March 11) is his birthday! So I figured he should have a thread.
From Wikipedia..
Johnny Knoxville (born Philip John Clapp on March 11, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American comic actor and daredevil. Knoxville has been featured in a number of films, but is best known as the co-creator and principal star of the MTV series Jackass and its subsequent films.
Career overview
He started doing stunts in high school, where he developed a reputation for being the school clown. He is reported to have swung nude on a rope during a pep rally during this time.
After graduating from South Doyle High (class of 1989) in Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville moved to California to become an actor, and at first appeared in commercials and as an extra. Next he began to get work as a writer.
A writing pitch he made to several magazines (an idea to test self-defense equipment on himself) was picked up by the Jeff Tremaine-helmed skateboarding magazine Big Brother, and the stunts were filmed and included in Big Brother's "Number Two" video. Knoxville's antics became a staple of Big Brother, whose colorful cast of contributors also included Chris Pontius, Steve-O, and Dave England.
Jackass
Eventually Knoxville, Tremaine, Sean Cliver, and Dave Carnie produced a pilot that used Big Brother footage along with footage from Bam Margera's CKY videos, and with help from Tremaine's friend and film director Spike Jonze, they pitched a series to various networks. A deal was made with MTV and Jackass was born.
Knoxville also participated in the Gumball 3000 for Jackass, along with co-stars Steve-O and Chris Pontius, as well as Jackass director Jeff Tremaine and producer Dimitry Elyashkevich.
Prior to "Jackass" landing on MTV, Knoxville and company turned down an offer from Saturday Night Live to do similar stunts for them on a weekly basis. (Knoxville eventually did host SNL in 2005.)
Other credits
Knoxville has been in several feature films. Among his most high-profile roles:
* He starred with Seann William Scott in Jay Chandrasekhar's adaptation of The Dukes of Hazzard.
* He has also worked with director John Waters in A Dirty Shame and starred in Daltry Calhoun, written and directed by Katrina Holden Bronson and produced by Quentin Tarantino.
* In The Ringer, Knoxville was cast as an able-bodied office worker who joins the Special Olympics to pay for a surgical operation on his gardener.
* He played a two headed alien in Men in Black II which also starred Will Smith
* He is currently slated to appear in the John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot.
* Knoxville also starred in the skating, dare devil ride " Lords Of Dogtown" as Topper Burks.
* He was featured as a guest voice on an episode of King of the Hill. He guest-starred in an episode of Viva La Bam in which he and [[Ryan Dunn] held a prank war.
From Wikipedia..
Johnny Knoxville (born Philip John Clapp on March 11, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American comic actor and daredevil. Knoxville has been featured in a number of films, but is best known as the co-creator and principal star of the MTV series Jackass and its subsequent films.
Career overview
He started doing stunts in high school, where he developed a reputation for being the school clown. He is reported to have swung nude on a rope during a pep rally during this time.
After graduating from South Doyle High (class of 1989) in Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville moved to California to become an actor, and at first appeared in commercials and as an extra. Next he began to get work as a writer.
A writing pitch he made to several magazines (an idea to test self-defense equipment on himself) was picked up by the Jeff Tremaine-helmed skateboarding magazine Big Brother, and the stunts were filmed and included in Big Brother's "Number Two" video. Knoxville's antics became a staple of Big Brother, whose colorful cast of contributors also included Chris Pontius, Steve-O, and Dave England.
Jackass
Eventually Knoxville, Tremaine, Sean Cliver, and Dave Carnie produced a pilot that used Big Brother footage along with footage from Bam Margera's CKY videos, and with help from Tremaine's friend and film director Spike Jonze, they pitched a series to various networks. A deal was made with MTV and Jackass was born.
Knoxville also participated in the Gumball 3000 for Jackass, along with co-stars Steve-O and Chris Pontius, as well as Jackass director Jeff Tremaine and producer Dimitry Elyashkevich.
Prior to "Jackass" landing on MTV, Knoxville and company turned down an offer from Saturday Night Live to do similar stunts for them on a weekly basis. (Knoxville eventually did host SNL in 2005.)
Other credits
Knoxville has been in several feature films. Among his most high-profile roles:
* He starred with Seann William Scott in Jay Chandrasekhar's adaptation of The Dukes of Hazzard.
* He has also worked with director John Waters in A Dirty Shame and starred in Daltry Calhoun, written and directed by Katrina Holden Bronson and produced by Quentin Tarantino.
* In The Ringer, Knoxville was cast as an able-bodied office worker who joins the Special Olympics to pay for a surgical operation on his gardener.
* He played a two headed alien in Men in Black II which also starred Will Smith
* He is currently slated to appear in the John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot.
* Knoxville also starred in the skating, dare devil ride " Lords Of Dogtown" as Topper Burks.
* He was featured as a guest voice on an episode of King of the Hill. He guest-starred in an episode of Viva La Bam in which he and [[Ryan Dunn] held a prank war.