Johnny Knoxville | |
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![]() Knoxville in 2010 | |
Born | Philip John Clapp March 11, 1971 Knoxville, Tennessee, 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]), better known 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 stunt show Jackass (2000–2001) and its subsequent movies.
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. 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 installment, Jackass Forever, was released in 2022.
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).