Johnny Knoxville

Johnny married Melanie Lynn Cates in 1995 and had a daughter, Madison. The couple later separated and divorced.

Currently he is married to Naomi Nelson. The couple has two children.

The profession Johnny is involved in is hazardous and he had often been knocked unconscious while performing stunts. He has also been injured during such performances.

Johnny was born to Lemoyne and Philip Clapp. His father, a car salesman used to play practical jokes on his family which impacted little Johnny.

He went to South Young High School and graduated in 1989.

He was a good student and had earned a scholarship to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. However, he dropped out from the acting school after only two weeks.

He struggled a lot in his early career. Good acting jobs were hard to come by and he appeared in commercials and as an extra. He also started writing article ideas to magazines in order to earn some extra money.

Once while thinking up ideas for articles he came up with the concept of testing self-defense devices on himself. This idea was well liked by Jeff Tremaine of the skateboarding publication ‘Big Brother’ who advised Johnny to videotape this idea for stories.

A video footage of Johnny being given electric shocks, doused with pepper spray and finally being shot while wearing a bullet-proof jacket was made.

Tremaine showed this video to his director friend Spike Jonze who decided to create a series based on this. Jonze, along with Tremaine and Johnny would serve as the executive producers for this show.

The trio signed a deal with MTV and ‘Jackass’ was born. The reality show which featured people performing dangerous stunts and pranks ran on the channel from 2000 till 2002.

His claim to fame was the reality television show ‘Jackass’ which helped to launch his career. He performed various dangerous and risky tricks and pranks on the show which made him very popular among fans.