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Johnny Knoxville
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Producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Born:
March 11, 1971 in Knoxville, TN
Biography:"Johnny Knoxville" became both a beloved goofball and a lightning rod for controversy as soon as his signature TV show, Jackass, premiered on MTV in 2000. The show, which featured Knoxville and his friends executing a variety of stupid pranks and dangerous stunts, made an instant star of its hip, easygoing, developmentally arrested host, who was quickly signed on for a variety of film projects. However, its subject matter of foolish bicycle jumps, gross eating feats, and pepper spray testing drew the ire of concerned parents whose children were hurting themselves trying to imitate their hero.

Knoxville was born Philip John Clapp in Knoxville, TN, on March 11, 1971, son of a used car salesman. At age eight, the asthmatic suffered a simultaneous bout of flu, pneumonia, and bronchitis that nearly killed him. Knoxville would later joke that surviving this period convinced him he was invincible, making... Full Biography

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Johnny Knoxville, 2005
Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson and Johnny Knoxville promote "The Dukes of Hazzard" at...
Johnny Knoxville attends the premiere of "Lords of Dogtown" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in...
Johnny Knoxville, 2002
Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera attend the Boost Mobile Party at Crobar in Miami Beach, Fla., on...
Johnny Knoxville, 2002
Beyoncé and Johnny Knoxville present at the MTV Movie Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in...
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