Who is Johnny Knoxville?
Philip John Clapp known professionally as Johnny Knoxville, is an American stunt performer, actor, professional wrestler, and filmmaker. He is best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass, which aired for three seasons from 2000 to 2002. A year later, Knoxville and his co-stars returned for the first installment in the Jackass film series, with a second and third installment being released in 2006 and 2010, respectively. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013), the first film in the series with a storyline, saw him star as his Jackass character Irving Zisman. Jackass Forever was released in 2022. Jackass 4.5 (2022) is said to be his final installment of the Jackass franchise.
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Knoxville was born Philip John Clapp (“P.J.”) in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Philip (1935–2018), was a tire/car salesman, and his mother, Lemoyne Clapp (Houck; 1938–2017), taught Sunday school. He has two older sisters. Knoxville credits a copy of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, given to him by his cousin, singer-songwriter Roger Alan Wade, with giving him the acting bug.
Knoxville attended South-Doyle High School in Knoxville. While in high school, he played on the baseball team where he was named All-Knoxville Interscholastic League Honorable Mention and played in the Knoxville Area All Star game as a pitcher. After graduating in 1989, he moved to California to become an actor. In the beginning, Knoxville appeared mostly in commercials and made several minor appearances as an extra.
When the “big break” he sought eluded him, he decided to create his own opportunities by writing and pitching article ideas to various magazines. An idea to test self-defense equipment on himself captured the interest of Jeff Tremaine’s skateboarding magazine Big Brother, and the stunts were filmed and included in Big Brother‘s “Number Two” video.

Real Name | Philip John Clapp |
Nick Name | Johnny Knoxville |
Profession | Actor, Stunt Performer, Filmmaker |
Marital Status | Married |
Wife Name | Melanie Cates (m. 1995; div. 2008) Naomi Nelson (m. 2010) |
Children Name | Madison Clapp, Rocko Akira Clapp, Arlo Clapp |
Physical Status | |
Age | 51 Years (2022) |
Height (Approx.) | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Weight (Approx.) | 177 lb (77 kg) |
Measurement | Not Known |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Personal Information | |
Date of Birth | 11 March 1971 |
Birth Place | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States |
Religion | Christan |
Nationality | American |
School Name | South-Doyle High School |
College Name | Not Known |
Qualifications | Not Known |
Family Profile | |
Father Name | Philip Clapp |
Mother Name | Lemoyne Clapp, |
Siblings Name | Lynne Clapp |
Career | |
Source Of Income | Acting, Stunts Etc |
Net Worth, Salary | $50 million |
Johnny Knoxville Career
Johnny Knoxville is responsible for many of the ideas in Jackass, and is often seen as the de facto leader of the crew. The show is directed by Jeff Tremaine, who produced a pilot that used footage from Big Brother and Bam Margera’s CKY videos. With help from Tremaine’s friend, film director Spike Jonze, they pitched a series to various networks. A deal was made with MTV and Jackass was born.
Johnny Knoxville also participated in the Gumball 3000 for Jackass along with co-stars Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jackass director Jeff Tremaine, and cinematographer Dimitry Elyashkevich. Prior to Jackass premiering on MTV, Knoxville and company turned down an offer to perform their stunts for Saturday Night Live on a weekly basis, though Knoxville later hosted a 2005 episode of the show.
Knoxville has been in several feature films, most notably starring opposite Seann William Scott in Jay Chandrasekhar’s adaptation of The Dukes of Hazzard. He starred in Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 2.5, Jackass 3D (which marked the 10th anniversary of the franchise), Jackass 3.5, Jackass Forever, and Jackass 4.5. He played a two-headed alien in the 2002 film Men in Black II. Knoxville also worked with John Waters in A Dirty Shame in 2004, and appeared as a supporting character to The Rock in Walking Tall in the same year.
In 2010, Knoxville hosted a three-part online video for Palladium Boots titled Detroit Lives. The videos focus on the resurgence of creativity in Detroit. Knoxville guest-starred as the voice of Johnny Krill, an extreme sports enthusiast, in “Extreme Spots”, a 2012 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. Knoxville voiced Leonardo in the 2014 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but did not appear in the sequel.
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Desert Blues | Bob | |
1998 | Number Two: Big Brother | Himself (uncredited) | Direct-to-video |
1999 | boob | Himself | Direct-to-video |
2001 | Crap: Big Brother | Himself (uncredited) | Direct-to-video |
2000 | Coyote Ugly | College Guy | |
2001 | Don’t Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video | Himself | Direct-to-video |
2001 | CKY3 | Himself | Guest appearances Direct-to-video |
2002 | Life Without Dick | Dick Rasmusson | |
2002 | Big Trouble | Eddie Leadbetter | |
2002 | Deuces Wild | Vinnie ‘Fish’ | |
2002 | Men in Black II | Scrad / Charlie | |
2002 | Jackass: The Movie | Himself and Irving Zisman | Writer and producer |
2002 | CKY4: The Latest & Greatest | Himself | Guest appearances Direct-to-video |
2003 | Grand Theft Parsons | Phil Kaufman | |
2004 | Walking Tall | Deputy Ray Templeton | |
2004 | A Dirty Shame | Ray ‘Ray-Ray’ Perkins | |
2004 | Steve-O: The Early Years | Himself | Guest appearances Direct-to-video |
2005 | Lords of Dogtown | Topper Burks | |
2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Luke Duke | |
2005 | Daltry Calhoun | Daltry Calhoun | |
2005 | The Ringer | Steve Barker / Jeffie | |
2006 | Ultimate Predator | Himself | Direct-to-video Guest appearances |
2006 | Jackass Number Two | Himself and Irving Zisman | Writer and producer |
2007 | Jackass 2.5 | ||
2008 | Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman’s Tribute to Evel Knievel | Himself | Direct-to-video Executive producer |
2009 | Jackass: The Lost Tapes | Direct-to-video | |
2010 | Father of Invention | Troy Coangelo | |
2010 | Jackass 3D | Himself and Irving Zisman | Writer and producer |
2011 | Jackass 3.5 | ||
2012 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | Himself | Guest appearance |
2012 | Nature Calls | Kirk | |
2012 | Fun Size | Jörgen | Uncredited |
2013 | The Last Stand | Lewis Dinkum | |
2013 | Movie 43 | Pete | |
2013 | Small Apartments | Tommy Balls | |
2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | Irving Zisman | Writer and producer |
2014 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 | ||
2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Leonardo | Voice |
2015 | Being Evel | Himself | Producer Documentary |
2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Sonny West | |
2016 | Skiptrace | Connor Watts | |
2017 | Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine | Himself | Documentary |
2018 | Half Magic | Father Gary | |
2018 | Action Point | Deshawn Crious ‘D.C.’ Carver | Writer and producer |
2018 | Rosy | James | |
2018 | The Great Buster: A Celebration | Himself | Documentary |
2019 | Polar | Michael Green | |
2019 | Above Suspicion | Cash | |
2019 | We Summon the Darkness | Pastor John Henry Butler | |
2020 | Steve-O: Gnarly | Himself | Guest appearances Direct-to-video |
2020 | Mainstream | Ted Wick | |
2022 | Jackass Forever | Himself and Irving Zisman | Writer and producer |
2022 | Jackass 4.5 | ||
TBA | The Brandon Novak Story | Himself | Documentary |
Johnny Knoxville Personal Life
Johnny Knoxville, as with the Jackass crew, has been involved with the professional wrestling promotion WWE. On the October 13, 2008 episode of Raw, Knoxville made his WWE television debut feuding with The Great Khali. Knoxville later appeared as the guest star on the October 4, 2010 episode of Raw in Wichita, Kansas.
On January 1, 2022, at WWE’s Day 1 pay-per-view, Knoxville announced he would be at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view as a participant in the event’s signature namesake match. His entry was confirmed on the January 7 episode of SmackDown while simultaneously starting a feud with Sami Zayn. He entered the Royal Rumble at number 9 and was eliminated by Zayn. Knoxville then returned on the February 25 episode of SmackDown and challenged Zayn for the WWE Intercontinental Championship that the latter won the week prior, but Knoxville got rejected and was attacked by Zayn. The following week, Knoxville distracted Zayn during his match with Ricochet, allowing the latter to win the championship from him. Later that same night, Zayn challenged Knoxville to a match at WrestleMania 38 to which Knoxville accepted, and the match was stipulated as an Anything Goes match, wherein on Night 2 of that event, he won the match against Zayn with the help of Jackass members Chris Pontius, Wee Man, director Jeff Tremaine, and new members Jasper Dolphin and his father Compston “Dark Shark” Wilson.
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How old is Johnny Knoxville?
Johnny Knoxville is 51 years old as of 2022.
How rich is Johnny Knoxville?
Johnny Knoxville has net worth of $50 million.
Who is Johnny Knoxville wife?
Johnny Knoxville married twice Melanie Cates (m. 1995; div. 2008)
Naomi Nelson (m. 2010).
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