Johnny knoxville was born in 1963, in Tennessee, United States.
John He grew up in Knoxville (Tennessee), where his later stage name would originate: Johnny knoxville.
Since he was a child he was interested in acting. At the age of 18 he moved to California to try his luck as an actor near the stars.
He attended various auditions and auditions, and meanwhile, he survived with jobs for advertisements and writing articles for various magazines, among others, “Blunt“,”Bikini” Y “Big brother“.
In 1997 he presented an idea that he had been developing at Jeff Tremaine of the magazine “Big brother“The project was to make a television show, something crazy … that’s how his acting career began.
He rose to stardom when the show aired, controversial and scandalous, “Jackass” was featured and broadcast with impressive success for several seasons on the Mtv.
The program shows Johnny and his friends in absurd situations, with high masochistic and even bizarre content, typical of a movie of the gore sub-genre; according to themselves, the feeling of self-destruction is what attracts young people who watch the show regularly.
But outside this framework, he has quickly become a sought-after actor in the world of Hollywood cinematography.
We could see him performing alongside The Rock, in the adventure “Stepping strong“, and just completed filming for”The Ringer“, the recent comedy of the brothers Farrelly.
He also participated in the film “The lords of Dogtown“, directed by Catherine Hardwicke and co-starring Heath ledger Y Emile hirsch.
He produced and starred in the film version adaptation of his hit series “Jackass“, and its subsequent sequel in 2006.
Appeared in the movie “Men in black II“, starring Will Smith Y Tommy lee jones.
Other of his performances were in the movies “The big mess“,”Coyote Ugly“,”Life without Dick” Y “Young Savages“.