Johnny Knoxville was born as Philip John ClappJr on March 11, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is an American actor, film producer, screenwriter, comedian and stuntman. Her father, Philip Clapp Sr, was a tire and car salesman and her mother, Lemoyne Clapp (née Houck), was a Sunday school teacher.
Johnny is known as the co-creator and star of the MTV stunt show Donkey. He resides in Los Angeles, California, United States and he is American. He attended South Young High School. After graduating, he moved to California and became an actor. His famous movies include Bad Grandpa released in 2013, The Dukes of Hazzard released in 2005 and The Ringer (2005).
Johnny was rumored to have died some time ago, however, the rumor was quashed after it was discovered that it was his friend and brother, Ryann Dunn, who lost his life in a car accident. They were both Donkey characters . Jonny’s touching tribute to the late friend further sealed the deal.
in 2009, Johnny was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after being found carrying a contraband. an inert grenade in the airport.
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Johnny is said to have made a high percentage of contribution to the movie Donkey, he worked with the next team to achieve excellence in the movie. Among those stars are Jeff Tremaine, Sean Cliver, Joe Sperry (Spoezy) and Dave Carnie. Donkey was initiated after John’s successful deal with MTV.
He turned down an offer made for them to perform stunts for Saturday Night Live on a weekly basis and went on to host an episode of the show in 2005.
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John Knoxville as Actor and Producer
John introduced as a two-headed alien in the 2002 film Men in Black II, he acted with John Waters in A Dirty Shame in 2004 and was The Rock in Walking With Your Head Tall. He starred in Katrina Holden Bronson Daltry Calhoun, in Lords Downtown as Topper Bucks; made a minor appearance in the film Coyote Moche and Elmore Leonard’s novel Killshot, however, he was replaced at the film’s final stage.
John alongside Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonny operates a production company called Dickhouse Productions. This production house has achieved a lot, including The Birth of Big Air produced in 2010; A documentary about Mat Hoffman that was part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series and West Virginia’s Wild and Wonderful Whites films produced in 2010. John was also a co-producer of The Dudesons in America and Nitro Circus on MTV. canceled.
Subsequently, in May 2017, John announced the creation of a new production house dubbed ‘Hello Junior’, which tied up with Paramount Pictures.
He had a work accident during one of his stunt performance where he accidentally tore his urethra while performing a stunt for Nitro Circus. However, he underwent treatment through the practice of urinary catheterization which successfully prevented the formation of scar tissue.
Johnny Knoxville’s wife, daughter, children and family
Knoxville married Melanie Lynn Clapp on May 15, 1995; However, they divorced after 11 years of marriage. They separated in July 2006, their divorce was finalized on July 3, 2007 and they were legally divorced in March 2008, they finalized their divorce agreement in July 2009.
Their union was blessed with a baby girl they named Madison; she was born on May 15, 1995. She was also featured in Jackass. They share custody of their daughter Naomi.
John entered another affair in August 2009, with Naomi Nelson and they married on September 24, 2010. During the affair with Nelson, she gave birth to a son, Rocko Akira Clapp, on December 20, 2009 in Los Angeles. She also had a daughter, Arlo Lemoyne Yoko Clapp on October 6, 2011 and the two are still together to this day.
Johnny Knoxville’s net worth and height
Johnny Knoxville has a net worth of $75 million. He resides in the lavish Dayton Beach mansion worth $1.8 million. He also earns around $5 million per movie and is 6 feet tall.
Johnny has lived his life primarily as a writer, producer, and co-producer aside from his professionalism in his career. he also does stunts to enlighten his viewers.
