Johnny Knoxville

About Johnny Knoxville

Johnny Knoxville, born Philip John Clapp in Knoxville, Tennessee, is an American stunt performer, actor, writer, producer, and comedian best known as a co-creator and central star of Jackass. His career is unusual because it turned physical risk, prank comedy, skateboard-video culture, and do-it-yourself television into a mainstream entertainment brand. Rather than arriving through a conventional acting path,…