Who is Johnny Knoxville

Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee), better known as Johnny Knoxville, is an American comic actor and daredevil. He has been featured in a number of films, but is best known as the co-creator and principal star of the MTV series Jackass and its subsequent films.

Knoxville has one daughter named Madison. If you're a credits reader you'll see her name in the credits for Jackass Number Two.  In February of 2007, Knoxville and his wife of twelve years, Melanie, filed for legal separation. Shortly afterwards, they filed for divorce.

After graduating from South-Doyle High School in 1989 in Knoxville, he moved to California to become an actor, and at first appeared in commercials and as an extra. Not getting the big break he had hoped for, he began writing and pitching article ideas to various magazines. An brilliant idea to test self-defense equipment on himself was picked up by the Jeff Tremaine-helmed skateboarding magazine Big Brother, and the stunts were filmed and included in Big Brother's Number Two video. Knoxville's antics became a staple for Big Brother, whose colorful cast of contributors also included Chris Pontius, Steve-O and Dave England.

From that point friendships were formed and ideas spewed and shared and the Jackass crew came to be and a deal was made with MTV and Jackass as we know it was born. It has grown to have a huge following of fans, two already released movies and an upcoming third movie. You may have also Johnny in movies like Dukes of Hazzard, Walking Tall, Men in Black II, The Ringer, and if you were paying attention closely like I was you might have spied him in the bar of Coyote Ugly!