Johnny Knoxville

• Birthplace: Tennessee, USA
• Birthday: March 11, 1971

In one of the more non-traditional paths to stardom, Johnny Knoxville established a screen career by subjecting himself to humiliating, painful, and often dangerous stunts and pranks as creator and star of the MTV franchise “Jackass” (MTV, 2000-01). But it was Knoxville’s comic energy and breezy slacker persona – rather than his sadomasochistic tendencies – that led to a film career. After he became a favorite with the teen crowd, he was cast in the lead in popular mainstream features like “The Dukes of Hazzard” (2005) and more of…more