Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971[1]), known professionally as Johnny Knoxville, is an American stunt performer, actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter.

Knoxville has had acting roles in films Men in Black II (2002), A Dirty Shame and Walking Tall (both 2004), The Dukes of Hazzard, The Ringer, and a cameo role as a sleazy corporate president of a skateboard company in Lords of Dogtown (all 2005), The Last Stand (2013), Skiptrace (2016), and the television series Reboot (2022).

[7] His cousin, singer-songwriter Roger Alan Wade, gave him a copy of Jack Kerouac's book On the Road.

He began appearing in commercials and as an extra,[12] including a job as Keanu Reeves' stand-in on the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film Bram Stoker's Dracula.

[13] When the breakthrough role he sought eluded him, he decided to create his own opportunities by writing and pitching article ideas to various magazines.

[14] The show is directed by Jeff Tremaine, who produced a pilot that used footage from Big Brother and Bam Margera's CKY videos.

Knoxville's original leading role debut was set to be a holiday comedy released in late 2001 named The Tree but the project never came to fruition.

[17] Knoxville has been in several feature films, such as The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) and playing a two-headed alien in Men in Black II (2002).

Knoxville also worked with John Waters in A Dirty Shame (2004), and appeared as a supporting character to The Rock in Walking Tall that same year.

Knoxville appeared in the John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot, however, his character was subsequently removed from the final cut of the film.

[20] Dickhouse's projects include The Birth of Big Air (2010), a documentary about Mat Hoffman that was part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series, and The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2010), both of which have been picked up by Tribeca Films.

Derek Freda) formally announced the formation of a new production company called 'Hello Junior', which will continue Knoxville's now-longstanding relationship with Paramount Pictures, who have signed an exclusive two-year first-look deal with Knoxville and 'Hello Junior' in the wake of the massive success of Bad Grandpa in late 2013.

On the October 13, 2008, episode of Raw, Knoxville made his WWE television debut feuding with The Great Khali.

[31] On February 4, 2009, Knoxville explained on The Howard Stern Show that he tore his urethra during a stunt for Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel, describing how he had to flush it twice daily.