Steve-O has become a household name and it all
started when he snatched a video camera from his father's closet when he was
fifteen years old. From there he started producing homemade skateboarding
videos featuring dangerous stunts mixed with comical behavior. Eventually,
Steve-O's videos made it into the hands of Jeff Tremaine (Jackass
Creator/Director/Producer) who was working with Johnny Knoxville to create a
stunt based reality show. The rest is history. MTV aired the first season
of JACKASS in 2000. In 2001, Steve-O launched his own "Steve-O Don't Try
This At Home Tour", establishing himself as an accomplished stage performer, at
venues throughout the U.S. and in a dozen countries. When the JACKASS TV
series ended in 2002, the team moved on to JACKASS: THE MOVIE, released by
Paramount in October of that year. Shortly thereafter, Steve-O and fellow
JACKASS alum, Chris Pontius, were given a spin-off show entitled WILDBOYZ,
which aired on MTV and MTV2 and lasted four seasons. In 2006, Paramount released
JACKASS: NUMBER 2 in theatres and Steve-O continued to thrill audiences with
his outrageous stunts. In 2009 he competed on ABC's hit show, DANCING WITH
THE STARS, and lasted six weeks, despite an injury and having virtually no
dancing ability whatsoever.
