- Nació el 1971-03-11 en Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971), better known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, is an American actor, comedian, daredevil, and screenwriter. He has been featured in a number of films, but is perhaps best known as the co-creator and principal star of the MTV reality series Jackass. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Knoxville , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.