Bam Margera Biography
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Bam Margera was born on September 28, 1979 in
West Chester, Pennsylvania to Phil and April Margera. He has one
brother, Jess Margera (drummer for Camp Kill Yourself). He was given
the nickname by his grandfather when he was very young because of
his wild nature.
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As a kid, he enjoyed producing movies with his
buddies and would film the craziest home movies. This love of
film making continues to today. His love for skateboarding
began in 1988 when he decided to try something different.
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His big break came in 2000, when he teamed up
with Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and Christ Pontius in the extreme
television show Jackass where they would do all types of
crazy stunts.
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In 2002, the Jackass crew took their follies
to the big screen in Jackass: The Movie. The movie was fairly
successful and Bam and friends won the MTV Award for Best On-Screen
Team.
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He took the money he made from the movie and
produced his own movie in 2003 entitled Haggard: The Movie.
In 2003, he was also given his own TV show, "Viva la Bam."
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Became engaged to girlfriend Jennifer
Rivell in June 2003. [Note: There is an infamous sex tape of Bam
and Jennifer floating around the internet.] They broke up in April
2005. Soon afterwards, Jennifer stated in an interview on a radio
show (Q102 in Philadelphia) that Bam called her up and told her that
he had slept with Jessica Simpson [source & transcript of interview:
TheSuperficial.com]
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Bam continues to evolve in film and stunts,
but he also appears on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater video games (3 & 4)
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He is producing a movie entitled Dream Seller. It is a true story about a young up-and-coming
pro skater (Brandon Novak) who got hooked on heroin at the age of
14. Bam took him under his wing and helped him to clean himself up
and return to skateboarding. The movie is due to be released on
video in 2006. He is also working on a follow-up to Haggard entitled
Kiss a Good Man’s A**.
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Bam Bam can be heard every Monday
evening on Sirius radio on his own program called Bam Radio [click
here for more info.]
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Miscellaneous: Hobbies he enjoys include:
skateboarding (duh), acting and filming. His favorite thing to eat
is an everything bagel with M, L & T.
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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