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'''Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera''' (born [[September 28]], [[1979]] in [[West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]], [[Pennsylvania]]) is a professional [[skateboard]]er, actor, creator of the "[[CKY (videos)|CKY]]" skate/prank/stunt videos, and radio personality. He is also the star of ''[[Viva la Bam]]'', and member of the ''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]'' crew |
'''Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera''' (born [[September 28]], [[1979]] in [[West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]], [[Pennsylvania]]) is a professional [[skateboard]]er, actor, creator of the "[[CKY (videos)|CKY]]" skate/prank/stunt videos, and radio personality. He is also the star of ''[[Viva la Bam]]'', and member of the ''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]'' crew, in which he has become known for his typically dangerous and stupid antics. |
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| Born | September 28, 1979 |
| Occupation(s) | Stuntman director actor skateboarder |
Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera (born September 28, 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is a professional skateboarder, actor, creator of the "CKY" skate/prank/stunt videos, and radio personality. He is also the star of Viva la Bam, and member of the Jackass crew, in which he has become known for his typically dangerous and stupid antics.
Education
Margera went to East High School. He cites Raab Himself as his only reason for attending high school, and dropped out after Raab got expelled for smearing feces on a locker (as told in CKY). He then successfully received his GED at the insistence of his parents, April Margera and Phil Margera.
The CKY Videos
Bam got his start by making his own skateboarding videos, known as the cKy videos. Camp Kill Yourself (a.k.a cKy) is also the name of his brother Jess's rock band (see CKY). These early videos feature most of the CKY crew, most notably Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Rake Yohn, Raab Himself, and Brandon Novak. His videos and television shows often include his long-suffering parents, Phil and April, his uncle Vincent Margera ("Don Vito"), and ex-fiancée Jen Rivell (Margera broke off his engagement to Rivell in early 2005).
Skateboarding career
Before becoming a professional skateboarder, he could be found frequenting the local skate spots, performing at area fairgrounds, and loitering at Fairman's skate shop.
As a professional skater in the summer of 2005, Margera successfully landed The Loop in Phoenix, Arizona. He became the 13th known skater to land it, and was the first street skater to successfully land it[citation needed].
Other enterprises
His weekly Sirius Satellite Radio show is called Radio Bam.
Margera directed and co-wrote (with Brandon DiCamillo and Chris Aspite) a low-budget independent film called Haggard, starring himself and his friends, released in 2003. Margera also has a small speaking part in the skateboarding movie "Grind".
He also directed four music videos for the Finnish band HIM (Buried Alive By Love, The Sacrament, And Love Said No, and Solitary Man).
He directed the music video for The 69 Eyes (Lost Boys)
Margera also appeared on Punk'd, in 2005. Ashton Kutcher 'trapped' Margera's Element team manager inside of a convenience store while staging an elaborate hold-up, complete with weapon-wielding police officers. (The real LAPD SWAT team helped with this prank)
He has also been animated as a character into a number of pro-skateboarder Tony Hawk's video games. In fact, he is featured as a main character in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Tony Hawk's Underground, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
In 2006, Bam started on a new animated series for MTV slated to air in the summer. Bam also had two special episodes of Viva la Bam entitled Viva La Spring Break.
He will also be starring in Jackass: Number Two, the sequel to Jackass: The Movie, which will be released September 22 2006.
Trivia
- Bam's name originates from his childhood when he would sometimes go crazy and run into walls, causing his grandfather to say "Bam, bam, bam, chill out! Bam!"[citation needed]
- Bam is a fan of, friend of, and occasional video director for H.I.M.'s frontman, Ville Valo. Bam has licensed the band's logo, the heartagram (a pentagram with two points curved to incorporate a heart symbol), for personal use. Bam has had himself tattooed with the heartagram.
- Margera owns his own record label; Filthy Note Records. He has signed Swedish hard rock band Vains of Jenna to it[2], and has produced their first video "Noones Gonna Do It For You"[3].
- Bam is engaged to Melissa Rothstein. He proposed to her in the King of Prussia Shopping Mall. The two are going to be tying the knot in October 2006.[1]
- In the DVD comentary for Jackass: The Box Set, Margera said that Element Skateboards pays him two million dollars a year to wear their clothing.
- Bam is currently writing, producing, and directing his new feature film, a sequel to Haggard, titled Kiss a Good Man's Ass. The film will feature the "garbage juicer" invention shown in Haggard [2]He announced another film he is working on called The Dream Seller. The Dream Seller is a nickname for long-time friend and fellow skater Brandon Novak[3].
- Current episodes of Bam's show have shown him to own both a red 2003 Hummer H2 and a purple Lamborghini Gallardo as well as a Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG with a heartagram on the front instead of the Mercedes-Benz logo. A recent episode, however, showed the H2 being dropped off a cliff by Don Vito as revenge for constant torment. The Lamborghini has been modified with help from friend Billy Idol to include a sunroof (a rough rectangle crudely cut with a reciprocating saw). Bam bragged that his was the only vehicle of its kind with a sunroof. Since the end of filming on Viva La Bam, Bam has replaced the red H2 with a blue H2. Adio shoes recently presented Bam with a light blue Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster.
- An Easter Egg on the first 5000 DVD copies of CKY4 shows a sex act between Bam Margera and former girlfriend Jenn Rivell.
- He has a niece named Ava Elizabeth[citation needed].
- Bam has entered the famous Gumball 3000 rally twice, the first time in 2001 with the Jackass crew, and the second time in 2006 with Ryan Dunn and Tony Hawk.
- Bam Margera also hosted MTV2's first annual All That Rocks with Ryan Dunn.
- He is seen on the intro of The Dudesons with Steve-O and is featured doing some stunts on a few episodes.
- Bam also starred in the Bloodhound Gang's music video to "Foxtrot, Uniform, Charlie, Kilo." He was driving a banana shaped car.
References
- ^ "Hitching Post", Page 10, New York Post, [1],February 24th, 2006
- ^ http://www.ugo.com/channels/sports/features/bammargera/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466764/