Phil Margera

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Phil Margera
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Margera in 2022
Born (1957-07-13) July 13, 1957 (age 68)
OccupationTelevision personality
Years active1998–present
Known forCast member of Viva La Bam
Spouse
(m. 1976)
Children
Relatives Vincent Margera (brother)

Phil Margera (born July 13, 1957) [1] [2] is an American reality television personality known for appearing on Viva La Bam , the CKY videos and the Jackass television series and movies. He is the father of CKY drummer Jesse Margera and Jackass star and professional skateboarder Bam Margera.

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Life and career

Margera is the second of seven children born to Phillip and Darlene Margera ( née  Stauffer). He moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he met and married his wife April in 1976. [3] Margera has Italian ancestry and worked as a baker prior to his career in television. [1]

He first appeared on film in the CKY series of videos, and it was these appearances that later got featured on Jackass . He was also in the main cast of Viva La Bam . On television, Margera is depicted as kind, gentle, easy going and quiet, whereas his brother Vincent "Don Vito" Margera was portrayed as loud and obnoxious. [4]

Margera appeared on the second season of Celebrity Fit Club on VH1. When the show began, he weighed in at 353 pounds (160 kg). He lost the most weight on the show, losing a total of 41 pounds (18 kg), down to 312 pounds (142 kg). In season 4, both BoneCrusher and Tina Yothers beat Margera's record, losing 51 and 42 lbs (23 and 19 kg) respectively. During a weigh-in on the show, Margera stated his reason for losing weight was to extend his life in order to spend more time with his granddaughter, Ava.

He also appeared in the 2004 video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2 , in which he joins Tony Hawk's and Bam Margera's crew on a "World Destruction Tour" wearing nothing but underwear and dress socks.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Toy Machine: Jump Off A BuildingHimself Direct-to-video
1999 Landspeed: CKY HimselfDirect-to-video
2000 CKY2K HimselfDirect-to-video
2001 CKY 3 HimselfDirect-to-video
2001 CKY Documentary HimselfDirect-to-video
2002 Jackass: The Movie HimselfGuest appearances
2002 CKY4: The Latest & Greatest HimselfDirect-to-video
2003 Haggard: The Movie Fat Guy with Watermelon / Bakery Shop Owner
2006 The Dudesons Movie HimselfGuest appearances
2006 Jackass Number Two HimselfGuest appearances
2007 Jackass 2.5 HimselfGuest appearances
2008Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$&% Is Santa?HimselfDirect-to-video
2009 Minghags Lenny's dad
2010 Jackass 3D HimselfGuest appearances
2011 Jackass 3.5 HimselfGuest appearances
2011Skittin Across America: Skit-A-PaloozaHimself
2017The Fast Food KingHimselfDocumentary
TBAThe Brandon Novak StoryHimselfDocumentary

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000-2001 Jackass Himself11 episodes
Guest appearances
2002 Jackass Backyard BBQ HimselfTV special
Guest appearances
2002 MTV Cribs Himself1 episode
2003-2006 Viva La Bam Himself42 episodes
2005 Celebrity Fit Club Himself2 episodes
2005 2005 MTV Video Music Awards HimselfGuest appearance
2006 The Dudesons Himself2 episodes
Guest appearances
2007 Bam's Unholy Union Himself6 episodes
2008 Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover HimselfTV special
Guest appearances
2008BamimationHimself (voice)TV short
2009 Steve-O: Demise and RiseHimselfTV documentary
2011A Tribute to Ryan Dunn HimselfTV documentary
2014 CKY: The Greatest Hits HimselfTV special
2016 Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn Himself2 episodes
2017Epicly Later'd: Bam Margera HimselfTV documentary
2018 Drunk History: GermanyHimselfTV special

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 HimselfVoice

References

  1. 1 2 Moran, Robert (July 15, 2001). "MTV Daredevil's Life Is a Flying Leap". The Philadelphia Inquirer . p. B4. Even his father, Phil Margera, 44, who works at an Acme bakery, has appeared on the show, usually as a victim of a rude Bam assault.
  2. Margera, Phil (July 13, 2021). "Thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes!". Instagram . Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  3. Raab, Chris (August 15, 2019). "Bathroom Break Podcast #48 - April and Phil Margera". YouTube . Event occurs at 10:03. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  4. "Reality-show "uncle" jailed". Denver Post . August 19, 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2007.