Zach Holmes

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Zach Holmes
Born
Zacharias Holmes [1]

(1991-09-11) September 11, 1991 (age 32)
Other namesZackass
Occupation(s)Stunt performer
Television personality
Years active2009–present
Known for Too Stupid to Die
Jackass Forever
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in) [2]

Zacharias Holmes (born September 11, 1991), [2] also known as Zackass, is an American stunt performer and television personality. He is best known as the star and co-creator of MTV's Too Stupid to Die , and new Jackass member in Jackass Forever (2022).

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Career

Holmes started off his career by uploading stunt videos to YouTube. Some of these stunts included him electrocuting his lips with two stun guns, shooting a flare at his own crotch with a flare gun, and wearing a firecracker vest and igniting it. [3] A few of his videos went viral, but after getting terminated from YouTube three times, he decided to upload his stunts to Instagram. [4]

His videos started getting a lot of recognition again and he even did a few stunts with Jackass stars Steve-O and Bam Margera. [5] [6] [7] After the CEOs of video production company Gunpowder & Sky, Jude Harris and Van Toffler, saw the stunts Holmes did, they wanted to make a TV show out of it, which led to the creation of Too Stupid to Die (2018), with former Jackass and CKY crew member Chris Raab serving as cinematographer. [4]

After the show ended in 2018, Holmes continued uploading more stunts to his Instagram account, which got the attention of the Jackass stars, who then put him on Jackass Forever (2022). [8] Since 2021, he hosts a web series called Fail News on Snapchat with Rachel Wolfson, who also was in Jackass Forever, and Chad Tepper, who was a co-star of Too Stupid to Die. [9] In 2022, Holmes hosted a podcast titled What The Fudge? along with Vinny Imperati. [10] He currently hosts a podcast titled Maximum Zach.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Tosh.0 HimselfEpisode 9.1
2018 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards HimselfGuest appearance
2018 2018 MTV Video Music Awards HimselfGuest appearance
2018 Too Stupid to Die Himself8 episodes
Co-creator
Executive producer
2018 Ridiculousness HimselfEpisode 12.7
2019 How Far Is Tattoo Far? HimselfEpisode 2.19
2021 WWE SmackDown HimselfEpisode 24.10
Guest appearance
2022 UFC 270 HimselfAudience member
2022 The Wrld on GCW (2022) HimselfGuest appearance
2022Your Pranks, Our ShowHimselfWriter
Co-creator
2022Jackass Shark Week 2.0 [11] HimselfTV special
2022 Celebrity Family Feud [12] HimselfParticipant
Episode 9.11
2023 The Eric Andre Show Creative consultant (2 episodes)

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Don't Look Up #LaunchChallenge MeTuberUncredited
2022 Jackass Forever HimselfNew cast member
Writer
2022 Jackass 4.5 HimselfWriter

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Fear PongHimself1 episode
2019 Bathroom Break Podcast Himself1 episode
2021–Fail NewsHimselfHost
Co-creator
2021–2022 Tales From the Trip Himself2 episodes
2022What The Fudge?HimselfHost
Co-creator
Podcast
2022 Howie Mandel Does StuffHimself1 episode
Podcast
2022 Steve-O's Wild Ride!Himself1 episode
Podcast
2022 Super Mega Cast Himself1 episode
Podcast
2023The Shittiest PodcastHimself1 episode
2023–Maximum ZachHimselfHost
Creator
Podcast

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