Bam Margera

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**Bam Margera**
Born:	September 28, 1979 West Chester, Pennsylvania
Occupation:	Stuntman Director Skateboarder

Bam Margera (born Brandon Cole Margera on September 28, 1979) is a professional skateboarder, creator of the "CKY" videos and radio personality. He is also the star of Viva la Bam, and member of the Jackass crew. He currently resides in his large castle-type house, named Castle Bam. Margera revealed on the November 13, 2006 episode of Radio Bam on Sirius Satellite Radio that he had his name legally changed to Bam.

1 Youth
- 1.1 The CKY videos
2 Career
- 2.1 Skateboarding career
- 2.2 Other enterprises
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

Youth

Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 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

Main article: CKY (video series)

Margera 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 (band)). These early videos feature many of Margera's friends, most notably Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Rake Yohn, Raab Himself, and Brandon Novak.

Career

Skateboarding career

Margera is a member of Team Element, the demonstration team for Element Skateboards. He is also sponsored by Adio Footwear, Destructo Trucks, Speed Metal Bearings, Electric Visual, and Fairman's Skateshop. Before becoming a professional skateboarder, Margera could be found frequenting the local skate spots, performing at area fairgrounds, and loitering at Fairman's skate shop ^{[citation needed]}.

As a professional skater in the January 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 <ref>about.com bio.</ref>.

Other enterprises

Image:Bambran.jpg Margera was an original member of the Jackass TV series for all three seasons. He also starred in Jackass: The Movie and its sequel Jackass Number Two.

Margera began a weekly Sirius Satellite Radio show on Sirius channel 28 Faction on November 24, 2004 called Radio Bam. The show features Margera along with friends from the CKY and Jackass crew.

Margera also plays the keyboard in a band he created with Brandon DiCamillo called Gnarkill. Gnarkill consists of Brandon DiCamillo, Bam Margera, Jess Margera, Rich Vose, and Matt Cole.

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".

Margera owns a music label, Filthy Note Records, inspired by the success of Viva La Bands, compilations of music associated with the CKY Videos and Viva La Bam. Aside from signing bands, Bam also directs music videos. He has directed videos for Filthy Note artist Vains of Jenna, as well as Clutch, Turbonegro, Viking Skull, and CKY. 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 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, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, and the upcoming Tony Hawk's Project 8.

Margera has also designed t-shirts for Angelwear, a charity that donates funds to help build skateparks in low income areas <ref>Bam's T-Shirt design for Angelwear.</ref>.

Margera 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.<ref name="ugo">Epstein, Daniel Robert. Bam Margera Interview. UnderGroundOnline. Retrieved on 2006-08-20.</ref> 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.<ref>Dream Seller at the Internet Movie Database</ref>

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!" Bam was 3 years old<ref name="Big Bro Interview">Nieratko, Chris. Big Bro Interview. Retrieved on 2006-08-20.</ref>
Bam is engaged to Melissa "Missy" Rothstein. Margera has known Rothstein since the 6th grade. [1]
In the DVD commentary for Jackass: The Box Set, Margera said that Element Skateboards pays him two million dollars a year to wear their clothing.
He is good friends with Ville Valo, the lead singer of HIM. [2]
Margera 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.)

References

External links

Jackass
Main Cast
Johnny Knoxville \| Bam Margera \| Steve-O \| Chris Pontius \| Ryan Dunn \| Jason "Wee Man" Acuña \| Preston Lacy \| Dave England \| Ehren McGhehey
Supporting Cast
Brandon DiCamillo \| Theodore "Rake Yohn" Webb \| Chris "Raab Himself" Raab \| Phil Margera \| April Margera \| Jess Margera \| Don Vito
Crew
Jeff Tremaine \| Spike Jonze \| Dimitry Elyashkevich \| Manny Puig \| Lance Bangs
Television shows
Jackass \| Wildboyz \| Viva La Bam \| Homewrecker
Films
Jackass: The Movie (stunts) \| Jackass Number Two (stunts)
Miscellaneous
Big Brother \| Corona \| CKY Crew \| CKY Videos \| CKY \| Gnarkill \| Radio Bam \| Haggard: The Movie v • d • e</div>

CKY
CKY Crew
Members: Bam Margera \| Ryan Dunn \| Brandon DiCamillo \| Theodore "Rake Yohn" Webb \| Chris "Raab Himself" Raab \| Phil Margera \| April Margera \| Vincent "Don Vito" Margera \| Others Video/Film: CKY Videos (1999 – 2003) \| Jackass: The Movie (2002) \| Jackass Number Two (2006) \| Haggard: The Movie (2003) TV/Radio series: Jackass \| Viva La Bam \| Homewrecker \| Radio Bam
CKY - the band
Members: Deron Miller \| Chad I. Ginsburg \| Jess Margera \| Matt Deis Albums: Volume 1 (1999) \| Volume 2 (1999) \| Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild (2002) \| An Ånswer Can Be Found (2005) See also: Gnarkill \| Foreign Objects
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