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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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]

Bam continues to evolve in film and stunts, but he also appears on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater video games (3 & 4).

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**.

Bam Bam can be heard every Monday evening on Sirius radio on his own program called Bam Radio.

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