Phil Margera
American reality television personality (born 1957)
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::summary American reality television personality (born 1957) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Phil Margera |
| image | Phil Margera.png |
| caption | Margera in 2022 |
| birth_date | |
| known_for | Cast member of Viva La Bam |
| occupation | Television personality |
| years_active | 1998–present |
| spouse | |
| children | |
| relatives | Vincent Margera (brother) |
| :: |
|name = Phil Margera |image = Phil Margera.png |imagesize = |caption = Margera in 2022 |birth_date = |birth_place = |known_for = Cast member of Viva La Bam |birth_name = |occupation = Television personality |years_active = 1998–present |spouse = |children = |relatives = Vincent Margera (brother) Phil Margera (born July 13, 1957) 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.
Life and career
Margera is the second of seven children born to Phillip and Darlene Margera (). He moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he met and married his wife April in 1976. Margera has Italian ancestry and worked as a baker prior to his career in television.
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.
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
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Toy Machine: Jump Off A Building | Himself | Direct-to-video |
| 1999 | Landspeed: CKY | Himself | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | CKY2K | Himself | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | CKY 3 | Himself | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | CKY Documentary | Himself | Direct-to-video |
| 2002 | Jackass: The Movie | Himself | Guest appearances |
| 2002 | CKY4: The Latest & Greatest | Himself | Direct-to-video |
| 2003 | Haggard: The Movie | Fat Guy with Watermelon / Bakery Shop Owner | |
| 2006 | The Dudesons Movie | Himself | Guest appearances |
| 2006 | Jackass Number Two | Himself | Guest appearances |
| 2007 | Jackass 2.5 | Himself | Guest appearances |
| 2008 | Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$&% Is Santa? | Himself | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Minghags | Lenny's dad | |
| 2010 | Jackass 3D | Himself | Guest appearances |
| 2011 | Jackass 3.5 | Himself | Guest appearances |
| 2011 | Skittin Across America: Skit-A-Palooza | Himself | |
| 2017 | The Fast Food King | Himself | Documentary |
| TBA | The Brandon Novak Story | Himself | Documentary |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | Jackass | Himself | 11 episodes |
| Guest appearances | |||
| 2002 | Jackass Backyard BBQ | Himself | TV special |
| Guest appearances | |||
| 2002 | MTV Cribs | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2003-2006 | Viva La Bam | Himself | 42 episodes |
| 2005 | Celebrity Fit Club | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | 2005 MTV Video Music Awards | Himself | Guest appearance |
| 2006 | The Dudesons | Himself | 2 episodes |
| Guest appearances | |||
| 2007 | Bam's Unholy Union | Himself | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover | Himself | TV special |
| Guest appearances | |||
| 2008 | Bamimation | Himself (voice) | TV short |
| 2009 | Steve-O: Demise and Rise | Himself | TV documentary |
| 2011 | A Tribute to Ryan Dunn | Himself | TV documentary |
| 2014 | CKY: The Greatest Hits | Himself | TV special |
| 2016 | Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Epicly Later'd: Bam Margera | Himself | TV documentary |
| 2018 | Drunk History: Germany | Himself | TV special |
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Video games
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Tony Hawk's Underground 2 | Himself | Voice |
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References
References
- Moran, Robert. (2001-07-15). "MTV Daredevil's Life Is a Flying Leap". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
- Margera, Phil. (July 13, 2021). "Thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes!".
- Raab, Chris. (August 15, 2019). "Bathroom Break Podcast #48 - April and Phil Margera".
- (August 19, 2006). "Reality-show "uncle" jailed". [[Denver Post]].
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