David Joseph England (born December 30, 1969) is an American

stunt performer A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed ...

, television personality, and former professional

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

. He is best known as one of the stars of the reality stunt show '' Jackass''.

Career

England was once a professional snowboarder and is featured in several of Kingpin Productions' snowboarding videos, including "Bulletproof" and "Back in Black". He was founder of the snowboarding magazine ''Skintight Magazine''. He once worked as the field editor for ''Snowboarder Magazine'' and was the editor of ''Blunt'' magazine, the sister snowboarding magazine to skateboarding's '' Big Brother''. England also appears in the 2008 film '' Shred'', co-starring Tom Green. The film, about a snowboarding school run by England's character, was filmed at Big White, a ski resort in Canada.

Role in ''Jackass''

England gets involved in stunts and pranks much like the rest of the cast, but he is the first one to participate in something when fecal matter is involved. England proclaimed on the '' Jackass Number Two'' DVD commentary that he is the "world's first professional shitter" because he gets paid to defecate on camera. In '' Jackass 2.5'', England jokingly claims that he is the only proven person in the world that is capable of defecating and even vomiting on command, although he finds urinating on command to be difficult. In one stunt on ''Jackass'', England eats a number of uncooked ingredients that he thinks would be suitable for making an

omelette An omelette (sometimes omelet in American English; see spelling differences) is a dish made from eggs (usually chicken eggs), fried with butter or oil in a frying pan. It is a common practice for an omelette to include fillings such as chiv ...

. He then forces himself to become sick by eating raw eggs and proceeds to vomit into a bowl, which he then fries in a pan. Finally, he and Steve-O, very enthusiastically, eat the omelette he has just "made." One of England's skits ("Poo Diaper") almost did not make it to TV. This skit involves England reaching into a garbage can and eating out of a baby's diaper containing chocolate pudding. Johnny Knoxville told

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to keep the skit, and after many debates MTV let ''Jackass'' keep "Poo Diaper".

Personal life

England is married to Shawna England, with whom he has two sons, named Van and Clyde. He also has two children from a previous relationship. As mentioned in '' Jackass 3.5'' (2011), England has a reputation for turning into 'Darf', his drunken ill-tempered persona, when he drinks alcohol to excess. He has spent brief periods in jail in the United States, New Zealand, and Japan. During the ''Bathroom Break Podcast'' with former ''Jackass'' and CKY crew member

Chris Raab Christian Raab (born May 21, 1980), better known by his stage name Raab Himself, is an American television personality known as a former member of the CKY crew featured in the MTV series '' Viva La Bam'' and '' Jackass''. Biography Raab was b ...

, England stated he lost one of his testicles after suffering a double

hernia A hernia (: hernias or herniae, from Latin, meaning 'rupture') is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ (anatomy), organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides. The term is also used for the normal Devel ...

during a snowboard accident in New Zealand in 1997. This was later mentioned again in '' Jackass 4.5'' (2022).

Filmography

Television

Film

Web series

Music videos

Video games

References

External links

Official website
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