Preston Lacy (born August 14, 1969)
is an American stunt performer, actor, comedian and one of the stars of the reality stunt show ''
Jackass''.
Career
Lacy was born on August 14, 1969, in either
Sarcoxie or
Carthage, Missouri
Carthage is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 15,522 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Jasper County and is nicknamed "America's Maple Leaf City."
History
Jasper County was formed in 1841. ...
.
He worked as a truck driver in Missouri before moving to
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. He landed roles in several commercials, including one for
Napster
Napster was an American proprietary peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing application primarily associated with digital audio file distribution. Founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, the platform originally launched on June 1, 1999. Audio shared ...
that aired during
Super Bowl XXXIX
Super Bowl XXXIX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles to decide the National Football League (NF ...
. Lacy first met
Johnny Knoxville through Knoxville's ex-wife, who ran a clothing company. Lacy was hired to transport textiles for the clothing company. After becoming friends with Knoxville, Lacy began to suggest ideas for the ''Jackass'' series to him. Originally brought on as a writer, Knoxville convinced Lacy to participate in the stunts.
Lacy shares a writing credit for ''
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie''. He starred alongside
Chris Kattan in the film ''
Christmas in Wonderland''. He appeared in ''
Jackass: The Movie'' (2002), ''
Jackass Number Two'' (2006), ''
Jackass 2.5'' (2007), ''
Jackass 3D
''Jackass 3D'' (known as ''Jackass 3'' on home media) is a 2010 American 3-D film, 3D reality film, reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine. It is the third installment in the Jackass (franchise)#Films, ''Jackass'' film series, and the sequ ...
'' (2010), ''
Jackass 3.5'' (2011), ''
Jackass Forever'' (2022), and ''
Jackass 4.5'' (2022).
Lacy has been on tour doing stand-up comedy. Notably, he has participated in the BBM Comedy Tours in New York and
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
, as well performing at festivals, clubs and bar rooms around the United States.
''Jackass''
When on ''Jackass'', Lacy is most often featured with
Jason "Wee Man" Acuña and their most common skit involves Lacy chasing after Acuña down public streets in nothing more than their briefs and white tanktops, showing off his obesity. Lacy has contributed many of the ideas that later became ''Jackass'' skits and stunts. He is also known for his anger outbursts, the most memorable of which occurred during the "Eggnog Challenge" for the ''Jackass Christmas Special''. In ''
Jackass 2.5'' (2007), it was revealed that Lacy has an extreme
fear of heights.
Filmography
Television
Films
Web series
Music videos
Video games
References
External links
*
Wee Man and Preston Lacy on Tom Green Live
American stunt performers
Living people
1969 births
Comedians from Missouri
Crowder College alumni
{{US-film-actor-1960s-stub