- Born
- Birth nameBrandon Cole Margera
- Nickname
- Bam Bam
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- Brandon Cole Margera, better known as Bam Margera, was born on September 28, 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to April Margera (née Cole) and Phil Margera. He was given the name Bam at age three, by his grandfather, after his habit of running into walls. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), German, English, and Welsh descent.
In high school, he'd often appear in articles in Jeff Tremaine's Big Brother magazine and made CKY videos with his older brother Jess and his friends Chris Raab, Ryan Dunn, and Brandon DiCamillo. He only attended high school because Chris Raab went. Bam dropped out of high school after Chris Raab got suspended for smearing feces on lockers, but his parents persuaded him to get his GED which he got.
In 2000, Jeff Tremaine made a deal with MTV to make a show called Jackass and Bam got a spot on the show. Even though Jackass lasted two years, Margera would go on to star in the Jackass movies and even have his own reality television series, Viva La Bam featuring his family and CKY members including Jackass star and close friend Ryan Dunn.
Over the years, he starred in other Jackass films and other skateboarding projects. In 2011, he lost his best friend Ryan Dunn from a drunk-driving accident.
He now has his own game show, Bam's Badass Gameshow.
- IMDb mini biography by: Cameron Cox
- SpousesDannii Marie(May 28, 2024 - present)Nicole Boyd(October 5, 2013 - September 16, 2021) (separated, 1 child)Missy Rothstein(February 3, 2007 - November 1, 2012) (divorced)
- ChildrenPhoenix Wolf Margera
- Parents
- RelativesJess Margera(Sibling)Don Vito(Aunt or Uncle)Pat Margera(Aunt or Uncle)Phillip Margera Sr.(Grandparent)Ruthie Margera(Aunt or Uncle)Phillip Margera Sr.(Grandchild)Matt Cole(Aunt or Uncle)
- Constantly torments his parents, Phil and April, in Jackass stunts
- His ice blue eyes.
- He landed the loop in Phoenix, Arizona and became the 13th known skater to land it, and was the first street skater to successfully land it.
- He got his nickname Bam from his grandfather because he ran into walls quite often.
- He cites Chris Raab as his only reason for attending high school, and dropped out after Raab got expelled for smearing feces on a locker (as told in Landspeed: CKY (1999)).
- Was best friends with Ryan Dunn.
- 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.
- I'm Bam Margera. And I feel like kicking my dad's ass, all day today.
- Jackass 3D (2010) - $5,000,000
- Jackass Number Two (2006) - $5,000,000
- Jackass: The Movie (2002) - $5,000,000
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