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Professional skateboarder and successful actor Bam Margera is known for his funny and unique, sometimes dangerous tricks. It was he who came up with the crazy reality show Viva la Bam, popular all over the world.
Short biography
Bam Margera is a famous American skateboarder, film actor, director and screenwriter. On September 28, 2016, he turned 37 years old. Bam was born in the USA, in Chester, Pennsylvania. His father's name is Phil, and his mother's name is April, in the Marger family there is more than one son. The professional skateboarder has a brother, one year older, Jess, who works in a band and acts in films.
Bam is not the actor's real name. This nickname, under which the whole world knows him, was invented by his own grandfather when the baby was about 3 years old. Little Margera was very restless, he was very fond of crashing into the wall with a running start, while making the sound "bam". That is why his grandfather dubbed him Bam. The real name of the American star is BrandonCole Margera.
The skateboarder attended Eastern High School courses, but he was soon expelled for constant fights and scandals.
Bam calls Ryan Dunn and Brandon DiCamillo his real friends.
First steps to fame
Bam Margera became a member of the "Element" team. This brand is the world leader in skateboards, surfboards and outdoor products.
The young man never sat idle, he was looking for himself, trying something new. He often attended auditions and many times he was approved for filming commercials for famous American brands. He became the spokesperson for companies such as Speed Metal Bearings and Adio.
From an early age, Bam Margera is a participant in various festivals and competitions in skateboarding. And in 1999, a twenty-year-old athlete tried himself as an actor. He, along with his friends, starred in several videos of the musical group Sky, in which his brother Jess worked as a drummer. A year later, Bam Margera got his first role in the comedy real-life TV series Jackass.
Filmography
In 2003, Bam Margera showed himself as a director. He created a comedy called "Haggard" (Haggard: The Movie), based on real events that happened in the life of one of his friends - Ryan Dunn. In this film, the athlete participated not only as a director, but also as an actor.
In the same year in the credits of the adventure comedy"Skateboarders" appeared a name already known to many Americans - Bam Margera. The films the actor wanted to be in had to be funny.
Three years later, the movie "Jerks" was released on TV screens. The main characters of the comedy were Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Johnny Knoxville. The film's budget was over $11 million and the box office gross was about $85 million. In the film, crazy friends perform unique, dangerous stunts. In 2007, the sequel to the comedy "Jerks 2.5" was released.
Bam Margera has also starred in films such as "Bam Margera Presents: Where's the Fucking Santa?", "Jolly Ghost", "Welcome to Bates Motel", "Jacks 3.5".
Popular reality show
In 2003, Bam Margera also proved himself as a screenwriter. The actor, along with his friends, released the television reality show Viva la Bam. It was a series similar to the project "Nerks". The program starred Bam's parents, Phil and April, brother Jess, and his uncle, Vincent Margera. And, of course, the skateboarder's close friends: Ryan Dunn, Jimmy Pop, Brandon DiCamillo, Jenny Revell.
The program was a wild success, not only in the United States, but also in Europe and Asia. In the reality show, crazy stars joked a lot, showed incredible and unexpected tricks. Viva la Bam appeared on TV screens for two and a half years. Bam Margera and his team filmed fiveseasons of exciting reality show.
Actor's personal life
Jenny Revell became the first girlfriend of a professional American skateboarder. The couple started dating in 1999 and after six years of romance, they decided to announce their engagement. But the matter did not come to the wedding, the young people broke up in 2005.
Bam Margera was not alone for long, he began an intimate relationship with his childhood friend Melissa Rowstein ("Missy"). Already in the fall of 2007, the couple got married. Missy and Bam had a difficult relationship for three years, so they divorced in 2011.
A year later, the actor got married again. Nicole Boyd and Bam Margera, who were married in 2012, pledged their allegiance to each other from the stage at a concert in Reykjavik.
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