Steve-O
Birthdate: Jun 13, 1974
Birthplace: Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Steve-O (birthname: Stephen Gilchrist Glover) has achieved great fame as the most fearless of the stunt players in the long-running Jackass series in movies, on MTV and on video, known for such trademarks as his phrase, “Yeah, dude!”, his leopard-print thong and his frequent vomiting following his outrageous stunts, including: carving an upside-down cross with a knife and then rubbing ink into the wound; stapling his scrotum to his thigh; drinking wine that trickled through the buttocks of his Jackass crew members; shooting alcohol into his bloodstream via an I.V. drip; and early in his career, setting his hair on fire and accidently burning all of his facial skin. Steve-O, who had trained in 1997 at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and had videotaped his own stunts, came to the attention of director/producer Jeff Tremaine, who recruited him to the team formed for Jackass, first airing on MTV in 2000.
Steve-O appeared as one of the leading faces of the Jackass movie series, as a performer/co-writer starting with Jackass: The Movie (2002), then Jackass Number Two (2006), Jackass 3D (2010), Jackass Forever (2022) and Jackass: Best and Last (2026), all directed by Jeff Tremaine, with fellow performers Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Wee Man, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Danger Ehren, Poopies, Zach Holmes, Jasper Dolphin, Rachel Wolfson and Eric Manaka.
Steve-O’s final Jackass appearance was in the movie series finale, director/co-writer/producer Tremaine’s Jackass: Best and Last (2026), with new performer Dark Shark, produced by Jackass co-creators Spike Jonze and lead performer Johnny Knoxville under the banner of MTV Entertainment Studios/Dickhouse Entertainment, and released wide by Paramount Pictures.
Steve-O has appeared in several theatrically released non-Jackass movies (most of them documentaries), including Canadian director/writer/narrator Albert Nerenberg’s Stupidity (2003); The Dudeson Movie (2006); director/co-writer Sam Maccarone’s National Lampoon’s TV: The Movie (2006) (on which he was a writer); and director/writer Matt Bissonette’s indie drama, Passenger Side (2009), co-starring Adam Scott, Jeff Bissonnette and Robin Tunney.
Personal life
Steve-O was born and raised in the Wimbledon area of London by his Canadian-born mother Donna and American-born father Ted (Pepsi-Cola and Nabisco executive), who then moved to Brazil, Venezuela, and then to the U.S. (in both Darien, Connecticut, and Miami, Florida), returning to London, then to Toronto, and back again to London. Steve-O has a sister, Cindy. Steve-O attended numerous schools in the countries he lived in while growing up with his family, including the American School in London. Steve-O studied Communications at the University of Miami’s School of Communication from 1992 to 1993, but dropped out during his sophomore year. Steve-O was engaged to stylist/set designer Lux Wright from 2018 to 2025, living during their period on a ranch in Portland, Tennessee, and a home (sold for $1.79 million in 2024) in Los Angeles. Steve-O’s height is 6’. Steve-O’s estimated net worth is $4 million.
Known For
Steve-O Movies
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Upcoming (1)
- 2026 |
Jackass: Best and Last
asSelf
Follows the Jackass crew as they perform their final series of dangerous stunts and pranks, marking the end of the franchise.
Previous (14)
- 2022 | Blockheads in Britainas Steve-O
- 2022 |
- 2020 | Guest Houseas Shredd
- 2020 | No Pain in Vain: The Shocking Life of Steve-O
- 2016 | blockheaDs the 2nD Cummingas Steve-0
- 2010 | Jackass 3D
- 2010 |
Jackass: The Movie 3
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Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.
- 2008 | Pinnernation the Movieas Steve-O
- 2007 | 1 More Hit
- 2006 | TV: The Movie
- 2006 | The Dudesons Movie
- 2006 | Jackass Number Two
- 2005 | Steve-O: Gross Misconduct Uncensored
- 2002 | Jackass: The Movie
Facts About Steve-O
First Language: Steve-O’s first spoken language wasn’t English but Brazilian Portuguese, which he spoke as a young child growing up in Brazil.
Addiction: Steve-O experienced drug addiction from his teenage years when he started with LSD and cannabis, and then cocaine, ketamine, PCP, and nitrous oxide, worsening his subsequently diagnosed bipolar condition, resulting in a near-suicidal condition that led to stays in mental institutions, an intervention by his Jackass crew, and eventual sobriety.
Lifestyle: Steve-O is an avowedly passionate vegan and animal rights activist, including an outrageous stunt protesting claims of animal abuse at Sea World that led to one of his several arrests.
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