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Chris Pontius
American stunt performer (born 1974) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chris Pontius (born July 16, 1974)[1] is an American stunt performer and television personality. He is best known as a cast member of the reality comedy show Jackass and co-host of its spinoff Wildboyz with fellow cast member Steve-O.
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Life and career
Pontius was born on July 16, 1974, in Pasadena, California,[1] and raised in San Luis Obispo.[2] As a teenager, he met his future Jackass collaborators when he was interviewed in skateboarding magazine Big Brother.[3] Pontius went on to write for Big Brother, and was part of the Jackass cast starting with the first episode in 2000.[4]
Role in Jackass
Pontius mostly performs stunts involving nudity, such as the recurring "Party Boy"[5] skit in which he dances out in public while wearing nothing but a thong. He also mostly performs stunts involving his penis, most notably getting it bitten by a snake, and flying an RC helicopter with his penis by tying thread around it to the RC helicopter.[6]
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Personal life
In 2004, Pontius married Claire Nolan and they divorced in 2013.[7][8][9] Pontius has a son born in 2019.[10]
Filmography
Movies
Television
DVDs
Web series
Video games
Music videos
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