Steve-O
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Steve graduated from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown
College in 1997. He says the program was more like boot camp than
college. Out of 2000 applicants, only 33 were accepted and Steve-O was
one of them. However, after graduation, 10 were selected for the circus
and this didn't include him. So he went back home to Albuquerque, New
Mexico to film himself doing dangerous and stupid stunts for submission
to skateboarding companies. Steve-O's relationship with Big Brother
Magazine began in 1997 when they ran a side-bar article about him
catching his face on fire when their Big Brother tour came through
Albuquerque. In 1999 he moved from New Mexico to Florida. For six
months he worked as a performer on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and was
then offered a job at the Hanneford Family Circus as a clown. During
this time he was featured in several more issues of Big Brother
Magazine and even filmed a part for the Big Brother video "Boob". This
is when he became involved with Jackass. He says he did all his filming
for the first season of Jackass within three days.