Steve-O

What I admire most about Steve-O is the sheer commitment behind the chaos. Born in Wimbledon and trained as a circus clown before Jackass made him a household name, he turned pain and fear into a genuine craft rather than mere shock value. There is something disarmingly honest about a man who built a career on putting his own body on the line for a laugh. These days he has reinvented himself as a storyteller and podcaster, and I find that second act just as compelling. He earns my respect not for the stunts, but for the fearless transparency underneath them.

Name (English)

Steve-O

Name (Japanese)

スティーヴォー

Reading

すてぃーゔぉー

Born

June 13, 1974 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

Origin

Wimbledon, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / circus performer / clown / screenwriter / stunt performer

University

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College

• Official sitehttps://www.steveo.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/steveo/
• Xhttps://x.com/SteveO
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve-O
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451501

Tags

• actor
• circus performer
• clown

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.