# Dave England
**Dave England** (birth name David Joseph England; born 1969) is an American stunt performer, actor, and former professional snowboarder best known as an original cast member of the MTV stunt series *Jackass* and of its feature-film franchise. Within the cast he became the member most closely associated with bathroom humor, and his IMDb-listed trademark is "doing stunts that involve fecal matter"[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/) • [3](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/dave-england-net-worth/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969, in Ojai, California, per IMDb[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/); other profiles list Ventura, California[2](https://www.fandango.com/people/dave-england-193913/biography) |
| Path to Jackass | Professional snowboarder; founded *Skintight* magazine, edited *Snowboarder Magazine* and *Blunt*, connecting him with *Big Brother* editor Jeff Tremaine[2](https://www.fandango.com/people/dave-england-193913/biography) • [3](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/dave-england-net-worth/) |
| Signature niche | Bathroom and scatological stunts, including the display-toilet bit in *Jackass: The Movie* (2002) and the "Poo-Cano" model-train sketch[9](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/johnny-knoxville-jackass-5-co-star-injured-finger-retrieving-coin-from-someones-butt) |
| Writer credits | "Concepts by" on the Jackass films from 2002 through 2022, and producer and writer on *Jackass: Best and Last* (2026)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/) • [4](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/comedy-movies/jackass-5-will-be-the-last-one-ending-the-prankster-comedy-series-24-year-run-on-the-big-screen/) |
| Known injury | IMDb trivia states he lost a testicle in a snowboarding accident, which made him retire from the sport[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/) |
| Family | Married to Shawna England, two children; previously married to Joanna England[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/) |
| Reported net worth | $2.5 million, per Celebrity Net Worth[3](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/dave-england-net-worth/) |
## Early career and magazines
Before television, England competed and filmed as a professional snowboarder, and Apple's profile credits his snowboarding skills with supplying both his stunt repertoire and his route into the industry[8](https://snapshot.apple.com/us/person/6621234487). Away from competitions and film spots he founded the snowboarding magazine *Skintight*, worked as an editor for *Snowboarder Magazine*, and served as editor of *Blunt*, the sister publication of the skateboarding magazine *Big Brother*[2](https://www.fandango.com/people/dave-england-193913/biography). Celebrity Net Worth adds that he worked as a field editor for *Snowboarder Magazine* before his *Blunt* editorship, and describes *Big Brother*'s orbit as mixing skateboarding, pranks, nudity, stunts, and crude, anti-corporate comedy[3](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/dave-england-net-worth/).
That connection was the direct route into *Jackass*: through *Big Brother* and its editor [Jeff Tremaine](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeff-tremaine), England joined the team Tremaine assembled for the series alongside [Johnny Knoxville](https://www.edgepedia.org/johnny-knoxville), Chris Pontius, and Steve-O[2](https://www.fandango.com/people/dave-england-193913/biography). His IMDb filmography records the earliest credit in that circle as creative consultant on the 1996 video *Shit: Big Brother*, followed by the 1998 video *Big Brother: Number Two*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/).
## Jackass
*Jackass* launched on MTV in 2000, created by Jeff Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, and [Spike Jonze](https://www.edgepedia.org/spike-jonze), and England became one of its regular cast members[3](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/dave-england-net-worth/). The show's success carried the crew into a run of feature films in which England is credited with stunt concepts: *Jackass: The Movie* (2002), *Jackass Number Two* (2006), *Jackass 2.5* (2007), *Jackass 3D* (2010), *Jackass 3.5* (2011), *Jackass Forever* (2022), and *Jackass 4.5* (2022)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/). In interviews he has cited the "fire hose rodeo" as his favorite bit; he arrived for the shoot in a clear rain suit over nothing else and was pointed at as ready to go, calling it his biggest and craziest thing[7](https://bleedingcool.com/movies/jackass-forever-danger-ehren-dave-england-on-generation-jackass/).
His best-known material centers on fecal humor. In the first film he used a hardware store display toilet exactly as intended, and the "Poo-Cano" sketch built from a model train set to an explosion of feces as England, hidden in the mountain, was revealed mid-stunt[9](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/johnny-knoxville-jackass-5-co-star-injured-finger-retrieving-coin-from-someones-butt). Johnny Knoxville told Rolling Stone that England will get infuriated if anyone else touches the scatological territory[10](https://au.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/johnny-knoxville-jackass-5-interview-91524/), and a Leeds student publication recorded Knoxville saying England is "notorious" about faces, the franchise's term for the specialty[5](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/19212/1/LUA-PUB-002-LS-967_000.pdf).
A 2006 school newspaper review of *Jackass Number Two* described a fan-favorite bit in which England staged a fake terrorist attack inside a taxicab, unaware the driver had been pre-informed by the cast[6](https://www.hufsd.edu/vault/assets/pdfs/schools/hhs/2012/dispatch_2006_december.pdf).
**Jackass Forever and the cup test.** In *Jackass Forever* (2022), England rejoined Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ehren "Danger" McGhehey, [Preston Lacy](https://www.edgepedia.org/preston-lacy), and Jason "Wee Man" Acuña alongside new cast members including Sean "Poopies" McInerney and Rachel Wolfson[11](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-02-04/johnny-knoxville-jackass-forever-wwe). The film's "cup test" stages escalating blows to McGhehey's groin, ending with England jumping on the cup with a pogo stick[12](https://popculture.com/movies/news/jackass-forever-danger-ehren-dave-england-reveal-friendship-survived-pogo-stick-cup-test-stunt/). In a joint interview the two explained the choice: McGhehey trusted England on a pogo stick because England had brought one to the day the TV-show pilot was shot, making him "the pogo stick guy back in the day"[12](https://popculture.com/movies/news/jackass-forever-danger-ehren-dave-england-reveal-friendship-survived-pogo-stick-cup-test-stunt/). England first missed and landed on McGhehey's abdomen before the successful, painful strike[12](https://popculture.com/movies/news/jackass-forever-danger-ehren-dave-england-reveal-friendship-survived-pogo-stick-cup-test-stunt/).
## Later work and the franchise finale
Outside the franchise, England appeared with [Tom Green](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-green) in the 2008 snowboarding comedy *Shred*, about former pros starting a snowboard camp[2](https://www.fandango.com/people/dave-england-193913/biography). Later credits listed by TMDB include *The Bet* and *Natural Born Pranksters* (2016), and *It's Showtime* (2024), a short[13](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86627-dave-england?language=en-US). He has also toured with the cast, performing live shows across Australia, New Zealand, and the United States[14](https://www.looper.com/12709/cast-jackass-now-2/).
For *Jackass: Best and Last* (2026), the franchise's final film, Metacritic credits England as producer and writer[15](https://www.metacritic.com/person/dave-england/). By the time of that film, Knoxville named the core daredevil team as England, Danger Ehren, Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, and Steve-O, with about 80 percent of the fifth film's skits mapped out; Knoxville also teased a long-planned set piece around England's singular testicle, something the team had been trying to shoot for 15 years[4](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/comedy-movies/jackass-5-will-be-the-last-one-ending-the-prankster-comedy-series-24-year-run-on-the-big-screen/). Director Jeff Tremaine told Rolling Stone UK about the one that got away: the plan was to fit England, who has one testicle, with a prosthetic that lights up, but "lawyers got involved and we weren't able to get to it"[16](https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/film/news/jackass-best-and-last-movie-stunt-lawyers-interview-62300/).
## Personal life
England is married to Shawna England, with whom he has two children, and was previously married to Joanna England[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/). His IMDb trivia notes the snowboarding accident that cost him a testicle and ended his snowboarding career, and lists the nicknames Chef Dave, Dek, and Darf[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/). A 2016 profile described him as largely settled into raising his children in California and touring with the cast[14](https://www.looper.com/12709/cast-jackass-now-2/).
## References
1. [Dave England, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257424/)
2. [Dave England Biography, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/dave-england-193913/biography)
3. [Dave England Net Worth, Celebrity Net Worth](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/dave-england-net-worth/)
4. [Jackass 5 will be "the last one", GamesRadar](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/comedy-movies/jackass-5-will-be-the-last-one-ending-the-prankster-comedy-series-24-year-run-on-the-big-screen/)
5. [Arts & Film student publication on Jackass 3D, University of Leeds library](https://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/19212/1/LUA-PUB-002-LS-967_000.pdf)
6. [Dispatch school newspaper review of Jackass Number Two, Half Hollow Hills schools archive](https://www.hufsd.edu/vault/assets/pdfs/schools/hhs/2012/dispatch_2006_december.pdf)
7. [Jackass Forever – Danger Ehren & Dave England On "Generation Jackass", Bleeding Cool](https://bleedingcool.com/movies/jackass-forever-danger-ehren-dave-england-on-generation-jackass/)
8. [Dave England, Apple Snapshot](https://snapshot.apple.com/us/person/6621234487)
9. [Johnny Knoxville on the Jackass 5 finger-injury story, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/johnny-knoxville-jackass-5-co-star-injured-finger-retrieving-coin-from-someones-butt)
10. [Johnny Knoxville: 'Was I Always the Best Role Model? No', Rolling Stone Australia](https://au.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/johnny-knoxville-jackass-5-interview-91524/)
11. [Johnny Knoxville talks 'Jackass Forever,' nudity, WWE, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-02-04/johnny-knoxville-jackass-forever-wwe)
12. ['Jackass Forever' Stars Danger Ehren and Dave England Reveal If Friendship Survived Pogo Stick Cup Test Stunt, PopCulture.com](https://popculture.com/movies/news/jackass-forever-danger-ehren-dave-england-reveal-friendship-survived-pogo-stick-cup-test-stunt/)
13. [Dave England, The Movie Database](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86627-dave-england?language=en-US)
14. [Where Is The Cast Of Jackass Now?, Looper](https://www.looper.com/12709/cast-jackass-now-2/)
15. [Dave England, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/dave-england/)
16. [The 'Jackass' gang on the one stunt they couldn't pull off, Rolling Stone UK](https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/film/news/jackass-best-and-last-movie-stunt-lawyers-interview-62300/)
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