Bam Margera

Bam Margera (born Brandon Cole Margera on September 28, 1979) is an American professional skateboarder, stunt performer, filmmaker and television personality. He came to prominence as one of the stars of MTV’s Jackass reality series and its related movies. After appearing in several other TV shows, he created his own show Viva La Bam which ran for five seasons from 2003–2005 on MTV.

Margera rose to fame alongside fellow professionals like Ryan Dunn and Steve-O during their time performing dangerous stunts together in the hit comedy franchise Jackass . After making a name for himself through various high profile appearances such as being featured on The Howard Stern Show , Good Morning America , Fox News Channel’s O’Reilly Factor and 60 Minutes , he began hosting his own show titled “Viva la Bam” that aired from October 5th 2003 – August 15th 2005 . During this period it was also reported by TMZ that Margaret had earned over $2 million dollars due to commercial endorsements with companies such as Quiksilver & Element Skateboards among others throughout this span with some sources pegging him at earning up to 10 million dollars total between 2001 – 2009 when combined with all profits coming out of “Jackass” related projects & merchandise sales.

Throughout the years Bam has continued not only pushing boundaries within extreme sports but also creating art mediums such as drawing, painting & sculpting which have been exhibited globally most recently showcasing works at Los Angeles based Corey Helford Gallery back in 2017/2018 while additionally developing multiple music projects under various monikers including F*ckFace Unstoppable going so far even producing albums released via independent labels across Europe .

In 2020 following many struggles dealing privately with addiction issues leading into 2019 along side close friend Phil Margera passing away earlier that year after battling cancer complications; things seemed especially bad until 2021 where more recent news reports indicated signs pointing towards a potential full recovery having taken place since then though still no official statements or confirmations have come forth yet officially regarding these matters either way leaving much speculation amongst fans worldwide..