Phil Margera
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Philip Ron "Phil" Margera (born July 13, 1957 in Concordville, Pennsylvania, United States) is the father of Bam and Jess Margera and younger brother of Vincent "Don Vito" Margera. He appears on the MTV show Viva La Bam, and is also affiliated with CKY and Jackass. Easygoing and obese, he is married to April Margera who also participates in filmmaking.
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[edit] Life after "Viva La Bam"
Margera appeared on the second season of Celebrity Fit Club on VH1. When CFC2 began, Phil weighed in at 353 pounds (160 kg). He lost the most weight on the show, losing a total of 41 pounds (18 kg), down to 312 pounds (142 kg). In season 4, both BoneCrusher and Tina Yothers beat Margera's record, losing 51 and 42 lbs (23 and 19 kg) respectively. During a weigh-in on the show, Phil claimed his reason for losing weight was to extend his life in order to spend more time with his granddaughter, Ava.
As shown on a Viva La Bam spring break special, Phil and April Margera remained in the home that the family were apparently given notice of eviction from at the end of Viva La Bam season 1.
[edit] Trivia
- Margera appears as an unlockable character complete with underwear in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2.
- He looks after his son Bam's finances. When Bam was asked if he would care if Phil ever ran away with it, Bam said he deserved the money.[1]
- Has his own range of skateboard bushings entitled "Phil's Donuts."
- Margera is a professional baker.
- His heritage includes Italian and Pennsylvania Dutch descent. His mother is part Amish and was from Lititz in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
[edit] References
- ^ From an interview with Bam on http://www.elementskateboards.com
[edit] External link
| CKY |
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| CKY Crew |
| Core members: Bam Margera | Ryan Dunn | Brandon DiCamillo | Ted "Rake Yohn" Webb | Chris "Raab Himself" Raab | Jess Margera
Others: Phil Margera | April Margera | Vincent "Don Vito" Margera | Jenn Rivell | Brandon Novak | Full list Video/Film: CKY Videos (1999 – 2003) | Jackass: The Movie (2002) | Jackass Number Two (2006) | Haggard: The Movie (2003) TV/Radio series: Jackass | Viva La Bam | Homewrecker | Radio Bam | Blastazoid | Bam's Unholy Union |
| CKY - the band |
| Members: Deron Miller | Chad I. Ginsburg | Jess Margera | Matt Deis
Albums: Volume 1 (1999) | Volume 2 (1999) | Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild (2002) | An Ånswer Can Be Found (2005) See also: Gnarkill | Foreign Objects | oiL | Rudy + Blitz |
| Jackass |
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| Main Cast |
| Johnny Knoxville | Bam Margera | Steve-O | Chris Pontius | Ryan Dunn | Jason "Wee Man" Acuña | Preston Lacy | Dave England | Ehren McGhehey |
| Supporting Cast |
| Brandon DiCamillo | Theodore "Rake Yohn" Webb | Chris "Raab Himself" Raab | Phil Margera | April Margera | Manny Puig |
| Crew |
| Jeff Tremaine | Spike Jonze | Dimitry Elyashkevich | Rick Kosick | Lance Bangs |
| Television shows |
| Jackass | Wildboyz | Viva La Bam | Homewrecker | Bam's Unholy Union |
| Films |
| Jackass: The Movie (stunts) | Jackass Number Two (stunts) |
| Miscellaneous |
| Big Brother | Corona | Jackass: The Game | CKY Crew | CKY Videos | Gnarkill | Radio Bam | Haggard: The Movie |
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