Steve O - Steve-O was born in Wimbledon, London, England to an American father and a Canadian mother. His family was based in England for many years due to his father's business interests. Steve-O graduated from The American School in London in 1992 before moving to the United States. He briefly attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, but dropped out after one year to attend the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and filmed videos of his stunts. Though he was not selected to join The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus after graduating Clown College, he did work as a clown in a circus at the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop flea market. While performing in the flea market circus, Steve-O began sending videos of himself to Big Brother Magazine editor and future Jackass director Jeff Tremaine, which led to his involvement in the television series Jackass and its hit movie spin-offs, Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two and Jackass 2.5.
His upcoming album will be titled Hard as a Rock. Another mix-CD released by Steve-O is called The Dumbest Asshole In Hip Hop.
Like fellow Jackass star Bam Margera, Steve-O is also an avid Heavy metal fan. He has a tattoo of an inverted Christian cross on his left shoulder.
In mid 2005, Steve-O launched his own shoe company called Sneaux Shoes. Television commercials promoting the shoe company include such acts as Steve-O jumping into garbage, getting his foot bitten by an alligator and drinking rotten milk. His slogan is "They're darn good shoes."
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