Dave England

David England (born December 30, 1969) is an American stunt performer and former professional snowboarder. He is best known as one of the stars of the reality stunt show Jackass.

Dave England
England in 2011
Born
David England

(1969-12-30) December 30, 1969
Ventura, California, U.S.
Other namesDarf
OccupationStunt performer, actor
Years active1991–present
Known forCo-star of Jackass
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
Children4
Websitedaveengland.com

Career

England was once a professional snowboarder and is featured in several of Kingpin Productions' snowboarding videos, including "Bulletproof" and "Back in Black". He was founder of the snowboarding magazine Skintight Magazine. He once worked as the field editor for Snowboarder Magazine and was the editor of Blunt magazine, the sister snowboarding magazine to skateboarding's Big Brother.[2] England also appears in the 2008 film Shred, co-starring Tom Green. The film, about a snowboarding school run by England's character, was filmed at Big White, a ski resort in Canada.[3]

Role in Jackass

England gets involved in stunts and pranks much like the rest of the cast, but he is the first one to participate in something when fecal matter is involved. England proclaimed himself on the Jackass Number Two DVD commentary that he is the "world's first professional shitter", in as much as he gets paid to defecate on TV.

In Jackass 2.5, England jokingly claims that he is the only proven person in the world that is capable of defecating and even vomiting on command, although he finds urinating on command to be difficult.

In one stunt on Jackass, England eats a number of uncooked ingredients that he thinks would be suitable for making an omelette. He then forces himself to become sick by eating raw eggs and proceeds to vomit into a bowl, which he then empties into a pan to fry. Finally, he, very enthusiastically, eats the omelette he has just made. One of England's skits ("Poo Diaper") almost did not make it to TV. This skit involves England reaching into a garbage can and eating out of a baby's diaper, which contains chocolate pudding. Johnny Knoxville told MTV to keep the skit, and after many debates MTV let Jackass keep "Poo Diaper".

Personal life

Dave is married to Shawna England and they have two sons together named Van and Clyde. He also has two children from a previous relationship.

Dave is a self-proclaimed vegetarian.

Dave has a reputation for turning into 'Darf', his drunken ill-tempered persona, when he drinks alcohol to excess. He has spent brief periods in jail in the United States, New Zealand, and Japan.[4]

During the Bathroom Break Podcast with former Jackass and CKY crew member Chris Raab, Dave stated he lost one of his testicles after suffering a double hernia during a snowboard accident in New Zealand.[5]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000-2002 Jackass Himself 25 episodes
Writer
2002 Jackass Backyard BBQ Himself TV special
2007 Bam's Unholy Union Himself 2 episodes
2007 Tom Green Live! Himself 1 episode
2008 Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover Himself TV special
2010 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Himself Presenter
2010 Up Close with Carrie Keagan Himself 1 episode
2010 Made in Hollywood Himself Episode 6.4
2011 A Tribute to Ryan Dunn Himself TV documentary
2012 Loiter Squad Himself Episode 1.10
2014 2014 Kids' Choice Awards Himself Rodeo performer
2015 Swerved Himself Episode 1.6
2016 Party Legends Himself Episode 1.5
2016 Ridiculousness Himself Episode 8.24
2021 WWE SmackDown Himself Episode 24.10
Guest appearance

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Big Brother: shit Direct-to-video release
Creative consultant
1998 Number Two: Big Brother Himself Direct-to-video release
2002 Jackass: The Movie Himself Writer
2002 Don't Try This At Home: The Steve-O Video Vol. 2: The Tour Himself Direct-to-video release
2006 Jackass Number Two Himself Writer
2007 Jackass 2.5 Himself Writer
2008 Shred Max
2009 Revenge of the Boarding School Dropouts Max
2009 Jackass: The Lost Tapes Himself Writer
Archived footage
2010 Jackass 3D Himself Writer
2011 Jackass 3.5 Himself Writer
2016 Natural Born Pranksters Himself Guest appearance
2016 The Bet Coffee shop employee
2020 Steve-O: Gnarly Himself Cameo
Direct-to-video
2022 Jackass Forever Himself Writer
2022 Jackass 4.5 Himself Writer

Music videos
Year Artist Track Role Notes
2002 CKY "Flesh into Gear" Himself Archived footage
2002 Andrew W.K. "We Want Fun" Himself
2006 Chris Pontius "Karazy" Himself
2010 Weezer "Memories" Himself
2016 DJ Swamp "Rock Rollin" Skateboarder

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Jackass: The Game Himself Voice and motion capture

References
  1. "Dave England - Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  2. "SuicideGirls". SuicideGirls. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  3. tomgreen.com - The Channel Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Dave England - Steve-O's Wild Ride! Ep #47, archived from the original on December 13, 2021, retrieved August 31, 2021
  5. Raab, Chris (February 18, 2019). "Bathroom Break Podcast #27 - Dave England: Entertainer". YouTube. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
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