Professional skateboarder and successful actor Bam Margera is known for his funny and unique, sometimes dangerous tricks. It was he who invented the crazy reality show Viva la Bam, popular around the world.
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Bam Marger is a famous American skateboarder, film actor, director and screenwriter. September 28, 2016 he turned 37 years old. Bam was born in the United States, in Chester, Pennsylvania. His father's name is Phil, and his mother is April, and there is more than one son in the Margera family. A professional skateboarder has an older brother for a year - Jess, who works in a music group and starred in films.
Bam is not an actor’s real name. This nickname, under which the whole world knows him, was invented by his grandfather when the baby was about 3 years old. Little Marger was very restless, he loved to run into the wall with a run, while making a sound of "bam". That is why his grandfather dubbed him Bem. The real name of the American star is Brandon Cole Margera.
A skateboarder attended the courses of the Higher Eastern School, but he was soon expelled for constant fights and scandals.
Bam calls his real friends Ryan Dunn and Brandon Dicamillo.
First steps to fame
Bam Marger became a member of the Element team. This brand is a world leader in the production of skateboards, surfing and things for an active lifestyle.
The young man never sat idle, he looked for himself, tried something new. He often visited castings and was approved many times for filming commercials by well-known American brands. He became a representative of companies such as Speed Metal Bearings and Adio.
From an early age, Bam Marger is a member of various festivals and skateboarding competitions. And in 1999, a twenty-year-old athlete tried himself as an actor. He and his friends starred in several videos of the Sky music band, which included his brother Jess as a drummer.
A year later, Bam Margera first got a role in the comedy real-life TV series "Eccentrics".
Filmography
In 2003, Bam Marger proved himself as a director. He created a comedy called "Haggard" (Haggard: The Movie), based on real events that happened in the life of one of his friends - Ryan Dunn. In this film, the athlete participated not only as a director, but also as an actor.
In the same year, the title of the adventure comedy "Skateboarders" appeared the name already known to many Americans - Bam Marger. Films in which the actor wanted to appear should have been funny.
Three years later, the movie "Dukes" was released on television. The main characters of the comedy were Bam Marger, Ryan Dunn, Johnny Knoxville. The budget of the film was more than 11 million dollars, and box office - about 85 million. In the film, crazy friends perform unique, dangerous tricks. In 2007, the sequel to the comedy "Dukes 2.5" was released.
Bam Margera also starred in films such as Bam Margera Presents: Where the Fucking Santa ?, Merry Ghost, Welcome to Bates Motel, Eccentrics 3.5.
Popular reality show
In 2003, Bam Marger proved himself as a screenwriter. The actor along with his friends released the television reality show Viva la Bam. It was a series similar to the project "Dukes". The program starred Bem's parents - Phil and April, brother Jess, as well as his uncle - Vincent Marger. And, of course, close friends of the skateboarder: Ryan Dunn, Jimmy Pop, Brandon Dicamillo, Jenny Rivell.
The program was a wild success, and not only in the United States, but also in Europe and Asia. In the reality show, crazy stars joked a lot, showed incredible and unexpected tricks. Viva la Bam has been on television for two and a half years. Bam Marger and his team filmed five seasons of an exciting reality show.
The personal life of the actor
The first girl of a professional American skateboarder was Jenny Rivell. The couple began dating in 1999, and after six years of romance, they decided to announce their engagement. But it didn’t come to the wedding, the young people broke up in 2005.
Bam Marger was not long left alone, he struck up an intimate relationship with his childhood friend Melissa Rowstein (“Missy”). Already in the fall of 2007, the couple had a wedding. Over the course of three years, Missy and Bem had a difficult relationship, so in 2011 they divorced.
A year later, the actor got married again. Nicole Boyd and Bam Marger, whose wedding took place in 2012, took each other an oath of allegiance from the stage at a concert in Reykjavik.