Johnny Knoxville Says “Jackass 5” Will Be the Last and Jokingly Warns 'It's Going to Be Absolutely Awful'
Johnny Knoxville Says “Jackass 5” Will Be the Last and Jokingly Warns 'It's Going to Be Absolutely Awful'
Jack SmartTue, February 24, 2026 at 9:28 PM UTC
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Johnny Knoxville in 2023
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Johnny Knoxville, co-creator of the Jackass screen franchise, shared in a new interview that the upcoming Jackass 5 will be “the last one”
“So it’s going to be absolutely awful,” he quipped
Post-Jackass, Knoxville plans to “be a dad, play with our crazy dog, hang out with my wife, work a little”
Johnny Knoxville is confirming that the upcoming Jackass movie will be the franchise’s last hurrah.
Jackass 5 (in theaters June 26) “will be the last one,” said the actor-filmmaker, 54, in a new Rolling Stone interview. “This is the natural place to end.”
Seemingly joking, Knoxville said, “So it’s going to be absolutely awful.” He added that the new film “never was a good idea! It was just fun. You know how you have ideas that are terrible but are fun? This would be that.”
Johnny Knoxville on Instagram; in 'Jackass Forever'
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Knoxville announced his involvement in the Jeff Tremaine-directed Jackass 5 in January, sharing a photo of himself on Instagram and an image of the slapstick franchise's logo with a graphic that reads "june 26th." Among the post’s commenters was Jackass collaborator Steve-O: "Yeah dude!!!"
Original cast members Knoxville, Steve-O, Dave England, Wee Man, Chris Pontius and Preston Lacy first starred in the MTV series in 2000; they last reunited for 2022's Jackass Forever.
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Asked for a “favorite animal to f--- with” for onscreen stunts, Knoxville called out bulls — the animal that gave him brain damage while filming the fourth big-screen Jackass installment. “They absolutely hate you, and you’re going to get footage guaranteed. And I don’t have to do anything. All I have to do is stand in one spot and [then] move.”
With Jackass 5 as the franchise’s apparent conclusion, how will Knoxville spend his time going forward? “Same thing I do day-to-day,” he told Rolling Stone. “Be a dad, play with our crazy dog, hang out with my wife, work a little.”
Knoxville announced this past November that he tied the knot with costume designer Emily Ting. He shares his oldest daughter, Madison, with his first wife, Melanie Lynn Clapp, and son Rocko and daughter Arlo with his second wife, Naomi Nelson.
He now hosts Fox reality show Fear Factor: House of Fear, which premiered on Jan. 14. Among his other upcoming screen projects are the films Tiny Fugitives, The Young People, The Marshmallow Experiment and Sundance Film Festival premiere I Want Your Sex.
Jackass 5 is in theaters June 26.
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