Steve-O Quick Info | |
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Height | 5 ft 10 in |
Weight | 78 kg |
Date of Birth | June 13, 1974 |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Girlfriend | Lux Wright |
Steve-O is an American-British-Canadian entertainer, actor, TV personality, stunt performer, and singer who is best known for his performance stunts in the reality comedy TV series Jackass (2000–2002) and its spin-off movies such as Jackass: The Movie (2002), Jackass Number Two (2006), Jackass 3D (2010), and Jackass Forever (2022).
Born Name
Stephen Gilchrist Glover
Nick Name
Steve-O, Squirt
Sun Sign
Gemini
Born Place
Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom
Residence
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality
He holds triple nationality.
Education
Steve-O had attended The American School in London, a private, independent school in St. John’s Wood, London. After his high school graduation in 1992, he moved to the United States and joined the University of Miami, a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida.
He was studying communications there but had dropped out after a year due to poor grades and acts of disobedience. After this, from 1996 to 1997, he studied at The University of New Mexico, a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He had then graduated, in 1997, from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in Sarasota, Florida.
Occupation
Entertainer, Actor, TV Personality, Stunt Performer, Singer
Family
- Father – Richard Edward ‘Ted’ Glover (Business Executive, Former President of the South American division of Pepsi-Cola)
- Mother – Donna Gay Glover (née Wauthier) (d. November 2003)
- Siblings – Cindy Glover (Sister)
- Others – Wayne Howell (Maternal Step-Grandfather) (Voice-Over Announcer for the NBC TV and Radio networks from 1947-1986) (d. July 8, 1993), Richard Gilchrist Glover (Paternal Grandfather) (Historian), Constance White (Paternal Grandmother), Edwin Arthur Wauthier (Maternal Grandfather), Thelma Mina Leathorn (Maternal Grandmother)
Genre
Comedy Hip Hop, Dirty Rap
Instruments
Vocals
Labels
- West Coast Madness
- Universal Music Group
Net Worth
Steve-O’s net worth had been $4 million according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.
Build
Athletic
Height
5 ft 10 in or 178 cm
Weight
78 kg or 172 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
Steve-O has dated –
- Candy-Jane Tucker (2000–2003) – Steve-O married a woman named Candy-Jane Tucker in December 2000. The pair had parted ways in 2003.
- Angela Steelman (2001)
- Dee (2001–2003)
- Alyssa Lovelace (2003–2004)
- May Andersen (2004–2005)
- Mercedes Mercado (2005)
- Nicole Richie (2006)
- Robin Hibbard (2006)
- Kate Heffernan (2006)
- Brittany Mcgraw (2006–2008) – He got married to a model named Brittany Mcgraw in 2006 but the couple had parted ways by 2008.
- Lacey Schwimmer (2009)
- Elisabetta Canalis (2012)
- Stacey Solomon (2015)
- Katherine von Drachenberg (2015–2016)
- Lux Wright (2017-Present) – Steve-O began dating designer, visual artist, and stylist Lux Wright in 2017, and the couple got engaged in January 2018.
Race / Ethnicity
White
He is of English and part Northern Irish and Scottish descent.
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Green
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Toned physique
- Short-cropped, quiff hairstyle
- Affable smile
- Clean-shaven look
- Raspy voice
- Has numerous tattoos on both his hands, both sides, and his upper chest
Brand Endorsements
Steve-O has been featured in the TV commercials for –
- WWE Raw Nation (2006)
- Orbit chewing gum (2008)
Steve-O Facts
- When Steve-O was 6 months old, his family had moved from England to Brazil due to his father’s job as the president of the South American division of Pepsi-Cola. The family had moved to Venezuela when he was 2 years old. There, he became fluent in Spanish.
- About 2 years later, his family had relocated to Darien, Connecticut, before settling in Miami, Florida, when he was about 6 years old.
- When he was 9, the family had returned to England but had shifted to Toronto about 3 years later. By the time he had turned 13, the family had returned to England for good.
- After graduating from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, he was not selected to join the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, an American traveling circus company billed as ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’.
- Disappointed with the rejection, he began working as a clown at the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop (a 14-screen drive-in theater in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) flea market. He also began filming his stunts and his clown performances, during this period.
- After this, he worked as a circus clown on cruise ships as well as for the Hanneford Family Circus, a popular American touring family circus.
- In 2005, he launched a shoe company called Sneaux Shoes.
- He used to attribute his gravely, raspy voice to years of drug use. However, a specialist, whom he had visited, had revealed that it was because of his habit of using his throat muscles to talk instead of his vocal cords.
- In October 1998, his mother suffered an aneurysm. She passed away in 2003.
- In 2010, he had become a vegan for health and compassionate reasons. In December 2018, however, he revealed that he was no longer a vegan, but rather a pescatarian.
- In June 2011, he released an autobiography titled Professional Idiot: A Memoir.
- In December 2014, Steve-O was revealed as one of the contestants of the British TV show The Jump. He was the 9th participant to be eliminated.
- In August 2015, Steve-O was arrested after he had climbed a construction crane in Los Angeles in a protest against SeaWorld. He was later convicted of 2 misdemeanors and was sentenced to 30 days of jail and 36 months of probation. In December 2015, he started to serve his sentence in jail. However, he was released from jail after serving only 8 hours in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.
- Steve-O released his first stand-up comedy special titled Guilty as Charged in 2016.
- In March 2018, he celebrated 10 years of sobriety.
- In March 2020, he launched his podcast titled Steve-O’s Wild Ride!
- In September 2022, Steve-O released a new book titled A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions.
- In July 2023, Steve-O was detained by police after he had jumped off the famed London Bridge into the River Thames.
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