Zacharias Holmes (born September 11, 1991),[2] also known as Zackass, is an American stunt performer and television personality. He is best known as the star and co-creator of MTV's Too Stupid to Die, and new Jackass member in Jackass Forever (2022).

Zach Holmes
Born
Zacharias Holmes[1]

(1991-09-11) September 11, 1991 (age 33)
Other namesZackass
Occupation(s)Stunt performer
Television personality
Years active2009–present
Known forToo Stupid to Die
Jackass Forever
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]

Career

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Holmes started off his career by uploading stunt videos to YouTube. Some of these stunts included him electrocuting his lips with two stun guns, shooting a flare at his own crotch with a flare gun, and wearing a firecracker vest and igniting it.[3] A few of his videos went viral, but after getting terminated from YouTube three times, he decided to upload his stunts to Instagram.[4]

His videos started getting a lot of recognition again and he even did a few stunts with Jackass stars Steve-O and Bam Margera.[5][6][7] After the CEOs of video production company Gunpowder & Sky, Jude Harris and Van Toffler, saw the stunts Holmes did, they wanted to make a TV show out of it, which led to the creation of Too Stupid to Die (2018), with former Jackass and CKY crew member Chris Raab serving as cinematographer.[4]

After the show ended in 2018, Holmes continued uploading more stunts to his Instagram account, which got the attention of the Jackass stars, who then put him on Jackass Forever (2022).[8] Since 2021, he hosts a web series called Fail News on Snapchat with Rachel Wolfson, who was also a new member in Jackass Forever, and Chad Tepper, who was a co-star of Too Stupid to Die.[9] In 2022, Holmes hosted a podcast titled What The Fudge? along with Vinny Imperati.[10] He currently hosts a podcast titled Maximum Zach.

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2017 Tosh.0 Himself Episode 9.1
2018 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards Himself Guest appearance
2018 2018 MTV Video Music Awards Himself Guest appearance
2018 Too Stupid to Die Himself 8 episodes
Co-creator
Executive producer
2018 Ridiculousness Himself Episode 12.7
2019 How Far Is Tattoo Far? Himself Episode 2.19
2021 WWE SmackDown Himself Episode 24.10
Guest appearance
2022 UFC 270 Himself Audience member
2022 The Wrld on GCW (2022) Himself Guest appearance
2022 Your Pranks, Our Show Himself Writer
Co-creator
2022 Jackass Shark Week 2.0[11] Himself TV special
2022 Celebrity Family Feud[12] Himself Participant
Episode 9.11
2023 The Eric Andre Show Creative consultant (2 episodes)

Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2021 Don't Look Up #LaunchChallenge MeTuber Uncredited
2022 Jackass Forever Himself New cast member
Writer
2022 Jackass 4.5 Himself Writer

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Fear Pong Himself 1 episode
2019 Bathroom Break Podcast Himself 1 episode
2021– Fail News Himself Host
Co-creator
2021–2022 Tales From the Trip Himself 2 episodes
2022 What The Fudge? Himself Host
Co-creator
Podcast
2022 Howie Mandel Does Stuff Himself 1 episode
Podcast
2022 Steve-O's Wild Ride! Himself 1 episode
Podcast
2022 Super Mega Cast Himself 1 episode
Podcast
2023 The Shittiest Podcast Himself 1 episode
2023– Maximum Zach Himself Host
Creator
Podcast

References

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  1. ^ Heckert, Justin (October 21, 2020). "Meet Citizen Pain, the Most Self-Destructive Man in America". The Ringer. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Zach Holmes Zerocool trading card". Archived from the original on May 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Best of Zach Holmes". YouTube. November 24, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Raab, Chris (February 4, 2019). "Bathroom Break Podcast #25 – Zackass: TV personality". YouTube. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Epic Cactus Jump GONE WRONG feat. Zach Holmes". YouTube. April 18, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "EPIC SLAM – ZACKASS – DANNY WAY – STEVE-O". YouTube. October 30, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Zach Holmes and Bam Margera". YouTube. October 28, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  8. ^ Johnny Knoxville Goes Undercover on YouTube, Twitter and Instagram | GQ. May 25, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Holmes, Zach (April 8, 2021). "Fail News". Snapchat. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  10. ^ Holmes, Zach (January 13, 2022). "What The Fudge Podcast Ep. 1". YouTube. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  11. ^ Holmes, Zach; Imperati, Vinny (June 30, 2022). "Paying dues and bad tattoos - Ep 22 - What the Fudge Podcast W/ Street Bike Tommy and Rick Kosick". YouTube. Event occurs at 33:25. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "The cast of Jackass - Celebrity Family Feud". DGEPress. September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
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