Daniel Buck Joyce (born 2 June 1976) is a British professional
stuntman and one quarter of the ''
Dirty Sanchez'' crew. He has also been made a
Reverend for a ''Dirty Sanchez'' prank on
Mathew Pritchard
Mathew Pritchard (born 30 March 1973) is a Welsh professional skateboarder, stunt performer, and celebrity chef. He regularly appeared as a stunt performer on '' Dirty Sanchez'', '' Wrecked'', and '' Balls of Steel''. In 2019, he hosted the fi ...
and
Michael "Pancho" Locke.
''Dirty Sanchez''
Joyce's role in ''
Dirty Sanchez'' is not as practical as the others. He is the only Englishman in the group, making him something of a
black sheep when considering the other members' strong Welsh accents. He is well known for his distinctive laugh, something which the other members of ''Dirty Sanchez'' have likened to a "machine gun", and is often clad in fake
Burberry
Burberry is a British luxury fashion house established in 1856 by Thomas Burberry headquartered in London, England. It currently designs and distributes ready to wear, including trench coats (for which it is most famous), leather accessorie ...
clothing, mostly in the form of shirts, jackets or boxers.
On the
DVD
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for the
first series, a psychologist says that Joyce seems more committed in laughing at and encouraging the rest of the crew's acts than participating, though he does often participate. On some occasions the rest of the crew have mentioned that Joyce cannot take a joke properly, as seen when a man tries to throw him into a tub full of
ragworms; Joyce lashes out at him for dirtying his £240
Burberry
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jacket, but is placated by the others. Joyce denies these claims, and simply says that "If it doesn't seem fun, I'm not going to do it".
Stunts
As opposed to performing some of the more pain-related stunts, Joyce is far more willing than the other Sanchez members to performing acts involving
ingestion
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, which include drinking
Pancho
Pancho is a male nickname for the given name Francisco (Spanish and Portuguese equivalent of Francis). The feminine form is Pancha. It is also sometimes used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Pancho Barnes (1901– ...
's fat from the non-anaesthetic
liposuction done as part of
the movie
"The Movie" is the 54th episode of the sitcom '' Seinfeld''. It is the 14th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on January 6, 1993 on NBC. The episode revolves entirely around the characters' struggles to go to see a movie together.
P ...
, eating the end of
Pritchard's little finger after having it chopped off (which he spat out), eating pubic hair on a pizza and (attempting) to drink a glass of sweat collected from the Dirty Sanchez team. He is also well known for stunts that end up involving him eating his own, or other people's, vomit.
Other appearances
He is featured in the
Gumball 3000
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documentary film ''
3000 Miles''.
He is also featured in a ''
Nitro Circus
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'' episode along with
Bam Margera
Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera ( ; born September 28, 1979) is an American former professional skateboarder, stunt performer, television personality, and filmmaker. He rose to prominence in the early 2000s as one of the stars of the MTV reality ...
where he is seen filming
Travis Pastrana
Travis Alan Pastrana (born October 8, 1983) is an American professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several disciplines, including supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, a ...
and friends doing a
base jump from a hotel.
He appears in the song "Check out my
Subaroo", in which is he is
emceeing. The song is a mockery of "
boy racer
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s" and "
ricers".
He appears in the video for "Raver" by
Shy FX
Andre Williams, better known as Shy FX, is a British DJ and producer from London. He specialises in drum and bass and jungle music.
Biography
Shy FX's debut record was "Jungle Love", released in 1992 on the Permission to Dance label. Soon after ...
at 1:48 in, he is on a skateboard
miming the lyrics to the song. He also appeared at 3:02 staring at the camera whilst sitting on a park bench.
He was the director and photographer the
web series
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titled ''The Lazy Generation'' on the
YouTube
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channel of
Comedy Central UK
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.
Personal life
Joyce married his girlfriend Suzie Hogan in June 2012. Their first daughter was born in 2015. In February 2015, Joyce suffered from a heart attack.
Filmography
Films
Television
Web series
Music videos
References
External links
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Dirty Sanchez The Movie forum
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Living people
1976 births
British stunt performers
English stunt performers
English skateboarders
Sportspeople from London