Zacharias Holmes (born September 11, 1991), also known as Zackass, is an American

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and television personality. He is best known as the star and co-creator of

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's ''

Too Stupid to Die ''Too Stupid to Die'' is an American reality television Stunt#Stunt-based television shows, stunt series similar to ''Jackass (franchise), Jackass''. It premiered on MTV on August 21, 2018, and concluded its run on December 7 of the same year. Ca ...

'', and new '' Jackass'' member in ''

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'' (2022).

Career

Holmes started off his career by uploading stunt videos to

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. Some of these stunts included him electrocuting his lips with two stun guns, shooting a

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at his own crotch with a

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, and wearing a

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vest and igniting it. A few of his videos went viral, but after getting terminated from YouTube three times, he decided to upload his stunts to

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. His videos started getting a lot of recognition again and he even did a few stunts with '' Jackass'' stars Steve-O and

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. After the CEOs of video production company Gunpowder & Sky, Jude Harris and

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, saw the stunts Holmes did, they wanted to make a TV show out of it, which led to the creation of ''

'' (2018), with former ''Jackass'' and

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member Chris Raab serving as

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. 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 ''

'' (2022). Since 2021, he hosts a

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called ''Fail News'' on

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with Rachel Wolfson, who also was in ''Jackass Forever'', and Chad Tepper, who was a co-star of ''Too Stupid to Die''. Since 2022, Holmes hosts a

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titled ''What The Fudge?'' along with Vinny Imperati.

Filmography

Television

Films

Web series

References

External links

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Fail News on Snapchat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Zach 1991 births American stunt performers American television personalities Male television personalities Jackass (TV series) Living people People from Valparaiso, Indiana