Jason Acuña Biography
Jason Acuña is an American stunt performer, TV personality, professional skateboarder, and actor. He starred in the reality comedy series Jackass and hosts Fox Sports Net’s skateboarding show 54321. Acuña has achondroplasia, which is a type of dwarfism.
How old is Jason Acuña? – Age
He is 50 years old as of May 16 2023. He was born in 1973 in Pisa, Italy. His real name is Jason Shannon Acuña.
Jason Acuña Family – Education
Acuña was born in Pisa, Italy, and raised in Torrance, California, where he attended North High School. He’s of Mexican and German origin. He was the subscription manager for the skateboarding magazine Big Brother. His involvement with that publication led him to work on the Jackass television series in 2000.
Jason Acuña Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
Jason Acuña Career
Acuña’s Jackass antics include skating as an Oompa-Loompa, kicking himself in the head, dressed as a king, rolling Johnny Knoxville down a red carpet staircase, and doing deep-knee bends while holding basketball great Shaquille O’Neal on his back. In a reoccurring gag, Preston Lacy requests assistance with his suitcases, but when Acuña appears, Lacy chases him down.
In 2007, Acuña starred in the reality TV series Armed and Famous. In July 2007, she hosted MTV’s Scarred Live. Acuña appeared in the first season of NBC’s Celebrity Circus. In the fourth week of competition, he was the first contestant to obtain a perfect score (a 10-point average). Acuña finished the season in third place.
Acuña is an investor in Chronic Tacos, a network of fast casual Mexican eateries. His first franchise location launched in 2010 in Redondo Beach, California. After a few years of trying to make this restaurant a success, Acuña shuttered it permanently and started a Chronic Tacos franchise in Long Beach, California. Acuña played the titular character in Elf-Man, a direct-to-video holiday picture released in 2012. This was his first role in a family-oriented feature film.
Jason Acuña Movies
2002 – Jackass: The Movie
2003 – Grind
2004 – Bashing
2005 – Pee Stains and Other Disasters
2006 – National Lampoon’s TV: The Movie
2007 – The Man Who Souled the World
2009 – We Gotta Get Buscemi
2010 – Jackass 3D
2011 – Jackass 3.5
2012 – Elf-Man
2014 – Behaving Badly
2017 – Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
2022 – Jackass Forever
Jason Acuña TV Shows
2000–2001 – Jackass
2002 – Jackass Backyard BBQ
2002 – MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002
2002–2003 – MADtv
2003 – Punk’d
2003 – The New Tom Green Show
2003 – Player$
2004–2006 – Wildboyz
2005 – America’s Next Top Model
2006 – Celebrity Deathmatch
2006 Teen Choice Awards
2007 – The Bronx Bunny Show
2007 – Armed and Famous
2007 – Bam’s Unholy Union
2007 – Tom Green’s House Tonight
2008 – Celebrity Circus
2009 – Steve-O: Demise and Rise
2010 – Maury
