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Brandon DiCamillo
Born	(1976-11-15) November 15, 1976 (age 48) West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years active	1995–present
Children	2

Brandon Ralph "Dico" DiCamillo (born November 15, 1976) is an American former actor, stunt performer, filmmaker, gamer, and musician. He was a founding member of the CKY Crew and rose to fame through appearances in the CKY video series and MTV's Jackass, Viva La Bam, and Bam's Unholy Union.

Biography

DiCamillo is the comedic voice talent and vocalist of the parody band Gnarkill. He is also known by some for his prank calls and freestyle raps, some of which can be viewed in the CKY videos, on the CKY Vol. 2 CD, and on the Otimen Recording Hell CD produced by Bam Margera.

DiCamillo was cast with other members of the CKY crew for the MTV series Jackass, appearing in the television series and its movies (having an uncredited role in Jackass 3D, the latest in the film series). When the Jackass series ended in 2002, DiCamillo was featured in Bam Margera's film Haggard: The Movie. He then starred in Margera's Viva La Bam show, which ran from 2003 to 2005. DiCamillo co-starred in his own show with Rake Yohn called Blastazoid, which only lasted two episodes until MTV cancelled the show due to dispute between MTV and the makers of the show. DiCamillo then appeared in Bam Margera's Bam's Unholy Union series. In 2008, DiCamillo starred in Chris Raab's short film, Hotdog Casserole. In 2009, DiCamillo starred in Margera's Minghags.

DiCamillo also released prank phone call recordings. In 2001, he released a collection of calls titled Otimen Recording Hell! (A.K.A. Bran's Freestyles). In 2010, DiCamillo released four more prank call collections, under the name Gnarkall, via digital download through his own record label, Roman Sausage. The first three volumes are available on iTunes with the fourth an exclusive to CD Baby. The fourth volume includes all the tracks from the first three volumes, as well as thirty extra minutes of prank calls. In February 2011, DiCamillo announced that he is planning to release some freestyle raps in the near future. He made a cameo appearance as John Madden in the Mega64 "Mega64: Madden Rap 2012" YouTube video. Additionally, DiCamillo has also provided voiceovers for the Xbox Live Arcade game Trials HD and its sequel Trials Evolution.

In 2017, DiCamillo started the Attic Aficionados Podcast with Tom Barbalet.

After 2008's Minghags, DiCamillo has not appeared in any CKY related project. It is believed he decided to move out of the public eye. This was confirmed by Joe Frantz in 2017, stating that DiCamillo formally renounced his affiliation with the CKY crew years prior in order to live a more private life with his wife and children.

Gaming world record

In September 2008, DiCamillo achieved a world record in the arcade game Mortal Kombat. The event was held at Challenge Arcade in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania and was attended by approximately two dozen event participants, as well as Mark Alpiger (representing ClassicArcadeGaming.com) and Chief Referee Dave Nelson (representing TwinGalaxies.com). DiCamillo's final score was 10,226,500, which beat previous record-holder David Nelson's score of 7,691,000. In 2009, DiCamillo's world record was beaten by Isaiah-TriForce Johnson, with a score of 24,821,500, and again on September 27, 2017 by Patrick J Maher with a score of 25,402,000. DiCamillo has dropped to 4th place as of 2013.

Personal life

DiCamillo previously worked for Neiman-Marcus, and is the co-writer with Bam Margera for the CKY videos and Haggard. He dislikes Hollywood work, and has said that the CKY work for MTV was sometimes "too corporate."

Margera stated in a Reddit post that once Viva La Bam concluded in 2006, he and DiCamillo lost contact. However, DiCamillo and Margera did work together on Radio Bam, Bam's Unholy Union and Minghags: The Movie in the time since Viva La Bam ended. Producer Joe Frantz also spoke about this in 2017, stating that DiCamillo formally renounced his affiliation with the CKY crew following the release of Minghags in 2008, opting to live a private life with his family.

DiCamillo married his longtime girlfriend in October 2014 and the couple have two children.

Filmography

Television

• Jackass (2000–2002, 21 episodes) – Himself
• Viva La Bam (2003–2006, 41 episodes) – Himself
• Blastazoid (2006, 2 episodes) – Himself
• Bam's Unholy Union (2007, 5 episodes) – Himself

Films

• Jackass: The Movie (2002) – Himself
• Haggard: The Movie (2003) – Falcone, minor characters
• Jackass: Number Two (2006) – Himself
• Jackass 2.5 (2007) – Himself
• The Wrestler (2008) – Audience Member (uncredited)
• Hotdog Casserole (2008) – Glen Butler, minor characters
• Minghags (2009) – Ponce, Hook Bar Hessian, Rut Ru
• The Vampires of Zanzibar (2010) – Lord Weasel Titties
• Cattle Bag (2012)
• Borrowed Happiness (2014)

Other

• Jump Off a Building (1998) – Himself
• CKY video series: CKY, CKY2K, CKY3, and CKY4: The Latest & Greatest (1999–2003) – Himself
• Destroying America (2001) – Himself
• Viva La Bands: Volume 1 and Volume 2 (2005–2007) – Himself
• Bamimation (2008) – Himself
• Cattle Bag (2010) – Himself
• Mega64: MADDEN RAP 2012 (2012) - John Madden

Discography

• CKY Vol. 2 (1999)
• Otimen Recording Hell! (A.K.A. Bran's Freestyles) (2001)
• Gnarkill (2002)
• Gnarkill vs. Unkle Matt and the ShitBirdz (2006)
• Gnarkill III (2008)
• Gnarkall Prank Calls, Vol. 1 (2010)
• Gnarkall Prank Calls, Vol. 2 Assault on Call Waiting (2010)
• Gnarkall Prank Calls, Vol. 3 Spring Time Cootchie (2010)
• Gnarkall Prank Calls, Vol. 4 Pleasures Treasures (2010)
• Brandon Dicamillo, Pizza Pasta Pizzelle 1 (2012)
• Brandon Dicamillo, Pizza Pasta Pizzelle 2 (2012)

References

1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvK4yOWsmGQ&t=912s
2. "Movies: Filmography forBrandon DiCamillo". The New York Times.
3. ^ http://www.movietome.com/people/100495/brandon-dicamillo/bio.html
4. ^ "Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard, Mortal Kombat". Twin Galaxies. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
5. "World Record Weekend event results". classicarcadegaming.com. Mark Alpiger. September 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
6. ^ "Killing Yourself to Live -Balls to the Wall With Bam Margera & His Crew". Village Voice. September 17, 2002. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
7. "reddit: the front page of the internet". www.reddit.com.
8. JOEFRANTZfilms (2 May 2017). "JOE FRANTZ says hi & CLICK THE LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION!!!" – via YouTube.
9. , additional text.
10. Mega64 (11 September 2011). "Mega64: MADDEN RAP 2012 (ft. Brandon DiCamillo) (EXPLICIT)" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• Brandon DiCamillo on Twitter
• Brandon DiCamillo on Facebook
• Gnarkill on PureVolume
• Brandon DiCamillo at IMDb

• 1976 births
• American people of Italian descent
• American television personalities
• CKY
• Pranksters
• People from West Chester, Pennsylvania
• Living people