Johnny Knoxville Confirms Jackass 5 is the Final Film

Johnny Knoxville says Jackass 5 is the natural end before his psychological thriller debut.

Johnny Knoxville Confirms Jackass 5

Can you truly say goodbye to a franchise that was built on the very idea of refusing to grow up?

For Johnny Knoxville, the answer is a resounding, painful, and likely concussive “yes.” As Jackass 5 hurtles toward its June 26 release date, the 54-year-old stunt icon has finally drawn a line in the sand—or perhaps a line in the broken glass.

In a recent sit-down with Rolling Stone, Knoxville admitted that while the fifth installment is the “natural place to end,” the process of letting go is going to be “absolutely awful.”

It’s a fittingly messy sentiment for a man who co-created a cultural earthquake in 2000. For over two decades, the Jackass crew has operated on a singular, defiant logic: if an idea is terrible but fun, you do it.

Knoxville quipped that making a fifth film was “never” a good idea, but therein lies the magic. Jackass was never about success; it was about the glorious, slapstick dignity of failure.

The Berlin Radio-Station Pivot

While the world prepares to watch him get launched out of a cannon one last time, Knoxville is already quietly building his “serious actor” bunker.

He has been cast in Night Sessions, a psychological thriller that couldn’t be further from a Port-a-Potty stunt.

Playing Dr. Rick Brennan, a charismatic psychiatrist-turned-radio-host in Berlin, Knoxville is stepping into a “deadly game of cat and mouse.”

The film, shot against the brutalist architecture of Belgrade, is 90% set inside a radio station. This is a deliberate “actor’s showcase.”

It suggests that Knoxville isn’t just retiring from stunts; he’s migrating his penchant for tension from the physical world to the psychological one.

After years of reacting to bulls and beehives, he’s now reacting to an enigmatic caller accusing him of a horrific crime.

Why You Should Root for the Train Wreck

There is a counter-intuitive truth to the Jackass fandom that outsiders often miss: you don’t go to see them succeed. You go to see the “train wreck.”

Knoxville himself insists that fans should hope the film goes “horribly.” In an age of over-sanitized, high-budget blockbusters, Jackass remains the last bastion of raw, unedited consequence.

People often get it wrong by thinking Knoxville is “too old” for this. In reality, his age is the secret sauce.

A 20-year-old falling off a roof is a stunt; a 54-year-old father of three doing it is a philosophical statement on the refusal to surrender to the mundane.

His “lowkey” life—playing with a crazy dog and hanging with his wife—is only possible because he survived the “terrible ideas” of his youth.

Key Takeaways:

• The End of an Era: Jackass 5 is officially the final film, releasing June 26.
• The Psychological Pivot: Knoxville’s next project, Night Sessions, marks a shift into serious, dramatic acting.
• Embracing Failure: The film is designed to be a “train wreck,” staying true to the franchise’s chaotic roots.
• Belgrade Backdrop: Night Sessions uses Serbian brutalist architecture to heighten its “cat and mouse” tension.
• Knoxville at 54: The star is balancing his final stunts with a quiet family life and high-concept thriller roles.

As June 26 approaches, the world prepares for one final, agonizing laugh.

If Jackass 5 is indeed the train wreck Knoxville promises, it will be the perfect, messy eulogy for the most reckless brotherhood in television history.