Ryan Dunn

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Ryan Dunn (born June 11, 1977 in Medina, Ohio, United States), also known as Random Hero , was a member of MTV's Viva La Bam, Homewrecker, and the CKY Crew. Ryan is also an alumnus of Jackass. Ryan played the main character in Bam Margera's film Haggard, which was based on a failed relationship Ryan had experienced.

He was born in Ohio, but moved to Pennsylvania with his parents in his early teens in an attempt to clean up a developing drug habit.

Dunn is known for wrecking cars; he once flipped a car 8 times over oncoming traffic on Rt. 202 with Bam Margera, Jess Margera (who only suffered a cracked wrist), and Chris Raab in the carCKY: Documentary. Later, Ryan was driving a golf cart with Johnny Knoxville while filming a sketch for . The idea was that he would launch the golf cart over a sandtrap and into a plastic statue of a giant pig, and the statue would simply be crushed. However, the statue did not crush but instead forced the golf cart into the air and it landed upside down. Ryan was thrown from the cart, but Johnny landed on his neck and the cart landed on top of him. He was knocked out for a while but was not seriously injured. They stopped filming the rest of the sketch at that point. In the commentary for the movie, Bam Margera noted Dunn's bad driving and the accident on Rt. 202.

Another sketch from that many remember Ryan Dunn for is when he placed a toy car up his rectum. The car was placed inside a condom and covered in lubrication. This was a sketch that even Steve-O refused to do, stating that his dad would disown him if he did it. The x-ray showing the car inside Ryan Dunn can be seen on the menu page inside the DVD case of the film.

With the end of Bam's hit show Viva La Bam, MTV gave Ryan a show of his own entitled Home Wrecker. Although the show was never completed, its premise has Ryan putting a twist on Room Raiders, he got revenge for poor "douche bags" by destructively renovating the offender's room.

Ryan is also a contestant on the celebrity gameshow Commando VIP on UK station Channel 5. In the show he plays against other celebrities as part of a crack commando squad, much like the US show "Boot Camp."

Ryan will return to film the second Jackass movie which is due for filming in 2006.

Ryan is a member of the band The Alter Boys because the band "felt bad for him being so famous, rich and handsome" after being involved in the recording of their debut record.

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