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Johnny Knoxville played a skater in the 2005 film The Lords of Dogtown. The film is based on the true story of the Z-Boys, a group of skateboarders who rose to fame in the 1970s. Knoxville's character, Jay Adams, was one of the most prominent members of the Z-Boys. The Lords of Dogtown was a critical and commercial success, and it helped to popularize skateboarding.