Editing Chris Raab

{{Short description|American television personality}}
{{distinguish|Chris Rabb}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person
|name         = Chris Raab
|alias        = Raab Himself
|image        = 5.21.11ChrisRaabByLuigiNovi.jpg
|caption      = Raab at the [[Big Apple Convention]] in May 2011
|birth_name   = Christian Joseph Raab
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1980|05|21}}
|birth_place  = [[Willow Grove, Pennsylvania]], U.S
|occupation   = {{hlist|Television personality|stunt performer|actor|filmmaker}}
|known_for     = ''[[CKY (video series)|CKY]]''<br>''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]''<br>''[[Viva La Bam]]''
|education    = [[Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Raab |first=Chris |title=Chris Raab LinkedIn profile |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-raab-61a2bb15 |website=[[LinkedIn]] |access-date=July 9, 2022}}</ref>
|years_active = 1998–present
|children     = 1<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Raab Himself (Jackass) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kufom95XxYA |time=0:56 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=July 17, 2022 |date=May 28, 2021}}</ref>
|website      = {{URL|greengateentertainment.com}}
}}

'''Christian Joseph Raab''' (born May 21, 1980),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/onair/viva_la_bam/cast_members.jhtml?id=raab |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040610095428/http://www.mtv.com/onair/viva_la_bam/cast_members.jhtml?id=raab |access-date=August 20, 2024|archive-date=June 10, 2004 |website=[[MTV]] }}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Raab Himself''', is an American television personality known as a former member of the [[CKY crew]] featured in the [[MTV]] series ''[[Viva La Bam]]'' and ''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]''.

==Biography==
Raab was born in [[Willow Grove, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="FOF" /> He attended [[West Chester East High School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A Tribute to Ryan Dunn MTV Special |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsAB8ITqRlU&t |website=[[YouTube]] |time=3:03 |access-date=January 3, 2023 |date=November 28, 2011}}</ref> The nickname "Raab Himself" was bestowed upon him by fellow CKY crew member Chris Aspite.<ref name="FOF" />

Raab battled drug addiction and alcoholism, and was able to find sobriety later in life. He has since focused on other film projects, such as ''Hotdog Casserole'' and ''Borrowed Happiness''. Raab also appeared on [[Loudwire]]'s ''Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?''<ref name="FOF">{{cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |title=Raab Himself (Jackass / CKY) - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgYSzHEA7yY  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/MgYSzHEA7yY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=[[Loudwire]] |via=[[YouTube]] |date=August 7, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2018, he launched his own [[podcast]], titled ''Bathroom Break Podcast''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bathroom Break Podcast with Raab Himself • A podcast on Anchor|url=https://anchor.fm/bathroombreakpodcast|website=Anchor|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> Raab also launched his own video production company named Green Gate Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |last=Raab |first=Chris |title=Chris Raab's production company |url=https://www.greengateentertainment.com/ |website=greengateentertainment.com |access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1999
|''[[Landspeed:CKY]]''
|Himself
|[[Direct-to-video]] release
|-
|2000
|''[[CKY2K]]''
|Himself
|Direct-to-video release
|-
|2001
|''[[CKY (video series)#CKY3|CKY3]]''
|Himself
|Direct-to-video release
|-
|2001
|''[[Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video]]''
|Himself
|Direct-to-video release<br>Uncredited
|-
|2001
|''[[CKY (video series)|CKY Documentary]]''
|Himself
|Direct-to-video documentary
|-
|2002
|''[[Jackass: The Movie]]''
|Himself
|Guest appearance<br>Additional camera
|-
|2002
|''[[CKY4: The Latest & Greatest]]''
|Himself
|Direct-to-video release
|-
|2003
|''[[Haggard: The Movie]]''
|Raab
|
|-
|2005
|''[[The Dudesons Movie]]''
|Himself
|Guest appearance
|-
|2008
|''Hotdog Casserole''
|Himself
|Director<br>Writer<br>Producer
|-
|2009
|''Skittin Across America''
|Himself
|
|-
|2009
|''Jackass: The Lost Tapes''
|Himself
|Archived footage
|-
|2010
|''The Vampires of Zanzibar''
|Sire McNugget
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Miss December]]''
|Bar Patron
|-
|2011
|''[[The Perfect House (2011 American film)|The Perfect House]]''
|Steve
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa]]''
|
|Production assistant
|-
|2014
|''[[Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa#Bad Grandpa .5|Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5]]''
|
|Production assistant
|-
|2014
|''Borrowed Happiness
|Frenchy
|Director<br>Writer<br>Producer<br>Editor
|-
|2022
|''[[Jackass Forever]]''
|Himself
|[[Cameo appearance|Cameo]]<br>Camera operator
|-
|2022
|''[[Jackass 4.5]]''
|
|Camera operator
|-
|TBA
|''The [[Brandon Novak]] Story''
|Himself
|Documentary
|-
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2000–2001
|''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]''
|Himself
|11 episodes
|-
|2002
|''[[MTV Cribs]]''
|Himself
|1 episode
|-
|2003–2005
|''[[Viva La Bam]]''
|Himself
|43 episodes
|-
|2006
|''[[The Dudesons]]''
|Himself
|2 episodes
|-
|2011
|''A Tribute to [[Ryan Dunn]]''
|Himself
|TV documentary
|-
|2013
|''[[The Pitch (TV series)|The Pitch]]''
|
|Production assistant<br>3 episodes
|-
|2014
|''[[Snack-Off]]''
|
|Set production assistant<br>9 episodes
|-
|2014
|''[[CKY: The Greatest Hits]]''
|Himself
|TV special
|-
|2017
|''Epicly Later'd: [[Bam Margera]]''
|Himself
|TV documentary
|-
|2018
|''[[Too Stupid to Die]]''
|
|Cinematographer
|-
|}

=== Web series ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2018–2019
|''Bathroom Break Podcast''
|Himself
|Creator<br>Host
|-
|2019
|''[[Loudwire|Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?]]''
|Himself
|1 episode
|}

=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Artist
! Track
! Role 
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2002
|[[CKY (band)|CKY]]
|"[[Flesh into Gear]]"
|Himself
|
|-
|2017
|CKY
|"[[Head for a Breakdown]]" 
|Himself
|[[Cameo appearance|Cameo]] 
|-
|2019
|[[96 Bitter Beings]]
|"On and On and On"
| 
|Director<ref>{{cite web |title=96 Bitter Beings - On and On and On (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-NfWvJpwY |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=May 21, 2022 |date=June 10, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|96 Bitter Beings
|"Vaudeville's Revenge"
|Grizzled Moonshiner #2
|Director<ref>{{cite web |title=96 Bitter Beings - Vaudeville's Revenge (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3SZECtMO7Y |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=July 15, 2022 |date=July 15, 2022}}</ref><br>Executive producer
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*{{URL|greengateentertainment.com/|Official website}}
* {{IMDb name|1063395|Chris Raab}}
*[https://twitter.com/chrisraab Chris Raab] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/raabhimselfvideos/ Bathroom Break Podcast] on [[YouTube]]
*{{Instagram|raab_himself}}

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