Christian Joseph Raab (born May 21, 1980), better known by his stage name Raab Himself, is an American television personality and stunt performer known as a former member of the CKY crew featured in the MTV series Viva La Bam and Jackass.
Biography
Raab was born in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, The nickname "Raab Himself" was bestowed upon him by fellow CKY crew member Chris Aspite.
Raab has battled drug addiction and alcoholism, but said in 2019 that he was approaching a decade of sobriety. Raab also launched his own video production company named Green Gate Entertainment. Raab and his wife have a child together.
Filmography
Films
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1999
|Landspeed:CKY
|Himself
|Direct-to-video
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|2000
|CKY2K
|Himself
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2001
|CKY3
|Himself
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2001
|Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video
|Himself
|Direct-to-video<br>Uncredited
|-
|2001
|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
|-
|2003
|Haggard: The Movie
|Raab
|
|-
|2006
|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
|Archive footage
|-
|2010
|The Vampires of Zanzibar
|Sire McNugget
|
|-
|2011
|Miss December
|Bar Patron
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|2011
|The Perfect House
|Steve
|
|-
|2013
|Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
|
|Production assistant
|-
|2014
|Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
|
|Production assistant
|-
|2014
|Borrowed Happiness
|Frenchy
|Director<br>Writer<br>Producer<br>Editor
|-
|2022
|Jackass Forever
|Himself
|Cameo<br>Camera operator
|-
|2022
|Jackass 4.5
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|Camera operator
|}
Television
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2000–2001
|Jackass
|Himself
|11 episodes<br>Guest appearances
|-
|2002
|MTV Cribs
|Himself
|1 episode
|-
|2003–2005
|Viva La Bam
|Himself
|43 episodes
|-
|2006
|The Dudesons
|Himself
|2 episodes<br>Guest appearances
|-
|2011
|A Tribute to Ryan Dunn
|Himself
|TV documentary
|-
|2013
|The Pitch
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|Production assistant<br>3 episodes
|-
|2014
|Snack-Off
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|Set production assistant<br>9 episodes
|-
|2014
|CKY: The Greatest Hits
|Himself
|TV special
|-
|2017
|Epicly Later'd: Bam Margera
|Himself
|TV documentary
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|2018
|Too Stupid to Die
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|Cinematographer
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|}
Web series
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|2018–2019
|Bathroom Break Podcast
|Himself
|Creator<br>Host
|-
|2019
|Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?
|Himself
|1 episode
|}
Music videos
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! Year
! Artist
! Track
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|2002
|CKY
|"Flesh into Gear"
|Himself
|
|-
|2017
|CKY
|"Head for a Breakdown"
|Himself
|Cameo
|-
|2019
|96 Bitter Beings
|"On and On and On"
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|Director
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|2022
|96 Bitter Beings
|"Vaudeville's Revenge"
|Grizzled Moonshiner #2
|Director<br>Executive producer
|}