Brandon Ralph "Dico" DiCamillo is an American actor, stunt performer, filmmaker, gamer, and musician. He was a founding member of the CKY Crew and rose to fame through appearances in the CKY video series and MTV's Jackass, Viva La Bam, and Bam's Unholy Union.
Biography
DiCamillo is the comedic voice talent and vocalist of the parody bandGnarkill. He is also known by some for his prank calls and freestyle raps, some of which can be viewed in the CKY videos, on the CKY Vol. 2 CD, and on the Otimen Recording Hell CD produced by Bam Margera. DiCamillo was cast with other members of the CKY crew for the MTV series Jackass, appearing in the television series and its movies. When the Jackass series ended in 2002, DiCamillo was featured in Bam Margera's film '. He then starred in Margera's Viva La Bam show, which ran from 2003 to 2005. DiCamillo co-starred in his own show with Rake Yohn called Blastazoid, which only lasted two episodes until MTV cancelled the show due to dispute between MTV and the makers of the show. DiCamillo then appeared in Bam Margera's Bam's Unholy Union series. In 2008, DiCamillo starred in Chris Raab's short film, Hotdog Casserole. In 2009, DiCamillo starred in Margera's '. DiCamillo also released prank phone call recordings. In 2001, he released a collection of calls titled Otimen Recording Hell! . In 2010, DiCamillo released four more prank call collections, under the name Gnarkall, via digital download through his own record label, Roman Sausage. The first three volumes are available on iTunes with the fourth an exclusive to CD Baby. The fourth volume includes all the tracks from the first three volumes, as well as thirty extra minutes of prank calls. In February 2011, DiCamillo announced that he is planning to release some freestyle raps in the near future. He made a cameo appearance as John Madden in the Mega64 "Mega64: Madden Rap 2012" YouTube video. Additionally, DiCamillo has also provided voice overs for the Xbox Live Arcade gameTrials HD and its sequel Trials Evolution. In 2017, DiCamillo started the Attic Aficionados Podcast with Tom Barbalet.
In September 2008, DiCamillo achieved a world record in the arcade gameMortal Kombat. The event was held at Challenge Arcade in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania and was attended by approximately two dozen event participants, as well as Mark Alpiger and Chief Referee Dave Nelson. DiCamillo's final score was 10,226,500, which beat previous record-holder David Nelson's score of 7,691,000. In 2009, DiCamillo's world record was beaten by Isaiah-TriForce Johnson, with a score of 24,821,500, and again on September 27, 2017 by Patrick J Maher with a score of 25,402,000. DiCamillo has dropped to 4th place as of 2013.
Personal life
DiCamillo previously worked for Neiman-Marcus, and is the co-writer with Bam Margera for the CKY videos and '. He dislikes Hollywood work, and has said that the CKY work for MTV was sometimes "too corporate." Margera stated in a Reddit post that once Viva La Bam concluded in 2006, he and DiCamillo lost contact. However, DiCamillo and Margera did work together on Radio Bam, Bam's Unholy Union and ' in the time since Viva La Bam ended. Producer Joe Frantz also spoke about this in 2017, stating that DiCamillo formally renounced his affiliation with the CKY crew following the release of Minghags in 2008, opting to live a private life with his family. DiCamillo married his longtime girlfriend in October 2014 and the couple have two children.
