This is a list of
notable men who have appeared in
gay pornographic films. Pornography has become more mainstream and as of 2009 was a $13 billion industry in the United States; globally consumers spent more than US$3000 on porn every second of every day, in 2009.[1] The gay market is estimated to be five to ten percent of the overall adult market.[2]
Gay pornographic films trace their origins to the
Athletic Model Guild, founded in Los Angeles in 1945, which produced photographs and still images later turned into films and
porn loops.[2] The modern roots of films can be traced to the early 1970s when movies were shown in New York theaters.[2] Over time the "
heterosexual adult industry blossomed in Southern California" and often included gay content.[2] Several major shifts affected the gay porn industry: the advent of home video when anyone could purchase a movie to view in private; the
AIDS pandemic, which compelled models to be extremely healthy-looking and caused
safer sex depictions to become the standard on-screen; and the emergence of the Internet allowing
live streaming,
social networking and
amateur pornography to change how stars are discovered, marketed and even viewed as the films do not have to be copied, packaged and delivered, although those options remain.[2]
The list includes male actors in gay
pornographic films who may be notable for their gay pornography and those who may be notable for other reasons or both. The listing is alphabetic by first name. Some performers have many pseudonyms and stage names (indicated here by a.k.a.). Multiple pseudonyms are utilized for a variety of reasons including legal constraints, the appearance of having more actors working at a studio, an actor's wishing to disguise how many films he is working on or that he is doing work for another studio, etc.
The men listed here are known to have appeared in a gay porn film; however, this does not necessarily mean they are gay—see
gay-for-pay. Many of these men have also appeared in other forms of pornography, such as
pornographic magazines. They may have appeared in other genres of pornography, including
bisexual and heterosexual porn.
This list does not include performers who have appeared in other forms of pornography unless they have also appeared in a gay porn film. Many of these performers have been recognized with annual awards in various categories from "Best actor" to "Best
top", "Best
versatile performer" and even "Best non-sexual performance". There are also international porn awards, as well as discontinued awards, that apply to many of these performers and actors.
With the increasing use of the Internet for
live-streaming of movies and video clips, as well as the use of social-networking websites and blogs,
amateur porn and niche genres have increasingly competed against the major gay pornography film companies.
Al Parker – Pornographic actor. Co-founder of Surge Studios. Parker is widely regarded as a gay pornography icon of the late 1970s through the 1980s. Subject of Clone: the life and legacy of Al Parker, gay superstar.[5]
Brandon Lee is an Asian American gay pornographic film actor of Chinese Filipino descent.[10] He is regarded as the first gay Asian porn star and arguably the most popular Asian pornographic actor in contemporary gay male culture.[11][12]
Bruce LaBruce – Canadian filmmaker, photographer and underground adult director. His films explore themes of sexual and interpersonal
transgression against cultural norms, frequently blending the artistic and production techniques of
independent film with gay pornography.[20]
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Carlo Masi is an Italian mathematics lecturer and former gay pornographic film actor.[21]
Christian Duffy a.k.a. Chris Duffy, and Bull Stanton – an American
professional bodybuilder and actor who was the first well-known bodybuilder to appear in gay pornography starting in the mid-1990s with the
Tom of Finland Company.[26]
Colby Keller – Awarded Cybersocket Web Award for Best Personality.[27]
Cole Tucker – 1997
Probie winner; 1998 Probie winner; 1998
Grabby Awards winner, "Best performer" (tie); 1998
GayVN Awards winner, "Gay performer of the year"; 1998
GayVN Awards winner, "Best supporting actor"; 2000 GayVN Awards winner, "Special achievement"; Grabby Award hall of famer.[28][29][30][31][32]
Colton Ford – stage name of Glenn Soukesian, a former gay adult film star. Has developed a successful mainstream acting career and released a number of musical albums, remixes and singles. 2001
Grabby Awards winner, "Best group scene", Conquered from All Worlds Video; 2003
GayVN Awards winner, "Gay performer of the year" (tie) for self-titled film, Colton.[9][33]
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Danny Wylde – American pornographic actor who appeared in several gay pornographic films along with
straight and
bisexual pornographic films. He started his adult film career at age 19.[34]
Dave London — British porn actor who has been active since at least 2015.[35] He has performed in many genres but is mostly known for his “daddy” roles and amateur exhibitionist videos, often using his real name David Cregeen.[36]
Flex-Deon Blake – an African-American actor who in 2004 was inducted into the Grabby Awards "Wall of Fame".[39] The Tim Dean book, Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking, treats his controversial film Niggas' Revenge showing the way it fetishizes the simultaneous transgression of a number of taboos.[40]
François Sagat – 2007
Grabby Awards winner; 2007
GayVN Awards winner, "Performer of the year". A French male pornographic actor with cult status and equally famous in mainstream media, best known for his rugged looks and scalp tattoo. A successful model and actor, he appeared in Saw VI and lead roles in L.A. Zombie and Homme au bain. Famous as a director of his own Incubus adult film series.[41][37]
Ken Sprague aka Dakota – American gay pornographic actor.[66]
Kip Noll aka Kip Knoll – one of the first superstars in the gay porn industry in the 1970s and 1980s.[67]
Koh Masaki, first gay Japanese pornographic film actor to openly identify as gay both in his films and in his personal life.[68]
Kurt Lockwood – American gay pornographic actor. He also performed in homosexual and
transexual pornographic films. He started his gay pornographic career in 2008.[69]
Kurt Marshall – born in 1965, he acted in only four films,[70] but the gay pornographic industry
trade publicationUnzipped named him one of the top 100 gay porn stars of all time in 2006.[71] He was also called one of the "most beautiful" gay adult film stars of the 1980s.[72] At age 18–19, he starred in the highly influential Sizing Up,[73]The Other Side of Aspen II, Splash Shots, and Night Flight. He tested HIV positive in 1986 and died of AIDS complications at age 22.
Logan McCree – known for his distinctive tattoos over most of his body, including his penis and scalp. In 2004, he was Germany's Mr. Leather. 2009
GayVN Awards winner: Performer of the Year; Best Sex Scene, The Drifter with Vinnie D'Angelo; and Best Threesome, in To the Last Man. 2009
Grabby Awards winner of: Best Actor in The Drifter; Best Duo Sex Scene, The Drifter; and Best Three-Way Sex Scene, To The Last Man.[79] 2010
XBIZ Awards Gay Performer of the Year.[80] 2010 GayVN Awards winner: Best Actor in The Visitor.[81]
Marc Stevens – an American pioneering sex industry figure during the 1970s in New York City. He appeared in over 80
pornographic movies including the "Golden Age of Porn", and also led an erotic dance troupe and performed in live sex shows. While he predominantly appeared in heterosexual films and
loops, he was
bisexual and made a number of gay movies as well. His penis was famously photographed by
Robert Mapplethorpe.[83] Stevens was posthumously inducted into the
XRCO Hall of Fame on April 30, 2008.[84][85]
Marc Wallice a.k.a. Don Webber, Jay B. David, Marc Gold, Marc Goldberg, Marc Wallace, Mark Wallace, Mark Wallice – an American pornographic actor, model, director, editor, and writer starting in 1982. He started out with non-speaking roles, but worked his way up to being very active doing more than 1,300 heterosexual porn movies. As Don Weber he appeared in at least one
gay porn film, A Matter of Size as well as modeling.[86][87] 1990
AVN Best Group Sex Scene; 1992
XRCO Best Actor (Single Performance); 1993 AVN Best Group Sex Scene; 1993 XRCO Male Performer of the Year;
AVN Hall of Fame; and
XRCO Hall of Fame.[50][51][88][89][90]
Peter North a.k.a. Matt Ramsey, better known for heterosexual porn, directing and producing.[105][106]
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Rich Merritt – American gay pornographic actor who appeared in gay pornographic films under name "Danny Orlis".[107]
Rick Cassidy – American gay pornographic actor used name "Jim Cassidy" for pornography.[108]
Rod Barry – 1997
Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Newcomer.[109] 1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Top.[110] 1998
Grabby Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in "A Lesson Learned" (All Worlds Video).[citation needed] 2002 Grabby Awards nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Best Duo Sex Scene and Best Trio Sex Scene.[111] 2002
GayVN Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in "White Trash".[112] 2004 GayVN Awards winner of Best Group Scene with
Johnny Hazzard, Theo Blake, Alex LeMonde, Kyle Lewis, Dillon Press, Troy Punk, Shane Rollins, Rob Romoni, Anthony Shaw, Sebastian Tauza in "Bolt" (Rascal Video).[112] 2005 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Actor in "Thirst".[113][114] 2006 Grabby Awards winner of Hottest Versatile Performer.[citation needed] 2008 GayVN Awards inducted into the Hall of Fame.[112][115]
Ryan Driller – started his pornographic career by gay porn films under the name "Jeremy Bilding".[116] He was a 2010
XBIZ Awards nominee for "Gay Performer of the Year".[117]
Sam Jensen Page a.k.a. Sam Tyson, Samuel Francis – fitness journalist, trainer and fitness center owner in Los Angeles; founded and published HERO Magazine; former adult porn model and actor.[118][119][120][121][122]
Scott "Spunk" O'Hara[123] – a gay American pornographic performer, poet, editor/publisher of the quarterly men's journal Steam, and author. He wrote Rarely pure and never simple: selected essays of Scott O'Hara,[124]Autopornography: a memoir of life in the lust lane,[125]SeXplorers: the guide to doing it on the road,[126] and Do-it-yourself piston polishing (for non-mechanics).[127] Died of AIDS complications, leaving his personal papers (consisting of 39 boxes of journals, correspondences, notes, and manuscripts) with the
John Hay Library of
Brown University.
Simon Rex a.k.a. Sebastian – American actor, television personality and
rapper best known as one of the first
MTV VJ's;1997
AVN Award, Best Gay Solo Video, for Hot Sessions #3.[128][129]
Stonie – nominated for "Best Newcomer" at the 2001 GayVN Awards.[130] Stonie later became a
trans woman,[131]Brittany CoxXx, and appeared in Brittany's Transformation, which was nominated for a 2009 AVN Award for "Best Transsexual Release".
Tiger Tyson – 2008
GayVN Awards winner, "Hall of fame"; founder of Tiger Tyson Productions and co-founder of Pitbull Productions. Starred in over two dozen pornographic films, and directed several others.[58]
Tim Barnett a.k.a.
Bradford Thomas Wagner – American real estate agent and pornographic actor who died by suicide while in police custody as a suspected serial
rapist; he appeared in at least twenty gay porn films as Barnett in the early 1990s.[133][134][135][136][137]
Will Wikle – American gay pornographic actor. In 2008, Wikle was cast as the villain, Jasper, in the gay proof sequel Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!, released December 9, 2008.[141] In 2016, he starred in the gay adult film The Stillest Hour for
CockyBoys.
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