List of male actors in gay pornographic films

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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] As of 2007, the gay market is estimated to be five to ten percent of the overall adult market.[2]

Six gay pornographic actors during the 2010 Blatino Erotica Awards
French Twinks Team Meet in London for Prowlers European Gay Porn Awards 2018

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, but not necessarily 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.

A

Arpad Miklos
Austin Wolf
  • Adam Ramzi – Armenian-American gay pornographic actor, and model.[3][4]
  • Aiden Shaw – British gay pornographic actor.[5] In 2004, Shaw starred in a gay porn film for Hot House Entertainment.[6]
  • Al Parker – American gay 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.[7]
  • Arad Winwin – Iranian-American gay pornographic film actor, model and bodybuilder.[8][9]
  • Armond Rizzo – American-Mexican pornographic actor.[10][11]
  • Arpad Miklos – Hungarian gay pornographic actor. 2005 GayVN Award winner, "Best Solo Performance".
  • Austin Wolf – American gay pornographic actor. GayVN Award winner, "Best Top".[12]

B

Brent Corrigan
  • Bastian Karim – Colombian gay pornographic actor and model.[13] 2025 GayVN Award winner, "Best Actor".[14][15]
  • Bernard Natan – Franco-Romanian gay pornographic actor. He was one of the earliest pornographic actors and directors.[16]
  • Billy Herrington – 2000 Probie winner; 2001 Grabby Awards winner, "Best group scene"; Conquered from All Worlds Video.[17][18] He also gained fame in Japan as an Internet meme.[19]
  • Blake Harper – Canadian gay pornographic actor, began working in porn from 1998, GayVN performer of the year 2001, 2001 Grabby Awards winner, "Best group scene"; Conquered from All Worlds Video. [18]
  • Boomer Banks – American-Mexican gay pornographic actor, fashion designer and DJ.[20] One of the stars of OutTv reality series X-Rated: NYC.[21][22]
  • Brandon Lee – Asian American gay pornographic film actor of Chinese Filipino descent.[23] He is regarded as the first gay Asian porn star and arguably the most popular Asian pornographic actor in contemporary gay male culture.[24][25]
  • Brenner Bolton – American gay pornographic actor, one of the leads of Men.com film X-Men : A Gay XXX Parody as Cyclops.[26][27][28]
  • Brent Corrigan – American gay pornographic actor and filmmaker. 2008 Golden Dickie winner, "Best Amateur Twink Performer – Bottom" for Fuck Me Raw while his studio at the time, Cobra Video, won for "Best (Amateur) Twink Studio" largely through his films. 2009 Grabby Awards winner, "Best bottom"; 2009 GayVN Awards winner, "Best bottom"; 2009 named Cybersocket "Top 50 porn star".[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
  • Brent Everett – Canadian gay pornographic actor. In 2009, Metro Weekly described him as "one of the industry's most popular performers".[36]
  • Brody Blomqvist – also known under the stage name of Justin Brody, is an American gay pornographic actor and model.[37] He's best known for his work as a Cockyboys exclusive performer, and for appearing on Troye Sivan's music video for his hit-single, "My My My!" in 2018.[38][39]
  • 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.[40]

C

Carlo Masi
Colby Keller – Maine, 2014
Colton Ford

D

  • Dakota Payne – American gay pornographic actor and musician.[65] Payne was one of the contestants of WOW Presents Plus reality series Vanjie: 24 Hours of Love.[66][67]
  • Dante Colle – American gay pornographic actor, 2021 XBIZ Award winner for 'Performer of the Year',[68] and star of the OUTtv reality series X-Rated: NYC[69] and its spin-off X-Rated: LA.[70][71]
  • Danny Wylde – American pornographic actor and author, who appeared in several gay pornographic films along with straight and bisexual pornographic films. He started his adult film career at age 19.[72]
  • Darius Ferdynand a.k.a. Péter Baranyai – Hungarian gay pornographic actor and model.[73] 2015 Prowler Porn "Best British Bottom" Award winner.[74]
  • Dave London — British porn actor who has been active since at least 2015.[75] 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.[76]
  • Derek Kage – American gay pornographic actor and social media personality.[77] 2024 XBIZ "Gay Performer of the Year" Award winner. 2024 GayVN "Best Leading Actor" and "Best Newcomer" Award winner.[78] 2025 Grabby Europe "Most Accomplished International Porn Star" Award winner.[79]
  • Drake Von – American gay pornographic actor, winner at GayVN Awards.[80]
  • Duncan Black – American gay pornographic actor and model.[81][82] 2014 Grabby Awards "Hottest Bottom" nominee.[83]

E

Erik Rhodes

F

François Sagat

G

Gus Mattox

H

Hồ Vĩnh Khoa
  • Héctor de Silva – Stage name of Antonio Moreno Hérnandez, former gay pornographic star, and Men.com exclusive performer, who currently serves as the Mayor of Carcelén, Spain.[96][97][98]
  • Hồ Vĩnh Khoa – Vietnamese former film actor who opened an OnlyFans account with his husband, also participating along him in gay pornographic films.[99]
  • Hoyt Kogan – Stage name of Denek Kania, Czech gay pornographic actor, BelAmi exclusive performer, and fashion model.[100][101][102]

I

J

Jack Radcliffe

K

  • Kazuhito Tadano (多田野 数人, Tadano Kazuhito) – a Japanese baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League. He started his career with Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians in the United States because of a gay porn video scandal, which forced him to leave Japan.[130][131] Tadano was in porn with college teammates as gay-for-pay performers.[132]
  • Ken Sprague aka Dakota – American gay pornographic actor.[133]
  • Kevin Falk – American pornographic actor, best known for his work for the studio Randy Blue.[134] Falk worked as a bodyguard for Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj, on the red carpet of the 2014 VMAs.[135] In 2018, Falk gained mainstream attention after appearing in the music video of Taylor Swift's hit-single "Delicate".[136][137]
  • Kevin Warhol – Czech pornographic actor, model and director, best known for his work as a BelAmi exclusive performer.[138][139] 2018 Str8UpGayPorn Award winner.[140]
  • Kip Noll aka Kip Knoll – one of the first superstars in the gay porn industry in the 1970s and 1980s.[141]
  • Koh Masaki – first gay Japanese pornographic film actor to openly identify as gay both in his films and in his personal life.[142]
  • Kurt Lockwood – American gay pornographic actor. He also performed in homosexual and transexual pornographic films. He started his gay pornographic career in 2008.[143]
  • Kurt Marshall – born in 1965, he acted in only four films,[144] but the gay pornographic industry trade publication Unzipped named him one of the top 100 gay porn stars of all time in 2006.[145] He was also called one of the "most beautiful" gay adult film stars of the 1980s.[146] At age 18–19, he starred in the highly influential Sizing Up,[147] 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.

L

Logan McCree

M

Michael Lucas

N

O

P

Peter North

Q

  • Quentin Gainz – American pornographic actor.[204][205] 8x GayVN Award nominee, including nominations for "Best Actor" and "Performer of the Year", both in 2018.[206]

R

  • Reno Gold – American gay pornographic actor and model.[207] OnlyFans creator, and social media influencer.[208][209]
  • Rich Merritt – American gay pornographic actor who appeared in gay pornographic films under name "Danny Orlis".[210]
  • Rick Cassidy – American gay pornographic actor used name "Jim Cassidy" for pornography.[211]
  • Rhyheim Shabazz – American gay pornographic star who received the 2024 GayVN award for performer of the year. The following year, he received the same award, becoming the second artist to ever achieve that feat. He also took the award for Best Duo Sex Scene. He is the first adult content creator to reach 1 million followers on social platform X.[212][213]
  • Robert Mimra - Czech pornographic actor born in 1994 who began working in pornography in 2015 and used the names "Ray Mannix" and "Lucas Watkins".[214][215][216]
  • Robert Van Damme – Czech pornographic actor and model for Hot House Studios[217]
  • Rocco Steele – American gay pornographic actor, director, and former escort.[218] He has won two GayVN Awards, one XBIZ Award, six Grabby Awards, one Cybersocket Web Award, and one Prowler Award.[219]
  • Rod Barry – American pornographic actor, and director. 1997 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Newcomer.[220] 1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Top.[221] 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.[222] 2002 GayVN Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in "White Trash".[223] 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).[223] 2005 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Actor in "Thirst".[224][225] 2006 Grabby Awards winner of Hottest Versatile Performer.[citation needed] 2008 GayVN Awards inducted into the Hall of Fame.[223][226]
  • Roman Todd – American pornographic actor and model.[227] 2023 GayVN "Performer of the Year" Award winner.[228]
  • Ryan Driller – started his pornographic career by gay porn films under the name "Jeremy Bilding".[229] He was a 2010 XBIZ Awards nominee for "Gay Performer of the Year".[230]
  • Ryan Idol – 1993 Gay Erotic Video Awards winner, "Best oral scene"; ''Idol Thoughts from Catalina Video; 1995 Probie winner best porn star; 1994 AVN Award (pre-GayVN Awards) winner, "Best performer".[47][48][53]
  • Ryan Orion – American gay pornographic actor and model.[231] His portrayal of Saxon Ratliff in The Tight Lotus: A Gay XXX Parody gained mainstream attention after American actor Patrick Schwarzenegger, who played Ratliff in The White Lotus, mentioned it in an interview with W Magazine.[232][233][234][235]

S

  • 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.[236][237][238][239][240]
  • Scott Masters – 2000 GayVN Awards winner, "Lifetime achievement".[54]
  • Scott "Spunk" O'Hara[241] – 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,[242] Autopornography: a memoir of life in the lust lane,[243] SeXplorers: the guide to doing it on the road,[244] and Do-it-yourself piston polishing (for non-mechanics).[245] 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.
  • Seth Peterson – Stage name of Adam Aguirre, American gay pornographic actor, 2021 GayVN Award Winner for Hottest Newcomer.[246] Peterson passed away in 2026 at the age of 28 from unknown causes.[247][248]
  • 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.[249][250]
  • Steve Brockman a.k.a. Ryan Stack – English rugby player, coach, and former gay pornographic actor.[251][252] He was in a long-time relationship with English actor Rusell Tovey, until their split in 2023.[253][254][255][256]
  • Stonie – nominated for "Best Newcomer" at the 2001 GayVN Awards.[257] Stonie later became a trans woman,[258] Brittany CoxXx, and appeared in Brittany's Transformation, which was nominated for a 2009 AVN Award for "Best Transsexual Release".

T

Tiger Tyson

U

V

W

Will Clark

X

Y

Z

Zak Spears

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