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Van Damage
Image:LL SelfPort.jpg Van Damage in 2008
Birthdate: September 28, 1966 (1966-09-28) (age 41)
Birth location: Rome, New York, U.S.
Birth name: Van Brunt
Height: 6'1" (185cm)
Weight: 205lbs
Eye color: Green
Hair color: Dark brown
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Stage Name(s): "'Damage"
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Van Damage (born Van Brunt September 28, 1966 in Rome, New York, U.S.), a former soldier in an elite Special Forces unit, is an American Porn Star and also an acclaimed director, cameraman and producer in the pornography industry.[citation needed]

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Van Damage began his career in adult entertainment in 1995, producing a series of videos featuring local amateur girls located in Pacific Beach, a community in San Diego.[citation needed] After that first year of directing and producing he was nominated by AVN in three different categories, solidifying his place in the adult industry.[citation needed]

Then he spent 13 months beginning in 1997 as a contract director for a then newly formed company called Elegant Angel, producing fifteen movies for that company which garnered seven AVN nominations that year and an XRCO win.[citation needed] After the 1997 AVN awards (January 1998) show in Las Vegas, a mass exodus of Elegant Angel’s directors ensued after a wage and personality dispute between them and the company’s owner, Patrick Collins.[citation needed]

In 1998, Van spent nearly a year directing videos for Extreme Associates with fellow Elegant Angel directors, Rob Black, Tom Byron and Tiffany Mynx.[citation needed] For his efforts there, Van Damage received several more AVN nominations and another XRCO win for best group sex scene.[citation needed] Van Damage left that company after one year and a legal battle arose when he sued fellow directors for holding back revenues due to him.[citation needed]

During 1999, Van Damage directed only two movies for the entire year, and yet still received nine AVN, and three XRCO nominations in a market that released over 9,000 adult videos.[citation needed] Adam Film World Magazine's, 2000 Yearly Directory quoted: Van Damage is one of top five directors to watch for in the new millennium. Van Damage has not produced movies again at the same capacity, by choice; however, remains in demand as male talent for most major distribution companies.[citation needed]

At the end of 2000, Van Damage formed the production company and website "Pagan Pictures" (www.paganpictures.com).[citation needed] Pagan's titles are highly praised by trade magazines, especially the initial release A Toe Story, an award winning titles, ," The Good Whore" as well as the AAAA rated (AVN Media Network) "The Damage Files" (1 & 2"), ((declared "classics" by AVN Magazine)[citation needed]

Often hailed as the "funniest" leading male in the pornography industry (Adult News XXX, 10/09/07) for his unbridled wit and candor, Van Damage currently works predominantly as a leading male performer in front of the lens. Discolorations on his skin indicate vitiligo, coining an industry nickname for his penis as "The Spotted Pony."[citation needed]

Van Damage bears a resemblance to actor Adam Baldwin, best known for portraying Jayne Cobb on Firefly and "Animal Mother" in Full Metal Jacket

Van Damage was married to wife, Cynthia Damage, in 2008. Template:Porn Valley Observed, 03/21/2008 This is his first marriage. Cynthia does not perform as female talent in the adult industry, although she appears alongside her husband in a cameo appearance for the upcoming Pulpo, Inc. feature release: "Dirty Queen", as a television anchorwoman Template:AVN, 2/25/2008.  The couple live in the San Fernando Valley.

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