James Deen

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James Deen

Deen attending the XBIZ Awards at Avalon, Hollywood, California on February 10, 2010
Born Bryan Matthew Sevilla
(1986-02-07) February 7, 1986
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Other names Jimmy Deen, James Dean[1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Weight 150 pounds (68 kg)[2]
No. of adult films 1405 as actor, 11 as director[1] as of April 2013
Website
jamesdeenblog.com

Bryan Matthew Sevilla (born February 7, 1986), better known by his stage name James Deen, in reference to the popular actor James Dean, is an American pornographic actor and director.[3][4][5] He entered the porn industry in 2004 at the age of 18. He has gained attention due to his lack of resemblance to stereotypical male actors in the pornography industry.[2]

Early life

James Deen was born Bryan Matthew Sevilla in Los Angeles County, California, and raised in Pasadena, California.[6][7][8][9][10] His father is a mechanical engineer and his mother is a computer electronic engineer,[11] one of them worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[12] He is Jewish and identifies with Judaism as "a culture more than anything else".[13][14][15] At 17, Deen moved in with his father. He worked at a Starbucks for two years and took classes at Pasadena City College.[11][16]

Career

According to Deen, performing in pornographic films was his ambition since he was in kindergarten.[17] After entering the pornography industry in 2004, he initially worked with older female performers.[2] In 2009, Deen was named the "Male Performer of the Year" by Adult Video News at the age of 22, making him the youngest actor to have won this award.[2] Deen has a fan-following among teenage girls, a demographic that is typically not associated with the pornographic industry.[2] In February 2012, ABC Nightline aired the feature "Porn's Boy Next Door", which included interviews with both Deen and his fans. One fan described him as the Ryan Gosling of porn.[18]

ln September 2012, Deen was a participant in a press conference, along with others opposing Los Angeles County Measure B, an initiative which would require condom usage in the pornographic film industry.[19] Deen questioned the measure's constitutionality.

Deen’s collaborations include work with popular NSFW site WoodRocket.com. As the host of original web series, “James Deen Loves Food”, Deen has been featured reviewing top restaurants, to ordering every item on a drive-thru menu at once, and creating a $580 burrito.[20]

In January 2013, Deen took to crowdfunding site Kickstarter.com to raise funds for the mainstream steampunk Western film Cowboys And Engines.[21][22] Deen is listed as the producer of the Bryn Pryor vehicle. The campaign surpassed its goal of $100,000 in just 58 days.[23] Actors Malcolm McDowell, Richard Hatch, and Walter Koenig have signed on to the project.[24] In February 2013, Deen was invited to return to his alma mater, Pasadena City College, to speak to students about his career. The appearance, initially open to the public, was restricted by college administrators due to “public safety concerns” over “protesters”.[25] Deen was restricted to speaking to the students of PCC’s “Navigating Pornography” class.[26] Deen participated in a “Night With The Stars: Life, Love, and Sex in the Workplace” panel as part of “Sex Week”, held at Washington University in St Louis, MO.[27]

Deen has been invited to college and university campuses across the country to speak with students on legislation, condom use and contraception, relationships, media, and sexuality.[28] Deen also spoke to students at the University of Wisconsin – Madison on April 18, dubbed “A Night with James Deen: Pornography & Sex Ed”, as the keynote for the university’s Sexual Health Fest.[29]

Deen was featured in a July 2012 GQ multi-page article, chronicling his work and personal life.[30] GQ interviewed Deen again for an article about his workout regimen, in which he credited healthy eating habits, a “Jew stomach”, and lots of sex.[31]

In 2013, Deen was listed as the only male performer to make the CNBC "Dirty Dozen" list of the porn industry's popular stars.[32]

In April 2013, information was leaked about Deen’s involvement in the mainstream Samuel Gonzalez, Jr. movie, based on events surrounding D.B. Cooper and the novel Catcher In The Rye.[33] Deen said, “I am not going anywhere” in response to questions about his intention to leave porn.[34]

In April 2013, Deen filmed a pornographic scene with reality television participant Farrah Abraham, who had been in one of the Teen Mom series. Deen indicated that he was asked to pretend to be dating Abraham as part of a ploy to market the scene as an accidentally released sex tape, but refused to do so, arguing, "If you're going to make a celebrity sex tape and try to pass it off as an amateur home video, you don't hire a well-known porn star!"[35]

Deen co-starred with Lindsay Lohan in Paul Schrader's 2013 film The Canyons, written by Bret Easton Ellis.[7][36]

In July 2013, Deen teamed with American pornographic actress Andy San Dimas, adult app store MiKandi, and adult industry news source XBIZ, to release the first adult video production recorded with Google Glass. Within 24 hours, the censored trailer reached 1 million views on YouTube.[37] The uncensored adult video can be found for free on MiKandi's website.

Deen filmed a scene with Huffington Post blogger and comedienne Jenn Tisdale in late 2013, in a New York City hotel room, after she responded to an open invitation by Deen on Twitter.[38]

Personal life

In an interview with the Huffington Post, porn actress Stoya confirmed that she was dating James Deen.[39]

He dated fellow porn star Joanna Angel from 2004-2010.[40]

Awards

List of accolades received by James Deen
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 15 92
Year Ceremony Category Work
2008 XRCO Awards Best On-Screen Chemistry (with Joanna Angel) N/A
Unsung Swordsman N/A
2009 AVN Awards Male Performer of the Year N/A
XRCO Awards Best On-Screen Chemistry (with Joanna Angel) N/A
Male Performer of the Year N/A
2010 XBIZ Awards Male Performer of the Year N/A
2013 AVN Awards Best Three-Way Sex Scene - Girl/Girl/Boy (with Asa Akira and Brooklyn Lee) Asa Akira Is Insatiable 3
Crossover Star of the Year N/A
Male Performer of the Year N/A
XBIZ Awards Crossover Star of the Year N/A
Male Performer of the Year N/A
Star Branded Pleasure Product of the Year James Deen Signature Collection
EXXXOTICA Fanny Award Cocksman Of The Year N/A
XRCO Awards Mainstream Adult Media Favorite N/A
2014 XBIZ Awards Male Performer of the Year N/A
Crossover Star of the Year N/A
Best Actor-Feature Movie The New Behind the Green Door

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "What Women Want: Porn and the Frontier of Female Sexuality". Good. November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011. 
  3. ↑ Johnson, Zach (June 13, 2012). "Lindsay Lohan, Porn Star James Deen Costarring in The Canyons". US Magazine. Retrieved September 22, 2012. 
  4. ↑ "My Birthday Is in a Week Bitches!!!!!!!!". James Deen official blog. February 1, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Happy Birthday to Me". James Deen official blog. February 7, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Tower, Wells (July 2012). "The Well-Hung Boy Next Door, Page 3". GQ Magazine. Retrieved July 9, 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Johnson, Zach (June 13, 2012). "Lindsay Lohan, Porn Star James Deen Costarring in The Canyons". Us Weekly. Retrieved June 18, 2012. 
  8. ↑ Middle name and birthplace matching cited birthday at "California Birth Index, 1905-1995". Sacramento, California: Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services. Retrieved June 18, 2012. 
  9. ↑ James Deen Interview. HollymoodEntertainment.com via YouTube. Event occurs at 12:25. Retrieved June 18, 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Episode #14: James Deen and Traci Stumpf". The Morning After Podcast. Retrieved May 21, 2012.  Event occurs at 01:22.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Miller, Julie (August 2, 2013). "James Deen on The Canyons, Adult Film Clichés, and Sydney Leathers' Potential Porno". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 5, 213. 
  12. ↑ Pope, Braxton (August 1, 2013). "In Lindsay’s Stardust Orbit". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 2, 2013. 
  13. ↑ Burstein, Nathan (November 23, 2011). "Meet ‘James Deen,’ Jewish porn star". Haaretz. Retrieved June 15, 2012. 
  14. ↑ Lowenfeld, Jonah (November 17, 2011). "James Deen, the lanky, Jewish porn star you’ve (maybe) never heard of". The Jewish Journal. Retrieved June 15, 2012. 
  15. ↑ "Top 20 Under 40 Los Angeles- James Deen - Page1 - Shalom Life USA". Us.shalomlife.com. Retrieved 2013-05-18. 
  16. ↑ Gold, Lauren (February 25, 2013). "Adult film star James Deen to speak at Pasadena City College". Los Angeles Daily News. Los Angeles Newspaper Group. Retrieved February 26, 2013. 
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  18. ↑ Vega, Cecilia; Przygoda, Dan (2012-02-03). "Teens Swoon For Porn's 'Approachable' Face". ABC Nightline. Retrieved 2012-02-10. 
  19. ↑ Porn star joins valley business leaders in opposing condom requirement for adult film productions, Mark Kellam, The Burbank Leader, September 20, 2012.
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  21. ↑ "Help Fund ‘Cowboys & Engines: A Steampunk Film’ Starring ‘Totally Rad Show’s Jeff Cannata". www.slashfilm.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013. 
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  23. ↑ "Cowboys & Engines: A Steampunk Western". www.kicktraq.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013. 
  24. ↑ "MOVIES: More actors jump on board Cowboys and Engines". majorspoilers.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013. 
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  27. ↑ "Press Release". http://interact.stltoday.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013. 
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  39. ↑ Moye, David. "Stoya, Porn Star: My Dad Says I Ruined Porn For Him". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 9 July 2013. 
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