Danny Wylde

Danny Wylde
Born Christopher Daniel Zeischegg
October 21, 1985
Los Angeles County, California, US
Other names Daniel, Danny Wilde
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 169 lb (77 kg)[1]
Religion Christian [2]
Spouse(s) Sofia Julia (2012-)
No. of adult films 315 as actor[3]
Website
trvewestcoastfiction.blogspot.com

Danny Wylde, stage name of Christopher Daniel Zeischegg (born October 21, 1985), is a pornographic actor, writer, musician, and filmmaker.[4]

Early life

Danny Wylde was born Christopher Daniel Zeischegg on October 21, 1985 in Los Angeles County, California. Wylde completed his GED and later earned a degree in film after six years of undergraduate study.[5]

Pornographic career and advocacy

Wylde, "had done my first porn scene when I was 19."[6] As of May, 2013, he has appeared in over 130 adult films.[1]

Wylde is also an outspoken advocate for sex positivity and the adult film industry. He contributed an entry entitled "Our Pornography" to The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure, a collection of essays written by feminist porn scholars and feminists in the adult film industry.[7] Wylde and his girlfriend, fellow porn star Lily Labeau, contributed a film of themselves having sex to the website MakeLoveNotPorn, which aims to "provide more realistic information about human sexuality than that provided by hardcore pornography".[8][9][10][11] The couple later appeared on The Jeff Probst Show with MakeLoveNotPorn founder Cindy Gallop to discuss the site.[12][13][14]

More recently, Wylde has been active in opposing Measure B, which requires all porn stars to wear condoms during vaginal and anal sex scenes filmed in Los Angeles County. In April 2013, he appeared alongside fellow pornographic actor Steven St. Croix to debate the measure on a HuffPost Live discussion panel.[15]

Non-pornographic career

Film

In addition to his adult film career, Wylde also produces and directs non-pornographic films. Some of these include Frisk, Nuclear, and Death and Sportsbras, all of which starred Guy Perry.[16] Nuclear and another of his films, please see the Hollywood movie titled "the canyons" co-starring with another pornstar James Deen @ http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-208744/casting/, The Extraordinary Monday of Herman Brumby, have been screened at festivals.[17][18]

Music

Wlyde previously played in tech-metal bands Heuristic and Datura before becoming one half of the synthetic metal band Chiildren, his current project, alongside fellow porn star Chad Fjerstad (also known as Vin Vericose in the adult industry).[19] The band is signed with Bit Riot Records, and has released one EP entitled The Other People.[20] On the influence of pornography on their music, Fjerstad stated:

Sex and our lifestyle play a huge role in the lyrics, and I’m sure subconsciously in the mood of the music as well. The whole concept of [our debut album] ‘The Other People’ is about the separation we feel from everyone who is a non-sex-industry worker. When we go out, we observe the actions and behaviors of the majority of people, and it makes us feel very alien. ‘Milos’ is inspired by the extremely controversial ‘A Serbian Film,’ which is about an ex-pornstar thrown into a nightmarish snuff-world. We both found quite a bit of influence in that film. All of our stuff is littered with sex and violence — we can’t really escape it. At least not at this point in our lives.[21]

Chiildren has released two music videos to date, for their tracks My Gods and Girl in the Dirt.[22][23]

Writing

Wylde maintains a regular blog named Trve West Coast Fiction where he chronicles his life largely outside of his career in pornography. He contributed an essay to The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure by Tristan Taormino, which was published in early 2013.[7] Additionally, his written works have been featured on Smitten Kitten Online and the Bibliophile Érotique by Darling House blog, among other platforms.[24][25]

Awards and nominations

AVN Awards

Year Result Award Film Co-winners/co-nominees
2011 Nominated Best Group Sex Scene, Video BatfXXX: Dark Night Bobbi Starr, Dani Jensen, Madelyn Marie, Krissy Lynn, Carolyn Reese, Paul Chaplin, Derrick Pierce, Chris Johnson
Nominated Unsung Male Performer of the Year N/A N/A
2012 Nominated Best Group Sex Scene, Video Tristan Taormino’s Rough Sex 3: Adrianna’s Dangerous Mind Adrianna Nicole, Nat Turnher, Keni Styles, Evan Stone
Nominated Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Video Anarchy Lizz Tayler, Sascha
Nominated Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Video Rough Sex 3: Adrianna’s Dangerous Mind Adrianna Nicole, Keni Styles
2013 Nominated Best Group Sex Scene, Video Chanel Preston: No Limits Chanel Preston, Alex Gonz, Billy Glide, Marco Banderas, Will Powers
Nominated Best Group Sex Scene, Video Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody Gia DiMarco, Rihanna Rimes, Derrick Pierce[26]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "AVN Danny Wylde Profile". Adult Video News. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ↑ http://trvewestcoastfiction.blogspot.com/2012/05/something-greater-than.html
  3. ↑ http://www.iafd.com/results.asp?searchtype=comprehensive&searchstring=Danny+Wylde
  4. ↑ Wylde, Danny. "Danny Wylde Blogger Profile". Danny Wylde. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Wylde, Danny. "In College". Blogger, Danny Wylde. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Christopher Zeischegg, How a Former Porn Star's Sex Tape Helped Him Reclaim His Sex Life, Nerve.com, April 2, 2014
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The feminist porn book : the politics of producing pleasure". WorldCat Database. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Buckley, Cara (September 7, 2012). "Spreading the Word (and Pictures) on ‘Real’ Sex". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Backstories are hot". MakeLoveNotPorn. MakeLoveNotPorn. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Faircloth, Kelly. "With MakeLoveNotPorn.tv, the Irrepressible Cindy Gallop Aims to Give Porn a Reality Check". BetaBeat. Observer. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Trost, Matthew. "Cindy Gallop: Make love, not porn". TED Talks. TED Conferences, LLC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "The Secret Lives of Adult Film Stars". CBS News, Jeff Probst Show. CBS Television Distribution. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  13. ↑ The Jeff Probst Show. "Influence of Pornography on Society". Yahoo! Shine. Yahoo!. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  14. ↑ The Jeff Probst Show (November 9, 2012). "How Pornography is Changing the Way We Have Sex". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Porn Permit Mayhem". HuffPost Live. Huffington Post. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Guy Perry Resume". Actors Access. Breakdown Services, Ltd. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  17. ↑ Danny, Wylde. "Festival Screened Work". Trve West Coast Fiction. Blogger, Danny Wylde. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  18. ↑ Levinson, Ari. "The Extraordinary Monday of Herman Brumby (IML Honors Thesis Project)". USC School of Cinematic Arts. University of Southern California. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  19. ↑ Kaiser, Emily. "Vivid-Alt's Vin Vericose transforms from Minnesota boy to porn star". City Pages News. City Pages, LLC. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "Chiildren". Chiildren Site. Bit Riot Records. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  21. ↑ Poitras, Andrew. "L.A. BLACK METAL EXPERIMENTALISTS CHIILDREN EXPLAIN PORN’S EFFECT ON THEIR SYNTH-DRIVEN SOUND". Diffuser.fm. Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "Children Releases "Girl In The Dirt" Music Video". Metal Underground. Metal Underground. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  23. ↑ Horrornews.net (May 7, 2013). "Chiildren Releases Highly Disturbing Music Video For "My Gods"". Horror News. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  24. ↑ Wylde, Danny. "Darling House: What You Want". Trve West Coast Fiction. Blogger, Danny Wylde. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  25. ↑ Wylde, Danny. "Should Porn Stars Pay for Porn?". Trve West Coast Fiction. Blogger, Danny Wylde. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  26. ↑ "2013 AVN Nominations". Adult Video News Awards. Adult Video News. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

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