Ryan Idol
Ryan Idol is an American male pornographic actor (porn star) of the 1990s who performed in pornographic movies catering mainly to gay male audiences. He was born Mark Anthony Benet in Worcester, Massachusetts on 10 August 1966. He has French, Irish, and Native American ancestry.
Generally considered a "gay for pay" performer who pursued heterosexual relationships off the set, Ryan Idol created something of a sensation in two of his last videos; in Idol Thoughts he performed fellatio on co-star Tom Katt, and in Idol Country, he performed fellatio and anilingus on co-star Steve Marks. At the 1995 AVN Awards he won the Best Actor-Gay Video Award for his performance in Idol Country. Advance publicity for his last video, Idol in the Sky, released in 1996, promised that Idol, who until then had been a "top", would "bottom" in anal sex for the first time on screen. This did not come to pass, and the video was neither a great critical nor financial success. Idol soon retired from the industry, although he continued to work as a male prostitute and dancer/stripper, and also acted on stage in the play, Making Porn. In February 1989, he appeared as the "Man of the Month" centerfold in Playgirl under the name Marc Anthony Donais.
On 20 March 1998, Ryan Idol was critically injured after falling from a window of his girlfriend's fourth floor apartment in New York City. His pelvis was broken and he suffered head injuries in the fall. It was reported that he was either drunk or on drugs. While Idol has admitted to having had problems with drugs in the past, he claims to have no recollection of his accident. Ryan Idol continues to make occasional public appearances, as a dancer and stage actor and also at gay political and AIDS charity fundraisers. He still talks on occasion of the possibility of making a comeback in gay porn videos.
Trivia
Ryan Idol has a bunch of cherries tattooed on his lower abdomen.
In Geoffrey Karen Dior's autobiography, Sleeping Under the Stars, a memoir recounting numerous love affairs and trysts with various male porn stars, Idol is mentioned as the one star whom Dior actually turned down.
Videography
- Best of All 2 (Matt Sterling/Huge Video compilation) with Steve Hammond, Rex Chandler, Kevin Williams, Blade Thompson, Chad Knight, Dcota, Tony Minetti, Lon Flexxe and Bill Marlowe. Directed by Matt Sterling.
- Idol Country (HIS Video) with Steve Marks, Marco Rossi, Trent Reed, Jake Andrews, Grant Larson, Rod Majors, Mike Chavez, J.T. Sloan, Tyler Regan, Wolff and Tanner Reeves. Directed by Chi Chi LaRue.
- Idol Eyes (Falcon Studios/Matt Sterling) with Joey Stefano, Michael White, Chris Stone, Rick Racer, Steve Gibson, Buck Tanner and Matt Gunther. Directed by Matt Sterling.
- Idol Thoughts (Catalina Video) with Tom Katt, Shawn Justin, Mitch Taylor, Chuck Hunter, Karl Thomas, Rob Cryston, Jon Vincent, and Max Holden. Directed by Chi Chi LaRue.
- Idol Worship (HIS Video) with Blade Thompson, Chris Phifer, Randy White, Rick Lee, Derrick Wells, Mark Andrews and Domino.
- Idol in the Sky (Odyssey Men) with Joshua Sterling, Hawk McAllister, Bo Summers, J.T. Sloan, Aaron Austin, Adam Wilde, Dino DiMarco, Kyle McKenna, and Jordan with Vince Rockland, Blue Blake, Karl Thomas, Blade Thompson, Peter Wilder.
- Road Home, The (Hot House Entertainment) with Marcello Reeves, Matt Bradshaw, Nino Bacci, Tony Cummings, Cole Youngblood, Todd Gibbs, Jordan West, Dan Brewer and Jeff Hart. Directed by Steven Scarborough.
- Score 10 (Falcon/Matt Sterling) with Blade Thompson, Dolph Knight, Mike Henson, Chris Stone, Chad Knight, Danny Sommers, Dcota and Craig Slater.
- Trade-Off (All Worlds Video) with Axel Garret, Lon Flexx, Danny Sommers, Michael Parks, B.J. Slater and Mark Brandon.
See also
External links
- Ryan Idol's official website
- Videography - Warning! Sexually explicit!
- Internet Movie Database Entry
- "Gay Today" article on Ryan in the days following his accident