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| Birthdate: | 4 May 1964 |
| Birth location: | Ortona Mare, Italy |
| Measurements: | 9 Inches |
| Height: | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Eye color: | Hazel |
| Hair color: | Blonde |
| Ethnicity: | Italian |
| Stage name(s): | Rocco Lorenz, Rocco Siffedi, Rocco Sifferdi, Rocco Sifredi, Rocky Siffreddy, Roco Siffredi, The Italian Stallion |
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Rocco Siffredi (born Rocco Tano, 4 May 1964)[1] is the stage name of an Italian pornographic actor, director and producer of pornographic movies. As of 2005, he has starred in more than 1,300 pornographic films.
Siffredi's screen name was reportedly inspired by a character from the movie Borsalino (1970), "Roch Siffredi", played by Alain Delon. He is also known as the "Italian Stallion", a reference to his penis size.
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Porn career
Siffredi was born on 4 May 1964 in Ortona, Abruzzo. After starting his film career in France, he subsequently starred in films abroad in such varied locales as Budapest, Hungary (which later became the headquarters of his production company, Rocco Siffredi Produzioni), Canada, Russia, Brazil, and various Eastern European countries. He became famous in the pornographic film community for his penchant for anal sex and analingus, which built him a cult following over the course of his career.
Siffredi's films vary widely in content and tone. He has appeared in romantic adventures and comedies in the Vivid style, but his later work with John Stagliano's Evil Angel Video involve BDSM scenes in which Siffredi spits on women, slaps them, performs irrumatio and watersports (censored in U.S. versions), makes his co-stars gag during deep throat, and occasionally pulls hair to the point of causing tears. In a 2001 interview with Martin Amis Stagliano commented that, "Rocco has far more power in this industry than any actress. I was the first to shoot Rocco. Together we evolved toward rougher stuff. He started to spit on girls, a strong male-dominant thing, with women being pushed to their limit. It looks like violence but it's not. I mean, pleasure and pain are the same thing, right? Rocco is driven by the market. What makes it in today's market place is reality."[2] On rare occasion, Siffredi himself has been the recipient of dominant sexual treatment, portraying the submissive in films like Rocco più che mai a Londra 2, Animal Trainer 11, and Il Marchese de Sade, appearing in drag in the latter.
In mainstream media
Siffredi is one of a few porn actors to enjoy crossover appeal and success with respect to other segments of the adult-film industry, as well as some in mainstream media. As a primary example, although his acting has been restricted exclusively to heterosexual pornography, his good looks have resulted in his attracting a large gay audience. In December 1990, Siffredi was selected to pose as the nude centerfold in the adult mainstream magazine Playgirl. Depicted on the cover next to him was the caption "At last, a centerfold to die for". This publicity improved Siffredi's mass appeal to American porn audiences.
In 1999, he appeared in the controversial Catherine Breillat film Romance. His performance in this role was followed by a part specifically written for him by the same director in her 2003 film Anatomie de L'enfer (Anatomy of Hell), in which he plays a gay man who becomes sexually involved with a woman. Both films feature unsimulated sexual scenes involving Siffredi, although it is disputed whether he actually has intercourse with co-star Caroline Ducey in Romance. (She says no, Siffredi says yes.)[3]
Siffredi is also visible in non-pornographic roles on Italian television, including:
- Television commercials for Amica Chips, a snack food, which have spawned considerable controversy and have at one point been taken off the air.
- With his wife, Rosa Caracciolo (a porn actress he met in business), in a television commercial for 48248, an SMS service.
- As the unwitting participant in an episode of Scherzi a Parte, a program similar to MTV's Punk'd.
Personal life
Siffredi has been married to porn model and former Miss Hungary Rosa Caracciolo since 1991.
In June 2004, Siffredi declared that he would retire from performing in porn for the sake of his children and instead focus on filming and producing. "My children are growing up," he said, "and I can no longer just say 'Dad is going to work to make money for the family.' They want to know more." However, as of 2009[update], Siffredi has continued to perform. Porn director Axel Braun told Adult Video News in 2004: "The problem is that he's been trying for years to find an 'heir to the throne,' but it's no easy task. He thought he found him in Nacho Vidal, but then Nacho went his own way."
Siffredi is a keen flyer of radio controlled model helicopters, this being featured in one scene.[which?]
Awards
Siffredi has won nearly 40 AVN awards (list) since his first in 1991 for Best Group Sex Scene - Video (Buttman's Ultimate Workout). Among these are:
- Best Director - Foreign Release (Who Fucked Rocco?)
- Best Continuing Video Series (Rocco: Animal Trainer)
- Best Director - Video (Ass Collector)
- Male Performer of the Year in 1993, 1996 and 2003
- Best Anal Sex Scene - Film (The Fashionistas)
- Best Pro-Am Release (Rocco's Initiations 9)
- Best Foreign Feature (Rocco: Animal Trainer 3)
- AVN's Hall of Fame award.
He was recently voted No. 10 in AVN's list of the Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time. He's received numerous other awards, including the prestigious Hot D'Or Platinum Award and XRCO Hall of Fame induction.
In popular culture
- Siffredi is referenced in the Hold Steady song "Most People Are DJs" from 2004's Almost Killed Me.
- The Polish punk rock band Anti Dread wrote the song "Roko na Sterydach" ("Rocco on Steroids") about Siffredi.
- Minneapolis power-trio band J.U.L.P have a song entitled "Cookies (Rocco Siffredi)" from 1997's Earmark Records J.U.L.P 'Cheap' 7" Vinyl Release.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "El 'rey del porno' Siffredi publica los secretos de su vida" (in Spanish). Terra España. 2006-10-06. http://terranoticias.terra.es/cultura/articulo/siffredi_rey_porno_publica_secretos_1127881.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ Martin Amis (2001-03-17). "A rough trade". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4153718,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ "Culture: Is it art or porn?". timesonline.co.uk. 2004-07-18. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article457870.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ Minneapolis Band J.U.L.P's 7" "Cheap EP" (featuring the song "Cookies (Rocco Siffredi) at Sursumcorda.com
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