Matthew Rush (pornographic actor)

Matthew Rush
Born	Gregory Grove September 22, 1972 (1972-09-22) (age 39)[1] Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg)[2]
Eye color	brown
Hair color	brown
Ethnicity	American; bi-racial

Matthew Rush (born Gregory Grove on September 22, 1972) is a retired bi-racial American pornographic actor who appeared in gay pornographic films and magazines. He is also a bodybuilder and personal trainer under his real name. He has competed at the Gay Games in Amsterdam and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

As a porn star, Rush was under a lifetime exclusive contract with Falcon Studios.^[3] In 2009, Rush ended his contract with Falcon, ending his exclusive contract^[4] to pursue other projects in the industry,^[5] including his first post-Falcon project was a porn video and photo shoot with photographer Jon Royce^[6] on January 22, 2009. Matthew Rush is a powerful top in most of his films, but can also perform as a vocal bottom. His first post-Falcon porn shoot was with Pantheon Productions in San Francisco on January 23, 2009. In this film - called Brief Encounters (Real Men, Vol. 17) - Rush played a nasty son and flip-flopped with hairy daddy Tim Kelly.^[7] Rush's career was revitalized when he joined the website MenOver30.com in 2009. His easy going attitude and versatility has earned him the 2010 Grabby Award as Best Versatile Performer as well as the 2010 GayVN Award in the same category.

Rush has appeared in the TV detective film Third Man Out, starring Chad Allen, and in the motion picture Another Gay Movie.^[8] From 2002 to 2005, he acted in a traveling stage production of Ronnie Larsen's, Making Porn.

In October 2011, Rush announced his retirement from porn.^[9][10]

Selected videography

• L.A. Zombie (2010)
• Whorrey Potter and the Sorcerer's Balls (2010, 97 min, "Voldemorecock", Dominic Ford Features)
• Playing with Fire 4: Alarm (2009)
• Brief Encounters (2009, 92 min)
• Full Access (2009)
• Private Party 3: The Mystery Revealed (2009)
• Bootstrap (Falcon Pac 159) (2005, 150 min)
• The Cross Country Global Collection (2005, 180 min)
• Cross Country Part 1 (Falcon Pac 161) (2005, 90 min)
• Cross Country Part 2 (Falcon Pac 162) (2005, 90 min)
• Heaven to Hell (Falcon Pac 160) (2005, 120 min)
• Up All Night (Falcon Pac 163) (2005, 84 min)
• The Recruits (Falcon Pac 152) (2004, 85 min)
• The Taking Flight Set (2004, 219 min)
• Taking Flight Part 1 (Falcon Pac 154) (2004, 114 min)
• Taking Flight Part 2 (Falcon Pac 155) (2004, 105 min)
• The Drenched Set (2003, 197 min)
• Drenched Part 1 (Falcon Pac 149) (2003, 105 min)
• Drenched Part 2 (Falcon Pac 150) (2003, 92 min)
• Good as Gold (Falcon Pac 147) (2003, 90 min)
• The Aftershock Set (2002, 170 min)
• Aftershock: Part 2 (Mustang Pac 068) (2002, 86 min)
• The Deep South Set (2002, 178 min)
• Deep South Part 2 (Falcon Pac 145) (2002, 90 min)
• Defined (Falcon Pac 143) (2002, 87 min)
• Splash Shots III (Falcon Pac 141) (2002, 98 min)
• Alone With - Volume 1 (FAW 001) (2001, 87 min)
• Bounce (Falcon Pac 136) (2001, 85 min)
• Hazed (Jocks Pac 107) (2001, 75 min)
• Hooked (Jocks Pac 108) (2001, 85 min)
• The Other Side of Aspen V (Falcon Pac 139) (2001, 90 min)
• Ready for More (Jocks Pac 109) (2001, 78 min)
• Heroes: Men of Falcon (2003, 80 pages)
• Adam Gay Video Directory - 2002 (2001)
• Matthew Rush Supercock

Awards
Preceded by not awarded	GayVN Awards Best Versatile Performer 2010	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Dean Flynn	Grabby Awards Best Versatile Performer 2010	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by several	Grabby Awards Wall of Fame 2006	Succeeded by several
Preceded by Rob Romoni	Grabby Awards for Hottest Ass 2005	Succeeded by Pete Ross
Preceded by Michael Brandon, Chad Hunt	Grabby Awards for Best Performer and Best Duo 2003	Succeeded by Trent Atkins, Brad Benton
Preceded by Jackson Price, Kyle Kennedy	Grabby Awards for Best Newcomer and Best Solo 2002	Succeeded by Matt Summers, Bret Wolfe
Preceded by Caesar	GayVN Awards for Best Newcomer 2002	Succeeded by Bret Wolfe

See also

• List of pornographic movie studios
• List of male performers in gay porn films

References

1. ^ Matthew Rush on QueerClick.com
2. ^ "Brief Encounters". Pantheon Productions. p. 11. http://www.pantheonmen.com/be_press_files/brief_enounters_epk.pdf. 
3. ^ Matthew Rush biography
4. ^ JC Adams. "Matthew Rush is a MightyMan". Gay Porn Times. http://www.gayporntimes.com/hardnews/2009/01/22/matthew-rush-is-a-mightyman. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
5. ^ "Interview with Matthew Rush". Chicagopride.com. 2006-01-17. http://www.chicagopride.com/news/interview.cfm/articleid/97056. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
6. ^ "Handsome body builder Matthew Rush, Falcon Studios Male Model". Jonroyce.com. http://www.jonroyce.com/malemodels/matthew_rush_742.html. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
7. ^ http://www.friskyfans.org/reviews/brief-encounters.htm
8. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443431/
9. ^ DeWittison, Cedric. "Porn Megastar Matthew Rush Retires: A Career Retrospective". fleshbot. http://fleshbot.com/5852707/porn-megastar-matthew-rush-retires-a-career-retrospective/gallery/1. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
10. ^ "Matthew Rush has "died"". The Sword. http://thesword.com/matthew-rush-has-died.html. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 

External links

• Matthew Rush at the Internet Movie Database
• Matthew Rush at the Adult Film Database
• Friskyfans.org Biography of Matthew Rush

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Name	Rush, Matthew
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Date of birth	September 22, 1972
Place of birth	Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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