Mark Anthony (porn star)

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"For other uses of the name, see Mark Anthony."

Mark Anthony (also known as Marc Anthony) (born March 24 1967 in Cardiff, Wales) is a former gay porn star and Mr Gay UK heat winner of Club X Cardiff 1993. His muscular physique made him one of the most recognisable and popular gay porn stars in Britain.

Biography

A self-confessed 'juvenile delinquent', Mark spent time (between the ages of 13 and 17) in detention centres. [ [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/Anthony.html Kristen Bjorn BBS: Ask Mark Anthony Message Board ] ]

Mark later moved to Earl's Court in London. He got married, and had two children, but was shortly in trouble with the police again, and was found guilty of grevious bodily harm. Imprisoned for 18 months, several encounters with other inmates led him to realise that he was in fact gay.

Released from prison, he acknowledged his sexuality to his wife. He then joined an escort agency. He was dancing at the famous gay nightclub Heaven when he was introduced to the gay photographer Jay Eff. This was the start of an enduring and successful friendship and business partnership. Eff put him on the amateur and professional gay strip circuit, also entering him into the Mr Gay UK beauty contest in 1993, where he won the Cardiff heat.

Mark's film career started in 1993 in Sitges, near Barcelona, where he starred in the first production of the softcore porn studio Man For Man. Several productions followed, including two sex education and awareness videos. In 1995, he appeared in the Chris Newby film "Madagascar Skin" with John Hannah. This was followed by the BBC TV series "Gaytime TV" in 1996 where he provided a weekly workout. However further mainstream work was not to follow.

His first taste of hardcore porn came when he was flown to Miami to work with the director Kristen Bjorn. With the reknown director, he made his name as a gay porn sensation by performing as an eager bottom in two very successful films, "A World of Men" and "The Anchor Hotel".

Mark then moved into more fetish-based films with the company Hot House Entertainment, but he felt frustrated that he was always cast in the ‘top’ role when he felt more comfortable as the ‘bottom’. After a few years of hiatus, Mark returned to the porn industry in 2002 and again had the opportunity to work with Kristen Bjorn in "The Isle of Men". The next year, he worked with a fetish-based company Triga Films as a bareback bottom.

Shortly afterward, Mark was diagnosed HIV positive. He became addicted to drugs and served four months in prison for a drug and psychosis-induced air rage incident on a transatlantic flight.

It was not until 2004 that he began a course of treatment for his drug addiction. Away now from the porn scene, his ambition is to become a chef and, in his own words, 'a better father'. [ [http://www.positivenation.co.uk/issue108/features/feature2/feature2.htm Positive Nation Issue 108 January 2005 Feature ] ]

elect filmography

*"Man For Man: The Video For Gay Men Vol. 3" (Man For Man, 1993)
*"Hard" (Man For Man, 1993)
*"Instincts: Erotic Choices 1" (Pride Video, 1994) aka "Better Gay Sex" (DVD)
*"Instincts: Erotic Choices 2" (Pride Video, 1995) aka "Even Better Gay Sex" (DVD)
*"Hunk: Squaddies" (Prowler, 1995)
*"Madagascar Skin" (British Film Institute, 1995)
*"Gaytime TV" (BBC, 1996)
*"A World of Men" (Kristen Bjorn Video, 1996)
*"The Anchor Hotel" (Kristen Bjorn Video, 1997)
*"Sure Thing" (Hot House Video, 1997)
*"Mo' Bigga' Butt" (Plain Wrapped Video, 1997)
*"The Isle of Men" (Kristen Bjorn Video, 2002)
*"Football Orgy Volume 2" (Triga Films, 2003)

References

ee also

*List of gay porn stars

External links

* [http://mannet.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000536 ManNet Review: "World of Men"]
* [http://mannet.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000383 ManNet Review: "Isle of Men"]
* [http://mannet.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000267 ManNet Review: "Sure Thing"]