Keni Styles
Keni Styles | |
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 Styles at the 2011 XBIZ Awards | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Pornographic actor |
| Years active | 2006–2015 |
Keni Styles (born 27 May 1981) is a British former pornographic actor.
Early life
[edit]Styles was born in Thailand to a single mother who worked as a sex worker.[1] They two later moved to the United Kingdom after she married a British national.[1] Once the marriage ended, his mother returned to Thailand, leaving Styles at an orphanage.[1] He remained in the orphanage until the age of 16.[1]
Styles took up boxing, becoming a regional champion as a teen.[1] He was considered but ultimately passed on to represent Team Britain for the Youth Olympic Games.[1] He later joined the British Army and served in Northern Ireland[citation needed], Bosnia, Kosovo twice, and Iraq twice during his seven years of active duty.[1]
Career
[edit]After leaving the army, he entered the pornography industry, starting a company called "Superman Stamina".[1] Styles was active in pornographic movies from August 2006, and retired in 2015.[2] He first found steady work in Eastern Europe, relocating to live in both Prague and Budapest. In January 2010, Styles moved to Los Angeles.[1] He is regarded as the first heterosexual Asian male porn star in American pornography[3] by some. In July 2015, Styles announced his retirement from the porn industry on his blog, KeniCamz.[4]
Select filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Human Sexipede | Katsuro | Parody of The Human Centipede (First Sequence) | [5] |
| Pure | Kichi | [6] | ||
| 2010 | This Ain't Star Trek XXX 2: The Butterfly Effect | Sulu | Parody of Star Trek | [7] |
| Malice in Lalaland | Chester Katz | [8] |
Awards
[edit]| Year | Nominated work and artist | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Keni Styles | Best Male Newcomer | Nominated | [9] |
| 2010 | Pure | Best Actor | Nominated | [10] |
| Best Couples Sex Scene | Nominated | |||
| Rocco's Dirty Dreams 8 | Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | Keni Styles | Male Performer of the Year | Nominated | [11] |
| Malice in Lalaland | Best Couples Sex Scene | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | Joanna Angel and James Deen's Summer Vacation | Best Double Penetration Sex Scene | Nominated | [12] |
| Best Group Sex Scene | Nominated | |||
| Rough Sex 3: Adriana's Dangerous Mind | Nominated | |||
| Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/B/B) | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Lola, Dressage En Orgy | Best Group Sex Scene | Nominated | [13] |
| Year | Nominated work and artist | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Keni Styles | Best Porn Artist | Won | [14] |
| Year | Nominated work and artist | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Keni Styles | Best Male Newcomer | Won | [15] |
| 2007 | Best Supporting Male Actor | Won | [16] |
| Year | Nominated work and artist | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Pure | Acting Performance of the Year - Male | Nominated | [17] |
| 2011 | Keni Styles | Male Performer of the Year | Nominated | [18] |
| Malice in Lalaland | Acting Performance of the Year - Male | Won | [19] |
| Year | Nominated work and artist | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Pure | Single Performance - Actor | Nominated | [20] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jeff Yang (25 March 2010). "Mightier than the sword". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ "MYSPACE". Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ^ Harry Mok (4 February 2011). "Bruce Lee Porn Parody Star Keni Styles Breaks Asian Male Stereotypes". Hyphen. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ Escape Porn ValleyArchived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Barton, Steve (9 August 2010). "The Human Sexipede Slithers its Way to Pornland". Dread Central. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ Miller, Dan (29 September 2009). "Prime Evil Unveils David Aaron Clark's 'Pure'". AVN. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ Koga (25 January 2010). "LAist Was There: 'This Ain't 'Star Trek' XXX #2' (SFW)". LAist. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Malice In Lalaland". AVN. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "2010 Nominees". Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Nominations for the 2011 AVN Awards" (PDF). AVN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "AVN Awards 2012 - Nominations" (PDF). AVN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "2015 AVN Award Nominees". AVN. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Erotic Awards 2008". EROTIC-AWARDS.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ^ "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2006". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2007". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ Javors, Steve (16 December 2009). "XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2010 XBIZ Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Miller, Dan (24 December 2010). "XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2011 XBIZ Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Miller, Dan (11 February 2011). "2011 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Bob (4 March 2010). "XRCO Announces 2010 Awards Nominees". XBIZ. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Shimizu, Celine Parreñas (2013), "Bound by expectation: the racialized sexuality of porn star Keni Styles", in Shimizu, Celine Parreñas; Taormino, Tristan; Penley, Constance; Miller-Young, Mireille (eds.), The feminist porn book: the politics of producing pleasure, New York, NY: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, pp. 287–302, ISBN 9781558618183.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Keni Styles at IMDb
- Keni Styles on Twitter
- Keni Styles at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Keni Styles at the Adult Film Database
- Keni Styles (28 December 2012). "8 Questions: Keni Styles, Asian American Male Adult Film Star" (Interview). Interviewed by Koji Steven. Retrieved 24 November 2014.