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Mainstream Actors Who Turned To The Adult Industry

By Marta Djordjevic / Updated: April 15, 2022 5:54 pm EDT
There's no denying that breaking into the acting business is tough. Some wannabe A-listers spend their entire careers fighting for a chance at the spotlight, taking on minor roles, and appearing in various flops just to get by.
Meanwhile, others resort to alternative methods to pay the bills, such as baring a bit more than they bargained for on camera. "I had to do anything I could to make a living 31 years ago," admitted Jackie Chan to Information Times (via China Daily ). "I don't think it's a big deal, even Marlon Brando used to be exposed in his movies." Not everyone shrugs off what they did with such ease, however. In fact, Sylvester Stallone totally hated the script for the racy skin flick he partook in before his Rocky fame. "It was either do that movie or rob someone because I was at the end — at the very end — of my rope," the actor recalled to Playboy (via Rolling Stone ). "Instead of doing something desperate, I worked two days for $200 and got myself out of the bus station."
But those are example of celebs who started off with X-rated work before transitioning into the big leagues. There are a select few A-listers, however, that did this in reverse. Be it dwindling funds or simply enthusiasm for the explicit, here are some mainstream actors who turned to the adult industry.
Dustin Diamond played everyone's favorite lovable loser, Screech, on the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell . Ever since the series came to a close in 1993, however, the actor had a bit of trouble remaining in the spotlight. The solution? Starring in his own adult video , of course. 
Diamond later regretted the odd choice on Oprah Winfrey's Where Are They Now . "The sex tape is the thing I'm most embarrassed about," Diamond said, while admitting his inspiration for it was Paris Hilton , who he claimed profited $14 million from her X-rated vid. "My buddy said, '...where's the Screech sex tape? You got to be worth at least a million.' And I thought, 'Yeah — yeah, maybe.' And that's as simple as it was." But it wasn't that simple, really, because he faked the whole thing.
"I got a stunt wang. I'm not an idiot. I'm not going to really put myself out there," Diamond told the Daily Beast , adding, "I'm an opportunist, really. Needless to say it did not make millions. But I had to take the shot. I don't know anyone who wouldn't."
At the time of Diamond's fake foray into the adult industry, his agent, Roger Paul, offered even more insight into Diamond's possible motivations. "Dustin has been trying to escape the 'Screech' typecast," he told New York Daily News (via Digital Spy ), adding, "So this may help me get more bookings." Spoiler alert: it didn't. 
Tom Sizemore was once a Hollywood heavyweight, who starred in blockbusters like Saving Private Ryan , Black Hawk Down , and Pearl Harbor . Unfortunately for the A-lister, he suddenly became a tabloid regular thanks to countless run-ins with the law and a spiraling drug addiction . The personal downfall translated directly to his faltered career, and his debut in adult films.
Sizemore recounted the low point in his memoir, By Some Miracle I Made It Out Of There , writing that his illicit film was the result of two things: being broke and "hopelessly addicted" to meth. On the advice of the pornographer with whom Sizemore was living with at the time — in a squalid cabin, no less — he performed in the video "with six girls." Of the tryst, Sizemore wrote, "It was disgusting, disturbing and shows you what methamphetamine does to your judgement." He added, "Out of all the ridiculous things I did, that's the one I most want to take back." 
Sizemore headed to rehab soon after, but it took him nearly a decade — from 2005 to 2013 — to "finally [get] clean for real," according to the Daily Mail . He's also had some luck landing high-profile parts again, too, like in the long-awaited Twin Peaks reboot in 2017. So, it turns out his buddy Robert De Niro , who predicted Sizemore's comeback in 2005, was right: "He's a tough kid," the screen legend told the Los Angeles Times . "He's kept his sense of humor. All he ever says to me is, 'Don't worry.'"
A cult horror darling in the late '80s, Stephen Geoffreys starred in classics such as Fright Night and 976-EVIL . Playing the same loud-mouthed characters may have gotten old for the actor, as he disappeared from mainstream cinema — thus sparking a rumor about his foray into X-rated darkness.
As Brent Hartinger of NewNowNext put it, the Geoffreys urban legend is one of the "most persistent gay-related rumors of all time." So, what makes people so sure it's Geoffreys baring it all on-camera? According to Hartinger, it's the consensus of, well, people who sat down and carefully studied the skin flicks. Although Geoffreys has seemingly never outright spoken about the gossip, his IMDb page mysteriously lines up with his lack of commercial work, filling it with adult movies under the pseudonym "Sam Ritter," instead.
While we may never get a clear answer on this scuttlebutt, we do have apparent confirmation from Susan Wloszczyna, a reporter for USA Today , who declared in 2005, "It's true!" in reference to his alleged career turn. As for Geoffreys? He's made a return to indie horrors, offering fans a very murky answer about stepping back into the spotlight. "I just got job offers and accepted them," he simply stated to Cryptic Rock . "The main thing is I love to act. I do just like to do things related to acting." We'll let you decide this one.
Scott Schwartz had an iconic role in cult holiday classic, A Christmas Story . Once playing Flick, who memorably got his tongue stuck to a flagpole , Schwartz then decided to shatter childhood hearts worldwide when it was revealed that he was working in the adult industry — both on-screen and off. 
Although the actor prefers to remain mum on the subject, he decided to spill the goss during an interview with blogger Jerry Saravia . "In the adult film industry, I worked for a talent agency, a production office, a video salesman... about any job you can think of I did but truly I don't speak of it too much." Going on to explain that it was a matter of "dollars and cents," the actor simply had to do "whatever it took."
So, was there a particular reason the former child star couldn't find work in mainstream Hollywood? In an interview with Rediscover The 80s , Schwartz revealed, "Puberty had a lot to do with [it]. My face changed and I didn't grow very much, still being 5'2" at age 15-19." He went on, "I never decided not to act anymore ... I still act or work when people call and ask me." Instead, Schwartz said his longtime side gig away from acting was working for a trading card company, along with running a collectibles shop with his dad in Southern California for over 24 years.
1979's art flick Caligula is essentially an adult movie — considering it's owned by Penthouse and produced by Bob Guccione , the founder of the mag itself. Shockingly enough, the film stars industry greats such as Helen Mirren and Malcolm McDowell, both a part of Hollywood royalty. 
According to the Daily Mail , Caligula was banned in England for 30 years, and, at the time of its release, even Roger Ebert called it "shameless trash." As it turns out, nobody expected the movie to be as explicit as it was — including its leading stars. 
The script was written by Gore Vidal, a well-respected screenwriter of the time. Per Daily Mail , it was actually Vidal who convinced A Clockwork Orange star McDowell, to star as Caligula. As McDowell recalled, "When Gore told me it was Bob Guccione, I asked: 'But isn't he a pornographer?' Gore said: 'Malcolm, just think of him as one of the Warner Brothers. He just signs the [checks].'" As for Mirren? The actress reflected years later, "The film was like being on an acid trip. It has its good moments and it has its bad moments and is a fantastical journey." Allegedly, the two stars didn't engage in any lewd acts on camera and were only "partially nude." So, what happened? As Daily Mail revealed, after filming was complete, Guccione went back and shot more explicit scenes on his own, thus making this flick a massive con in Hollywood history.
Jaimee Foxworth rose to the A-list by starring in Family Matters , playing one of the daughters in a show about the Winslow family. As Rolling Stone detailed years after the show's run ended, it was the arrival of their neighbor, Steve Urkel, played by Jaleel White , that suddenly sparked "Urkel mania," causing the show to center more around him — and less on the Winslow clan. As cast members slowly started disappearing, Foxworth found herself cast away and written out of the series, too. 
According to the Huffington Post , after four seasons, the former child starlet was unemployed and desperate for work. At 19, she decided to turn to the adult industry to make ends meet, all while struggling with drugs and alcohol, to boot.
Speaking to Oprah Winfrey on the Oprah Show years later, Foxworth detailed how her foray into the seedy industry all began with a swimsuit calendar. From there, she realized she could make so much more on camera, agreeing to shoot "an explicit sex scene with another actress." As she recounted, "It was, to me, the quickest money. I was so naïve, and I was drinking." Being a former child star, Foxworth explained, "I'd never lived a normal childhood. I always went to auditions ... When I was on Family Matters , I thought the money was never going to stop. I thought I was never going to be broke. So I say to young girls, always have another option."


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By Stephen Andrew
- November 8, 2017 03:25 pm EST

Adult film stars very rarely make the crossover to mainstream entertainment, but occasionally it does happen.
It isn't always a simple transition and often requires their special brand of comfort around sex and nudity, but sometimes they get an opportunity to let their acting talents shine. The crossover isn't often for money reasons either, as many from the genre can make a lot more money shooting adult films than they can shooting mainstream movies or TV shows.
The adult film trade is a multi-billion dollar industry , raking in more than an estimated $13 billion every year. You might think that most of that comes from internet revenue, but in reality, the largest portion of its income is in video sales and rentals. That makes up for over three-and-a-half billion dollars of what the industry brings in each year.
Still though, even with numbers that inflated, several adult film stars have taken the risk and made a leap over to mainstream Hollywood.
Below, you'll find a list of adult film stars who transitioned over to star in Hollywood produced films, as initially shared by Decider .
Mainstream Film Roles : Private Parts , Zombie Strippers
Jenna Jameson is often considered to be "the most famous adult entertainer in the world."
In the mid-1990s, she soared to stardom in the adult film industry, taking home numerous adult film industry awards and headlining in dozens of movies. But she made her mainstream film debut in the Howard Stern biographical film Private Parts in 1997. She played a woman named Mandy who Stern brought into the studio to strip down and give him a massage on the air.
A little over 10 years later, she co-starred with Freddy Krueger himself, actor Robert Englund, in the film Zombie Strippers , about "a zombie epidemic" spreading "throughout a strip club in Nebraska."
Jameson also shot an episode of Sons of Anarchy once and recently finished shooting a film titled Limelight , co-starring Jonathan Lipnicki of Jerry Maguire , which is scheduled to be released sometime this year.
Mainstream Film Roles : The Boondock Saints , Crank : High Voltage , The Rules of Attraction
While Jenna Jameson may have at one point been considered "the most famous adult entertainer in the world," Ron Jeremy is certainly up there as he is probably the most well-known adult film star ever.
He got his start in the adult entertainment industry back in the late-1970s and according to IMDb's records, has nearly 1,500 film credits to his name, including upcoming projects.
Jeremy made the transition to the mainstream film industry much easier than other adult film stars, having starred in the films listed above, as well as Ronin , opposite Robert De Niro, and Reindeer Games , opposite Ben Affleck. In addition to all of that, he was also a consultant on the film Boogie Nights , which earned Burt Reynolds the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture award at the 55th Golden Globe Awards.
Mainstream Film Roles : The Girlfriend Experience , Entourage , I Melt With You
At just 29 years old, Sasha Grey is maybe the youngest adult film star to succeed at dominating the industry she started in and then achieve acknowledged success in the mainstream industry as well.
Officially, Grey retired from the adult film industry in 2011, after making more than 200 films, and as she transitioned to mainstream, she received a positive response. Her first major mainstream project was the film The Girlfriend Experience , which was directed by Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh.
Renowned film critic Roger Ebert even gave the film "four out of four stars" and said, "[it was] true about human nature. It clearly sees needs and desires. It is not universal, but within its particular focus, it is unrelenting."
Mainstream Film Roles : Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Serial Mom, Cry-Baby
While Jenna Jameson and Ron Jeremy are the most recognizable names in the adult film industry, and Sasha Grey has had a fairly positive critical response to her talent, adult film star Traci Lords has had the most continued success and career in mainstream Hollywood.
Back in the 1980s, Lords was involved in a major scandal, when the FBI was notified that she had been shooting adult films while underage. All but one of her films turned out to have been shot before she was of legal age.
She quit the adult film industry and enrolled in acting classes, which ultimately paid off as she's starred in TV shows like Roseanne and Profiler , as well as films like I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell and Blade . Her most recent project is titled, Swedish Dicks , a TV series about "Two unlicensed Swedish private investigators" in Los Angeles, starring the everyman actor himself, Peter Stormare.
Mainstream Film Roles : The Canyons, Happyish
In 2009, Deen was awarded the Male Performer of the Year award at the AVN's. He also has over 1,400 film credits to his name, according to IMDb.
Deen co-starred with Lindsay Lohan in the film The Canyons in 2013. This was his first ever non-adult film. Interestingly, the film's writer, Bret Easton Ellis, reportedly mentioned that he had Deen in mind for the role from the very beginning. However, the film was quite controversial as it was widely reported Lohan constantly feuded with Deen, as well as the film's director Paul Schrader.
A couple of years later, Deen turned up in an episode of Showtime's Happyish as himself, offering advice on how to succeed in the adult film industry.
Ultimately, he hasn't really stuck with mainstream film, but did bring a reality show subject into his world. In 2013 and 2014, Deen and Teen Mom's Farrah Abraham starred together in a pair of adult films.
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