Austin Wolf

Justin Heath Smith was born on April 3, 1981,{{cite web |last=Keating |first=Mickey |title=An Interview With Birthday Hunk, Austin Wolf |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/an-interview-with-birthday-hunk-austin-wolf/ |website=Instinct |access-date=November 4, 2023 |date=April 3, 2021}} in Alvarado, Texas, where he was also raised. He has one younger sister and one older sister. At age 17, he started coming out to his friends and family, including his mother, who was initially upset before coming to accept Wolf's sexuality.{{cite web |title=Austin Wolf shares his heart-warming experience of coming out to his mom |url=https://www.thegayuk.com/austin-wolf-shares-his-heart-warming-experience-of-coming-out-to-his-mom/ |website=The Gay UK |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=October 11, 2020}} Soon after, he began working out and putting on muscle and, according to him, became arrogant due to becoming "society's attractive man". At the age of 20, he left Texas and moved to New York, where he worked as a designer furniture retailer. After the subprime crisis, he lost his job as a designer furniture retailer. He then worked at a gay bar as a bartender before creating a profile on the escorting site Rentboy and starting to work as an escort.{{Cite web |last=Jansen |first=Brady |date=2019-02-12 |title=Modern Marvel: Interview With Adult Superhero Austin Wolf |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/modern-marvel-interview-with-adult-superhero-austin-wolf-819115.html |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=AVN}}{{cite web |last1=Keating |first1=Mickey |title=Exclusive: An Interview With Austin Wolf |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/exclusive-an-interview-with-austin-wolf/ |website=Instinct |access-date=November 4, 2023 |date=January 19, 2020}}

In November 2012, Wolf made his pornographic debut with a solo video for gay pornographic studio Randy Blue. He has stated that his family was supportive of his entering the pornographic industry, describing his mother as his "biggest fan", and has attributed his skills as a pornographic actor to his sex addiction. He then worked with Randy Blue for three years, where he made his first partner video starring pornographic actor Nicco Sky. He won the awards for Best Top and Best Body at the International Escort Awards, an awards ceremony for male escorts, in 2013.{{cite web |title=The International Escort Awards at Roseland |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/gay-lesbian/international-escort-awards-hookies-2013 |website=Time Out New York |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=March 25, 2013}}{{cite web |title=Learn How To Woo Male Escorts In Rentboy's First 'Rentboy Talk' With Austin Wolf |url=https://www.queerty.com/learn-how-to-woo-male-escorts-in-rentboys-first-rentboy-talk-with-austin-wolf-20140426 |website=Queerty |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=April 26, 2014}} He signed an exclusive contract with Falcon Entertainment in April 2015 while appearing in releases for pornographic studios Raging Stallion and Hot House.{{cite web |last1=Sanford |first1=John |title=Austin Wolf Becomes Falcon Exclusive |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/193975/austin-wolf-becomes-falcon-exclusive |website=XBIZ |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=April 29, 2015}} Wolf made cameos as a "shirtless person" on The Wendy Williams Show three times through being friends with the show's art director, Michael Lee Scott.

In 2012, he worked on the Broadway show Bares XXII: Happy Endings,{{Cite web |date=2012-06-18 |title=Photo Coverage: Backstage at BROADWAY BARES XXII - 'Happy Endings' Galore! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Backstage-at-BROADWAY-BARES-XXII-Happy-Endings-Galore-20120618 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181026201705/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Backstage-at-BROADWAY-BARES-XXII-Happy-Endings-Galore-20120618 |archive-date=2018-10-26 |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=BroadwayWorld}}{{Cite web |date=2013-01-28 |title=Justin Smith and the Cast in A BIG MAN |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/galleryphoto.php?photoid=490006&personid=306943 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181026201220/https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/galleryphoto.php?photoid=490006&personid=306943 |archive-date=2018-10-26 |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=BroadwayWorld}} starring Kyle Dean Massey and Jennifer Tilly. In 2013, he appeared in the Broadway show The Big Man.{{Cite web |title=Broadway Bares' Justin Smith aka Austin Wolf |url=http://citoyendurable.blogspot.com/2013/03/broadway-bares-justin-smith-aka-austin.html?zx=3d0383084a67c76 |date=2018-10-26 |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=citoyendurable |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181026200237/http://citoyendurable.blogspot.com/2013/03/broadway-bares-justin-smith-aka-austin.html?zx=3d0383084a67c76 |url-status=dead }} Wolf made a profile on OnlyFans, a subscription-based platform where creators set their own rates, in April 2017, where he began uploading videos of himself having sex from when he was in his twenties. He became one of the first pornographic actors to use OnlyFans to sell content. He reached over one thousand subscribers within two weeks of starting his account. In October 2018, a preview clip from an eight-minute-long 4MyFans video of an off-duty Delta Air Lines flight attendant performing oral sex on Wolf while in uniform and in an airplane bathroom aroused controversy after being uploaded to Twitter, leading to the flight attendant's suspension due to his employee ID being visible and widespread tabloid coverage of the video.{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Billy |title=Exploring a vibrant Los Angeles, alive with theater |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/10/26/exploring-a-vibrant-los-angeles-alive-with-theater/ |website=Los Angeles Blade |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=October 26, 2018}} The flight attendant stated that he was unaware that the tryst was being recorded, which Wolf denied.{{cite web |last1=Gremore |first1=Graham |title=Delta employee suspended over mid-flight bathroom hookup with Austin Wolf caught on tape |url=https://www.queerty.com/delta-employee-suspended-mid-flight-bathroom-hookup-austin-wolf-caught-tape-20181018 |website=Queerty |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=October 18, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Levesley |first1=David |title=OnlyFans is the hot, but controversial, new way to get your porn fix |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/onlyfans |website=GQ |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=June 6, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Dommu |first1=Rose |title=Porn Actor Pleads Guilty After Having Sex on London Train |url=https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2019/1/17/porn-actor-pleads-guilty-after-having-sex-london-train |website=Out |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=January 17, 2019}} Wolf soon deleted his Instagram profile, stating that he wanted to "get his life back on track". That same month, he became Pornhub's most-searched gay pornographic actor and won the Str8UpGayPorn Award for Favorite Daddy.{{cite web |last1=Shea |first1=Ryan |title=Austin Wolf's Internet Ranking Skyrocket Amid Flight Attendant Scandal |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/austin-wolfs-internet-ranking-skyrocket-amid-flight-attendant-scandal/ |website=Instinct |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=October 29, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Gremore |first1=Graham |title=Austin Wolf makes first public appearance after mile high lavatory sex scandal |url=https://www.queerty.com/austin-wolf-makes-first-public-appearance-mile-high-lavatory-sex-scandal-20181022 |website=Queerty |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=October 22, 2018}} Also that month, he uploaded another video of him having sex with an Uber driver.{{cite web |last1=Villarreal |first1=Daniel |title=Austin Wolf caught on tape getting busy with yet another transit worker |url=https://www.queerty.com/austin-wolf-caught-getting-busy-yet-another-transit-worker-tape-20181025 |website=Queerty |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=October 25, 2018}} Wolf was the fourth most popular gay pornographic actor on Pornhub in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Stott |first1=Rob |title=Pornhub Has Released Its Year In Review, And Wow, You're All Horny For Fortnite |url=https://junkee.com/pornhub-year-review-2018/186633 |website=Junkee |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=December 12, 2018}}

In April 2019, he signed an exclusive contract with gay pornographic studio CockyBoys.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-29 |title=Austin Wolf Inks Exclusive Contract With CockyBoys |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/243742/austin-wolf-inks-exclusive-contract-with-cockyboys |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190910172948/https://www.xbiz.com/news/243742/austin-wolf-inks-exclusive-contract-with-cockyboys |archive-date=2019-09-10 |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=XBIZ}} He won the award for Most Popular Gay Performer at the 2nd Pornhub Awards in October 2019, where he gave an emotional acceptance speech.{{cite web |last1=Sonoma |first1=Serena |title=Gay Porn Actors Call Pornhub Awards the 'Most Homophobic Experience' |url=https://www.out.com/sex/2019/10/12/gay-porn-actors-call-pornhub-awards-most-homophobic-experience |website=Out |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=October 12, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=JC |title=Austin Wolf Talks Content Creation, Fan Engagement During Coronavirus Lockdown |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/251630/austin-wolf-talks-content-creation-fan-engagement-during-coronavirus-lockdown |publisher=XBIZ |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=April 17, 2020}} Wolf was Pornhub's third most-searched gay pornographic actor in 2019.{{cite web |title=Whatcha Watchin To Get Off? Pornhub Drops Their Stats And Exposes Us All |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/whatcha-watchin-to-get-off-pornhub-drops-their-stats-and-exposes-us-all/ |website=Instinct |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=December 21, 2019}} In January 2020, he won the award for Favorite Fan Content Creator at the 3rd Str8UpGay Porn Awards. He was one of Pornhub's brand ambassadors in April 2020, when they launched their satirical "Scrubhub" video series as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |last1=Whitmer |first1=Savannah |title=Scrubhub |url=https://officemagazine.net/scrubhub |website=Office |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=April 16, 2020}} Men.com signed Wolf to an exclusive contract in January 2023.{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Rick |title=Men.com Signs Austin Wolf to Exclusive Contract |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/271024/men-com-signs-austin-wolf-to-exclusive-contract |website=XBIZ |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=January 4, 2023}} He made his premiere for the studio in Fast & Vicious, in which he played a gangster opposite Skyy Knox.{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Rick |title=Austin Wolf Debuts for Men.com in 'Fast & Vicious' |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/272815/austin-wolf-debuts-for-men-com-in-fast-vicious |website=XBIZ |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=April 6, 2023}}

In November-December 2023, he recruited top porn stars from around the world in his inaugural Collab Week event at Almar Resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-01 |title=These Exclusive Pics From Austin Wolf's Collab Week Will Make Your Jaw Drop |url=https://www.out.com/sex/austin-wolf-collab-week-pics |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-01 |title=Meet The Hot Guys Who Attended Austin Wolf's Collab Week |url=https://www.pride.com/gay-men/austin-wolf-hot-guys-collab-videos |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.pride.com |language=en}}

Wolf is considered a pioneer in making OnlyFans a popular pornographic platform. He owns his own subscription-based pornographic website, 4MyFans.{{cite web |last1=Artavia |first1=David |title=Austin Wolf on Porn, Racism, and His Own Questionable Twitter Exchange |url=https://www.advocate.com/people/2020/6/05/austin-wolf-porn-racism-and-his-own-questionable-twitter-exchange |website=The Advocate |access-date=November 4, 2023 |date=June 5, 2020}} David Levesley of British GQ called Wolf "a big name in gay porn" in June 2019, while, in April 2020 JC Adams of XBIZ described him as "a veteran performer with a lauded filmography" who "cemented his stardom" by being "a dazzlingly prolific content creator". In January 2019, Vanity Fair called Wolf a "gay porn mega-star", while, in January 2020, Mickey Keating of Instinct called him "the gay porn star of the world right now".{{cite web |title=Une exploration de la galaxie Pornhub par le Concierge Masqué |url=https://www.vanityfair.fr/savoir-vivre/story/la-chronique-du-concierge-masque-peut-on-encore-se-rincer-loeil-incognito-/5229 |website=Vanity Fair |access-date=November 5, 2023 |language=fr-FR |date=January 29, 2019}} Matt Rettenmund of Boy Culture ranked Wolf one of the greatest gay pornographic actors of all time.{{cite web |last8=Slovacek |first8=Randy |title=Ranking The Top Guys In Adult Entertainment |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/ranking-the-top-guys-in-adult-entertainment/ |website=Instinct Magazine |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=July 16, 2019}} Daniel Villarreal of Queerty called his "tribal" belly button tattoo a trademark of his.

Wolf has described his political beliefs as "completely aligned with" those of comedian Kathy Griffin. In June 2020, during the George Floyd protests, Wolf posted a video on Twitter in which he called on pornographic studios to take down any content featuring fellow pornographic actor Billy Santoro who had advocated for police to shoot Black looters. JustForFans, another subscription-based pornographic site, took down Santoro's account soon after. Wolf soon sparked controversy for telling a Black commenter on Instagram, who wrote that America was about "power and exploitation", that they should move.

{{As of|2019}}, Wolf has a husband.{{cite web |title=Content Might Be King, But Platform Is Emperor at the 2nd Pornhub Awards |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/247584/content-might-be-king-but-platform-is-emperor-at-the-2nd-pornhub-awards |website=XBIZ |access-date=November 5, 2023 |date=October 14, 2019}}

On April 21, 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant in Wolf's Manhattan apartment, where an SD card containing hundreds of videos of child pornography, which he reportedly received and sent anonymously with an undercover FBI agent through Telegram between March 24 and 28, was found. According to Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the videos included one of a 10-year-old child being raped and bound by a man, while others contained children as young as infants.{{cite web |last1=Cornish |first1=Ricky |title=Adult film star Austin Wolf arrested on child pornography charges |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/austin-wolf-arrested-child-pornography |website=Advocate |access-date=June 28, 2024 |date=June 28, 2024}} In June 2024, the United States Department of Justice announced that Wolf had been arrested in New York and charged with one count of distribution and receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.{{cite magazine |last1=Nolfi |first1=Joey |title=Porn star Austin Wolf arrested over 'hundreds of videos' of child pornography |url=https://ew.com/porn-star-austin-wolf-arrested-child-pornography-8671259 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 28, 2024 |date=June 28, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Feng |first1=Victoria |title=Adult film star Austin Wolf is arrested on charges of distributing child sexual abuse material online |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/adult-film-star-austin-wolf-arrested-distributing-child-sexual-abuse-m-rcna159483 |website=NBC News |access-date=June 28, 2024 |date=June 28, 2024}} Following his arrest, his Twitter account was deactivated.{{cite news |last1=Cornish |first1=Ricky |title=Austin Wolf's X account has officially been deactivated following arrest |url=https://www.pride.com/gay-news/austin-wolf-arrested |access-date=5 September 2024 |publisher=Pride |date=August 22, 2024}} As of February 25, 2025, Wolf was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn awaiting trial, having been granted eight continuances as his lawyers work with prosecutors on disposing of the case.{{cite web |title=Austin Wolf's Trial Deadline Has Been Extended To The End Of March |url=https://inmagazine.ca/2025/02/austin-wolfs-trial-deadline-has-been-extended-to-the-end-of-march/ |website=IN Magazine |access-date=March 7, 2025 |date=February 28, 2025}}

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