Keiran Lee
{{short description|British pornographic actor, director and producer (born 1984)}}
{{distinguish|Kieran Lee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Keiran Lee
| image = Keiran Lee 2016.jpg
| caption = Lee in January 2016
| birth_name = Adam Diksa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|1|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Derby, England
| occupation = Actor, director, producer
| years active = 2002–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Puma Swede
|2009||end=divorced}} - {{marriage|Kirsten Price
|2013}}
}}
| children = 3
}}
Adam Diksa (born 15 January 1984), better known by his stage name Keiran Lee, is an English pornographic actor, director, and producer who works mainly for Brazzers. He is one of the highest-paid pornographic actors.{{cite web|url=https://www.redbled.com/top-10-richest-male-pornstars-2017/|title=Top 10 List of Rich and Wealthy Male Pornstars|access-date=28 June 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.makemoneyadultcontent.com/richest-male-pornstars/|title=Top 20 Hottest Richest Male Porn Stars (2018)|date=14 November 2018 |access-date=14 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/porn-star-keiran-lee-personal-life/amp/|title=Keiran Lee Makes ₹2.5 Lakhs A Day During A Porn Shoot|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425132332/https://www.gqindia.com/content/porn-star-keiran-lee-personal-life/amp/|archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=dead}} He has received several awards, including an AVN Award for Favourite Male Performer and a UK Adult Film and Television Award for Best Male Actor.
Early life
Lee was born Adam Diksa in the Littleover area of Derby{{cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/derby-porn-star-keiran-lee/story-29237915-detail/story.html|newspaper=Derby Telegraph|title=Keiran Lee: he's Britain's top porn star but gets his kicks out of Derby County|author=Gallone, Jill|access-date=6 April 2017}}{{cite interview|subject=Keiran Lee|interviewer=Christiana|title=Interview with Keiran Lee|url=http://aipdaily.com/2008/interview-with-keiran-lee/|work=AIPdaily|access-date=9 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219071920/http://www.aipdaily.com/interview-with-keiran-lee|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/we-watched-xhamsters-new-porn-show-sex-factor-so-you-dont-have-to|title=We Watched That New Porn Reality Show 'Sex Factor' So You Don't Have To|author=Hopkins, Janice|publisher=Vice News|access-date= 7 May 2017}} on 15 January 1984,{{cite web|title=Keiran Lee|publisher=Internet Adult Film Database|url=http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=KeiranLee/gender=m/Keiran-Lee.htm|access-date=12 October 2008}} the son of an English mother and Indian father.{{cite web |title=Keiran Lee on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/keiranlee/status/182692743523467264 |website=Twitter |publisher=Keiran Lee |access-date=21 September 2018}} He attended Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy in the Darley Abbey area of Derby. By the age of 18, he was working as a project manager for Network Rail.
Career
Lee's career in porn began after his friends uploaded a naked picture of him to a swinging website.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a-porn-story-my-weekend-behind-the-scenes-at-the-avn-awards-part-one|title=A Porn Story: My Weekend Behind the Scenes at the AVN Awards (Part One)|author=Way, Mish|publisher=Vice News|access-date=6 April 2017}} After seeing the post, a couple offered him a role in a porn film. He first performed in adult video in 2002 at the age of 18. He began freelancing in porn in England and then moved to the United States, where he signed an exclusive contract with Brazzers in 2005.
Lee performed in his first Brazzers video in 2008. In August 2011, Brazzers placed a billboard advertisement with a photo of Lee in a tank top and sunglasses on Sunset Boulevard.{{cite web|title=Keiran Lee Lands Brazzers Billboard on Sunset Strip|publisher=XBIZ|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/137579|author=Miller, Dan|access-date=28 November 2012}} Dan Miller from XBIZ referred to it as "a landmark promotion for a male porn star". In 2012, it was reported that Brazzers had taken out an insurance policy with Lloyd's of London to insure Lee's penis for a reported $1 million.{{cite web|date=24 January 2012 |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britishrn-star-insures-penis-1m-286849|title=British Porn Star Keiran Lee Insures Penis For $1m|work=International Business Times|access-date=12 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/fun/news/a361932/british-porn-star-insures-penis-for-1-million/|title=British porn star insures penis for $1 million|author=Eames, Tom|website=Digital Spy|date=25 January 2012 |access-date=11 May 2017}} In October 2013, he made his feature film directorial debut with Hot Chicks Meet Big Fangs for Digital Playground.{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/170568|title=Keiran Lee Makes Feature Directing Debut|access-date=20 October 2013|author=Miller, Dan|publisher=XBIZ}}
In 2016, Lee appeared as a mentor and judge on The Sex Factor, an online reality series featuring 16 men and women competing for $1 million and a three-year porn contract.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-reality-show-aspiring-porn-stars-compete-stardom/story?id=28752666|title=Inside the Reality Show Where Aspiring Porn Stars Compete for Stardom|author=Yu, Katie|publisher=ABC News|access-date=7 May 2017}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.complex.com/life/2016/05/adult-site-launches-reality-show-the-sex-factor|title=Porn Site Launches NSFW Reality Show 'The Sex Factor'|author=Defillo, Ana|magazine=Complex|access-date=7 May 2017}} Lee, along with fellow porn stars Lexi Belle, Remy LaCroix, and Tori Black, would offer advice and judge the contestants throughout the competition.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/videos/duke-porn-star-belle-knox-explains-new-reality-show-the-sex-factor-20140529|title=Duke Porn Star Belle Knox Explains New Reality Show 'The Sex Factor'|author=Grow, Kory|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=6 May 2017}} The series was critically panned, with reviewers saying Lee had "confused the deadpan tell-it-like-it-is judging technique of real TV with just straight up being a dickhead" while calling the judges in general "stilted"{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/19/11712810/the-sex-factor-xhamster-porn-reality-show-competition|title=The Sex Factor is a porn reality show straight out of the early 2000s|author=Alptraum, Lux|website=The Verge|date=19 May 2016 |access-date=7 May 2017}} and "hard to watch".{{cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/sex-dating/nation/the-sex-factor-porn-reality-show-review|title=Porn Reality Show 'The Sex Factor' Is A B-Grade Masterpiece|publisher=Thrillist|author=Glass, Jeremy|access-date=7 May 2017}}
As of May 2020, Lee has appeared in 1,553 videos for Brazzers, more than any other performer.{{cite web|title=Pornstars: Keiran Lee|url=https://www.brazzers.com/profile/view/id/727/keiran-lee/bydate/133/|publisher=Brazzers|access-date=31 August 2018}} He was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2022.{{Cite web |last=AVN |first=AVN Staff |title=2022 AVN Award Winners Announced AVN |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2022-avn-award-winners-announced-905527.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=AVN}}
Personal life
File:Keiran Lee Puma Swede 2011 AVN.jpg in 2011]]
Lee married Swedish pornographic actress Puma Swede in 2009,{{cite web|title=Keiran Lee & Puma Swede Relationship|website=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1800181/|access-date=12 April 2017}} and they divorced at an unknown date. He married American pornographic actress Kirsten Price in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kirsten_price/status/612043525174104064?lang=en|title=Kirsten Price celebrates their second marriage anniversary|access-date=19 June 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/10-secrets-from-a-male-pornstar|title=10 Things A Male Pornstar Will Never Tell You|access-date=6 October 2014|author=Stewart, Jonathan|date=30 April 2014|magazine=Playboy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124424/http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/10-secrets-from-a-male-pornstar|archive-date=6 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.redbled.com/married-pornstars/|title=Top 10+ Married, Divorced Pornstar Couples (2018)|author=Sam Kingwin|access-date=29 August 2018|publisher=REDBLED}}{{cite web|url=http://elitedaily.com/life/keiran-lee-porn-star-million-dollar-penis/1559721/|website=Elite Daily|title=The Porn Star With The Million Dollar Penis Tells Us About, Well, His Penis|author=Box, Bobby|access-date=6 May 2017}} They reside in Calabasas, California, with their three children.{{Citation |title=KEIRAN LEE - Dirty Money {{!}} After Porn Ends 3 (2019) Documentary |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUbddnN3klI |access-date=2023-04-05 |language=en}}
Lee is a supporter of his hometown football team Derby County FC and has said that he "schedules his whole life around" it. In 2011, while playing soccer for Hollywood United FC, he had to be hospitalised after breaking his jaw in two places.{{cite tweet |user=@KeiranLee |number=114754897592844288 |author=Lee, Keiran |date=16 September 2011 |title=In hospital....broke my jaw in 2 places....surgery this morning...have to say @Kirsten_Price is my rock...thank you also @BRANDO_ZZ coming |access-date=12 May 2017}}
Select filmography
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|+ Television |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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2012
| Sunit Patel | 1 episode |
2016
| Judge | 10 episodes |
= Movies =
As an actor:
- Nasty Intentions (2009)
- Filthy Habits (2010)
- No Way Out (2014)
- Kill Bill (2015)
- In the Ass at Last (2016)
As a director:
- Hot Chicks Meet Big Fangs (2013)
Awards and nominations
During his career, Lee has won two awards from 49 nominations. Some notable awards and nominations:
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|+ List of accolades received by Keiran Lee |
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{| class="collapsible collapsed" width=100% !colspan=3 style="background-color: #D9E8FF; text-align:center;"|Awards and nominations |
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| style="text-align: center;" | Award | style="text-align:center; background:#cec; text- size:0.9em; width:50px;"| Won | style="text-align:center; background:#fcd; text-size:0.9em; width:50px;"| Nominated |
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|{{won|1}} |{{nom|12}} |
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|{{won|0}} |{{nom|3}} |
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|{{won|0}} |{{nom|2}} |
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;UK Adult Film and Television Awards |{{won|1}} |{{nom|0}} |
|-
|-style="background:#d9e8ff;"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3" |
;Total numbers of wins and nominations
|-
|{{draw|Totals}}
|{{won|2}}
|{{nom|17}}
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| colspan"3" style="font-size: smaller; text-align:center;" | References
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width=30%| Award
! style="width:10%;"| Year ! style="width:20%;"| Nominated work ! style="width:40%;"| Category ! style="width:10%;"| Result ! width=5%|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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rowspan="13"| AVN Award
| style="text-align:center;"| 2009 | Nasty Intention | Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Film | rowspan="10" {{nom}} | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=Keiran Lee – Awards|website=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2844388/awards?ref_=nm_awd|access-date=12 April 2017}} |
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 2010
| Keiran Lee |
Filthy Habits
| Most Outrageous Sex Scene |
rowspan="6"| Keiran Lee
| Unsung Male Performer of the Year |
style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| rowspan="5"| Male Performer of the Year |
style="text-align:center;"| 2012 |
style="text-align:center;"| 2013 |
style="text-align:center;"| 2014 |
style="text-align:center;"| |
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 2017
| In the Ass at Last | Best Anal Sex Scene |
rowspan="9"| Keiran Lee
| Favorite Male Performer | {{won}} |
rowspan="2"|Male Performer of the Year
| rowspan="2" {{nom}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2019 |
UK Adult Film and Television Award
| style="text-align:center;"| 2007 | Best Male Actor | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|title=The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2007|publisher=British Girls Adult Film Database|url=http://www.bgafd.co.uk/miscellany/uk-awards-2007.php|access-date=18 November 2008}} |
rowspan="2"| XBIZ Award
| style="text-align:center;"| 2014 | rowspan="3"| Male Performer of the Year | rowspan="5" {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.die-screaming.com/xbiz-award-nominees-313271/|title=Complete list of 2014 XBIZ Award nominees revealed|author=Dan C.|access-date=20 November 2013}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2017 |
rowspan="3"| XRCO Award
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013 | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/xrco-announces-2013-nominations-506722.html |title=XRCO Announces 2013 Nominations |magazine=AVN |date=14 February 2013 |access-date=13 May 2017}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2015
| rowspan="2"| Best Director (Web) | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/xrco-announces-2015-nominees-589904.html |title=XRCO Announces 2015 Nominees |magazine=AVN |access-date= 12 May 2017}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/217794 |author=Santana, Melissa |title=2017 XRCO Awards Nominations Announced |publisher=XBIZ |access-date=12 May 2017}} |
See also
References
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