Keni Styles
{{short description|British pornographic film actor (born 1981)}}
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Keni Styles (born 27 May 1981) is a British former pornographic actor.
Early life
Styles was born in Thailand to a single mother who worked as a sex worker. They two later moved to the United Kingdom after she married a British national. Once the marriage ended, his mother returned to Thailand, leaving Styles at an orphanage. He remained in the orphanage until the age of 16.
Styles took up boxing, becoming a regional champion as a teen. He was considered but ultimately passed on to represent Team Britain in the Youth Olympic Games. He later joined the British Army and served in Northern Ireland{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}, Bosnia, Kosovo twice, and Iraq twice during his seven years of active duty.
Career
After leaving the army, he entered the pornography industry, starting a company called "Superman Stamina". Styles was active in pornographic movies since August 2006, and retired in 2015.{{cite web|title=MYSPACE|url=http://www.myspace.com/keni_styles |access-date=2009-05-31}} He first found steady work in Eastern Europe, relocating to live in both Prague and Budapest. In January 2010, Styles moved to Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/03/25/apop032510.DTL&ao=2 |title=Mightier than the sword|last=Jeff Yang|date=2010-03-25|work=San Francisco Chronicle|page=2|access-date=16 February 2011}} He is regarded as the first heterosexual Asian male porn star in American pornography{{cite web|url=http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2011/02/bruce-lee-porn-parody-star-keni-styles-breaks-asian-male-stereotypes |title=Bruce Lee Porn Parody Star Keni Styles Breaks Asian Male Stereotypes|last=Harry Mok|date=2011-02-04|work=Hyphen|access-date=16 February 2011}} by some. In July 2015, Styles announced his retirement from the porn industry on his blog, KeniCamz.[http://kenicamz.com/escape-porn-valley/#comment-44 Escape Porn Valley]{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723005736/http://kenicamz.com/escape-porn-valley/ |date=23 July 2015}}
Select filmography
Awards
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|+ AVN Awards |
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! style="width:35%;"| Nominated work and artist ! style="width:30%;"| Category ! style="width:8%;"| Result ! width=3%| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2009
|Keni Styles |Best Male Newcomer |{{nom}} |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|2010
|rowspan="2"|Pure |Best Actor |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|{{cite news|title=2010 Nominees |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees/ |accessdate=20 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304153045/http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees/ |archivedate=4 March 2010 }} |
| Best Couples Sex Scene
|{{nom}} |
| Rocco's Dirty Dreams 8
|Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production |{{nom}} |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|2011
|Keni Styles |Male Performer of the Year |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|{{cite web|title=Nominations for the 2011 AVN Awards|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf|publisher=AVN|access-date=November 8, 2023|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329112839/http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf|archivedate=March 29, 2013}} |
| rowspan="2"|Malice in Lalaland
|Best Couples Sex Scene |{{nom}} |
| Best Supporting Actor
|{{nom}} |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2012
|rowspan="2"|Joanna Angel and James Deen's Summer Vacation |Best Double Penetration Sex Scene |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|{{cite web|title=AVN Awards 2012 - Nominations|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2012_AVN_Awards_nominations.pdf|publisher=AVN|access-date=November 8, 2023|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329124455/http://avnawards.avn.com/2012_AVN_Awards_nominations.pdf|archivedate=March 29, 2013}} |
| rowspan="2"|Best Group Sex Scene
|{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|Rough Sex 3: Adriana's Dangerous Mind
|{{nom}} |
| Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/B/B)
|{{nom}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|2015
|Lola, Dressage En Orgy |Best Group Sex Scene |{{nom}} |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2008
|Keni Styles |Best Porn Artist |{{won}} |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2006
|rowspan="2"|Keni Styles |Best Male Newcomer |{{won}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2006|publisher=BGAFD.co.uk|url=http://www.bgafd.co.uk/miscellany/uk-awards-2006.php|access-date=2008-11-18}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|2007
|Best Supporting Male Actor |{{won}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2007|publisher=BGAFD.co.uk|url=http://www.bgafd.co.uk/miscellany/uk-awards-2007.php|access-date=2008-11-18}} |
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|+ XRCO Awards |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2010
|Pure |Single Performance - Actor |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Bob|date=March 4, 2010|title=XRCO Announces 2010 Awards Nominees|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/118273/xrco-announces-2010-awards-nominees|publisher=XBIZ|accessdate=July 8, 2024}} |
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{citation | last = Shimizu | first = Celine Parreñas | author-link = Celine Parrenas Shimizu | contribution = Bound by expectation: the racialized sexuality of porn star Keni Styles | editor-last1 = Shimizu | editor-first1 = Celine Parreñas | editor-last2 = Taormino | editor-first2 = Tristan | editor-last3 = Penley | editor-first3 = Constance | editor-last4 = Miller-Young | editor-first4 = Mireille | editor-link1 = Celine Parrenas Shimizu | editor-link2 = Tristan Taormino | title = The feminist porn book: the politics of producing pleasure | pages = 287–302 | publisher = Feminist Press at the City University of New York | location = New York, NY | year = 2013 | isbn = 9781558618183 | postscript = . }}
External links
- {{official website}}
- {{IMDb name|2755705|Keni Styles}}
- {{iafd name|id=KeniStyles|gender=male|name=Keni Styles}}
- {{afdb name|id=46088|gender=male|name=Keni Styles}}
- {{cite interview|subject=Keni Styles|interviewer=Koji Steven|title=8 Questions: Keni Styles, Asian American Male Adult Film Star|url=http://www.8asians.com/2012/12/28/8questions-keni-styles-asian-american-male-adult-film-star/|date=28 December 2012|accessdate=24 November 2014}}
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Category:British male pornographic film actors