Michael Stefano

{{short description|American pornographic actor and director|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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|caption = Stefano at the 2005 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|08|29}}

|birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/archives/200101/inner/iv0101_01.html|title=LUCIANO: Salami of Steel|accessdate=May 12, 2015|author=Ashley Kennedy|date=January 2001|magazine=AVN|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010411210106/http://www.adultvideonews.com/archives/200101/inner/iv0101_01.html|archivedate=April 11, 2001}}

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|alias = Luciano, Mike Long

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Michael Stefano (born Michael Vito Menta; August 29, 1969) is an American pornographic actor and director.{{iafd name|id=MikeLong|gender=male|name=Michael Stefano}} He appeared in over 1,000 films and, by his own estimate, performed in over 3,000 scenes.{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Dan|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/124633/michael-stefano-retires-from-porn|title=Michael Stefano Retires From Porn|publisher=XBIZ.com|date=August 27, 2010|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}

An injury forced Stefano to take a break from performing and in the interim he learned how to edit.{{cite web|url=http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=43765|title=Our Favorite Michael Stefano Story: The Day His Dick Almost Exploded, Nearly Ending His Career|publisher=AdultFYI|date=August 27, 2010|accessdate=January 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203003622/http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=43765|archivedate=February 3, 2014}} He began his directing career with Extreme Associates in the mid-1990s under the name Luciano.{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/89627/hush-hush-entertainment-inks-michael-stefano|title=Hush Hush Entertainment Inks Michael Stefano|accessdate=September 11, 2017|author=Steve Javors|date=January 31, 2008|publisher=XBIZ}} In 2001, he started directing for Red Light District Video.{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/features/83389/red-light-district|title=Red Light District|accessdate=September 11, 2017|author=Anne Winter |date=August 22, 2007|publisher=XBIZ}} In 2003, Platinum X Pictures was launched by Stefano and Jewel De'Nyle (whom he would later marry), bankrolled by Red Light. Platinum X featured directors Manuel Ferrara, Brandon Iron, and Steve Holmes, and produced very similar content to Red Light. Around the same time, Red Light began distributing the films of Amateur District and Candy Shop, a studio headed by Stefano specializing in interracial content.

In 2010, Stefano announced his retirement from pornography, but in 2011 he announced his return to pornography full-time. In 2012, he again retired from the Adult Industry, but returned in 2013. He is still active in the industry as of 2025.