Rocco Siffredi born Rocco Antonio Tano ; 4 May is an Italian pornographic actor , director and producer of pornographic movies. He took his stage name from the character Roch Siffredi played by Alain Delon in the French gangster film Borsalino Siffredi met porn actor Leonardo Codazzo in a French sex club in and was introduced to producer Marco and director Michela, who cast him in his first pornographic role, Attention fillettes Watch Out, Little Girls Siffredi then stepped away from porn and worked as a fashion model, but returned to the business after two years with the help of porn actress Teresa Orlowski.
However, it was Siffredi's performances involving anal sex and anilingus , as well as rough sex and his psychological intensity and athleticism, which earned him recognition and ultimately a cult following. Through collaboration with John Stagliano 's Evil Angel studio and then his own Budapest -based Rocco Siffredi Produzioni as both a performer and director, Siffredi became one of the most powerful and recognizable personalities in pornography.
Siffredi has credited Stagliano with being his mentor through all 30 years of his career. In June , Siffredi declared that he would retire from performing in porn for the sake of his children, and instead focus on direction and production.
He thought he found him in Nacho Vidal , but then Nacho went his own way". However, sexual frustration and disappointment as a director with his male talent and the state of the porn industry overall led Siffredi to return as a performer in He was reported to have told a friend, "I never felt so naked as I did then. I was all alone and it gave me a lot of time to think about what is important.
And I realised I don't want to lose my wife. Something inside of me has changed. Actress Bobbi Starr noted of Siffredi, "Any girl in the industry who has been with him Speaking of his female partners, Siffredi says, "I want to see emotion Siffredi is one of a few porn actors to enjoy crossover appeal and success with respect to other segments of the adult film industry, as well as some in mainstream media.
