Sean Michaels (actor)

Sean Michaels

Sean Michaels in Los Angeles, California on August 26, 2011
Born (1958-02-20) February 20, 1958[1]
New York City, New York, US[1]
Other names Andre Allen, Sean Micheals, Shawn Michael, André, Shawn Michaels, Sean Michael & Mike Stone[1]
Ethnicity African American[1]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st)[1]
No. of adult films 1765 as performer, 229 as director (per IAFD)[1]

Sean Michaels (born February 20, 1958) is an American pornographic actor and director.[1]

Early life

Michaels was raised in Brooklyn and attended Boys High School.[2] In 1977, he moved to Southern California to pursue a career in nursing, which he did for six years before entering the adult film industry.[3] He also did runway and print modeling prior to working in porn.[3]

Career

Michaels made his directorial debut in 1991 with the films My Baby's Got Back and In Loving Color.[4] He started Sean Michaels Productions in 1993, which became Sean Michaels International in 1997 when Anabolic Video began handling its distribution.[3]

According to an adult film news web page, in 2003 Michaels was issued a cease and desist order by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the use of his name due to the similarity it had to WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels. According to the same adult film web page, Sean's name was already registered as a trademark, while Shawn Michaels had not registered his moniker.[5]

Along with Lisa Ann and Nikki Benz, Michaels hosted the XRCO Awards in April 2010.[6]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sean Michaels at the Internet Adult Film Database
  2. ↑ Mark Kernes (August 10, 2012). "Sean Michaels Is at Work on 1st Volume of Autobiography". AVN. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sean Michaels On The Changing Face of Racism In Adult and Taking Dee's Anal Virginity". hardcoregossip.com. December 4, 2003. Archived from the original on December 6, 2003. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ Ottimo Massimo (July 13, 2012). "Porn Director Of The Month: Sean Michaels". Fleshbot. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ Steve Nelson. "Sean Michaels Sues Sean Michaels". Adult Industry News, January 23, 2003. Accessed 8 September 2008.
  6. ↑ Wade Garrett (2010-02-17). "Nikki Benz, Lisa Ann and Sean Michaels to Host XRCO Awards". AVN. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  7. 1 2 "THE BEST OF 1993-2002". X-Rated Critics Organization. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Adult Video News Award Winners - 1994". RAME. July 18, 1995. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Adult Video News Award Winners - 1995". RAME. January 8, 1996. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ "AVN Awards - 1997". RAME. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Last Year's Winner's". AVN. Archived from the original on October 13, 1999. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ Jared Rutter (May 1999). "Another Constituency Heard From". AVN. Archived from the original on October 20, 2000. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  13. ↑ "XRCO Awards Not Stolen - The Show Goes On Anyway". AVN. March 20, 2000. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Past Winner History". NightMoves. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ Dirty Bob (September 16, 2003). "11th Annual Nightmoves Entertainment Awards Announced". AVN. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ Peter Warren (October 11, 2007). "2007 NightMoves Award Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  17. ↑ AVN Staff (January 13, 2010). "2010 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved April 19, 2015.

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