Mark Anthony (porn star)

For other uses of the name, see Mark Anthony.

Mark Anthony (also known as Marc Anthony) (born March 24 1967 in Cardiff, Wales) is a former gay [...] star and Mr Gay UK heat winner of Club X Cardiff 1993. His muscular, scrum half's physique made him one of the most recognisable and popular gay [...] stars in Britain.

Biography

A self-confessed 'juvenile delinquent', Anthony spent time (between the ages of 13 and 17) in detention centres.

Mark later moved to Earl's Court in London. He got married, and had two children, but was shortly in trouble with the police again, and was found guilty of grevious bodily harm. Imprisoned for 18 months, several encounters with other inmates led him to realise that he was in fact gay.

Released from prison, he acknowledged his sexuality to his wife. He then joined an escort agency. He was dancing at The Famous gay nightclub Heaven when he was introduced to the gay photographer Jay Eff. This was the start of an enduring and successful friendship and business partnership. Eff put him on the amateur and professional gay strip circuit, also entering him into the Mr Gay UK beauty contest in 1993, where he won the Cardiff heat.

Anthony's film career started in 1993 in Sitges, near Barcelona, where he starred in the first production of the [...] studio Man For Man. Several productions followed, including two [...] education and awareness videos.

In 1995 he appeared in the Chris Newby film Madagascar Skin with John Hannah. This was followed by the BBC TV series Gaytime TV in 1996 where he provided a weekly workout. However further mainstream work was not to follow. His first taste of hard-core [...] came when he was flown to Miami to work with the director Kristen Bjorn.

Anthony then moved into less mainstream, more [...]-based films with the company Hot House, but he felt frustrated that he was always cast in the ‘top’ role when he felt more comfortable as the ‘bottom’.

Shortly afterward, Anthony was diagnosed HIV positive. He became addicted to drugs and served four months in prison for a [...] and psychosis-induced air rage incident on a transatlantic flight.

It was not until 2004 that he began a course of treatment for his [...] addiction. Away now from the [...] scene, his ambition is to become a chef and, in his own words, 'a better father'.

December 2007 - Mark is now escorting and can be found at www.gaydar.co.uk where his profile is "..afitfella", where he answers to the question drugs "never".

Filmography

• Man For Man No. 3 (Man For Man, 1993)
• Hard (Man For Man, 1993)
• Better Gay [...] (Pride, 1994)
• Pleasure Zone (US Title: Instincts: Even Better Gay [...]) (Pride, 1995)
• Hunk: Squaddies (Prowler, 1995)
• Madagascar Skin (Channel Four / BFI / Dan Films, 1995)
• Gaytime TV (BBC, 1996)
• A World of Men (Kristen Bjorn Productions, 1996)
• Anchor Hotel (Kristen Bjorn Productions, 1997)
• Isle of Men (Sarava Productions, 1997) (released 2001)
• Sure Thing (Hot House Entertainment, 1997)
• Mo' Bigga Butt (Hot House Entertainment, 1997)

See also

• List of gay [...] stars

External links

• ManNet Review: "World of Men" Warning: Contains sexually explicit adult content
• ManNet Review: "Isle of Men" Warning: Contains sexually explicit adult content
• ManNet Review: "Sure Thing" Warning: Contains sexually explicit adult content
• Jay Eff's photographs of Mark can be seen here
• Mr Gay UK photographs of Mark can be seen here

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