Lukas Ridgeston (born 5 April 1974) is a Slovak actor and director in gay erotic movies and model in

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gay erotic magazines and books."Lukas Ridgeston." ''BelAmiModels'', 2012. Web. 18 Feb. 2012. He was born in

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. Lukas Ridgeston is best known as "The King of Gay Porn" or just "The King".

Career

His stage name originated with the editors of ''

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'' magazine. (It is common practice for magazines to assign names to photos of models, rather than the studios or the models themselves.) The magazine did not want to use a name from an

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country and chose the name "Lucas Ridgeston" as sounding more "

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". BelAmi changed the spelling to "Lukas" and both have been used ever since. Ridgeston performed nearly exclusively as a top in his films; however, he does bottom in the films ''Lukas' Story 2: When Boy Meets Boy'' and ''Lucky Lukas''. (''Lukas' Story'' and ''Lukas' Story 2'' have since been combined and marketed as ''Lukas' Stories''.) When asked, "Do you identify as gay, straight or bi-sexual?", he replied, "I always say I am sexual".'Gio. (November 2006). 'Below the Belt with Lukas Ridgeston'. ''Mark's List''.

Awards and recognition

*1996

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(the "Grabbys") " Hot Shots" award with Cole Youngblood *1999 Ranked among the top 10 in ''Unzipped'' magazine's "Best Erotic Video Performers of the Millennium" *2000

GayVN Awards The GayVN Awards are film awards presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornographic industry. The awards were sponsored by '' AVN Magazine'', the parent publication of ''GAYVN Magazine'', and continue the recognition for gay pornograp ...

Hall of Fame inductee *2002 ''Unzipped'' magazine reader's poll named him "Hottest Porn Star of All Time" *2006 GayVN Awards " Best Actor in a Foreign Release" for ''Lukas in Love 3'' *2015 Prowler British Awards Best International Porn Star

Selected videography

*''Boytropolis (aka A Man's World)'' (1993) *''Lukas' Story'' Series of three films (1994–1995) *''Frisky Summer 2: Sebastian'' (1996) *''Lucky Lukas'' (1998) *''All About Bel Ami'' (2001) *''Lukas in Love'' Series of two films (2005) *'' Thinking XXX'' (HBO documentary, 2005) *''The Private Life of Tim Hamilton'' (2006) *''Forever Lukas'' (2013)

Books and print media

*''XXX: 30 Porn-Star Photographs''—A photograph of Ridgeston was used for the back cover *''Edition Euros 11: Photos of Lukas'', photographed and published by the renowned

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in 1999. *''Unzipped 100—The 100 Greatest Gay Porn Films Ever'' *''Bel Ami Frisky Memories'' *''Bel Ami: Intimate Friends'' *''Bel Ami: Lukas in Love'' *''Bel Ami: Next Generation'' *''Edition Euros 11: Bel Ami—Photos of Lukas'' *''The Films of George Duroy: Adam Gay Erotica'' *''BelAmi 1997 Calendar'' *''Together'', the BelAmi 1998 Calendar *''Perfect Moments'', the BelAmi 2000 Calendar *''Vogue-Homme International'' magazine, Spring-Summer 2001

Editor

*''101 Men Part 9'' (2001) *''101 Men Part 10'' (2001) *''101 Men Part 11'' (2002) *''101 Men Part 12'' (2002) *''Personal Trainers: Part 7'' (2003)

References

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External links

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