Toni Ribas (born 13 June 1975 as Antoni García Cabra) is a Spanish
pornographic actor
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and
director
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. In 2010, he was inducted into the
AVN Hall of Fame
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and performed in 78 videos as of 2 November 2018. He performed in about 1,300 videos in his pornographic career.
Early life
Ribas was born in
Sant Boi de Llobregat
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The city is divided into six neighborhoods (named ''barris'' in Catalan): Ciu ...
, in the
Province of Barcelona
Barcelona (; ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is .hyperactive, had boundless energy and a tendency to get into trouble. He belonged to the Unió Esportiva Santboiana rugby club. He was also dedicated to helping his father with maintenance services such as injection molds and special tools. During his studies at the Bachillerato Unificado Polivalente (BUP) in Sant Boi in Barcelona, he earned extra money selling calculators. Some time later, he completed his
military service
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.
Career
In 1994, at the age of 19, Ribas saw an ad in the newspaper ''Segunda Mano'' about working for actors in pornographic productions and he entered the
casting
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. At the audition, he was selected to be part of the cast of ''Venganza sexual'', directed by José María Ponce, who hired Ribas in the Spanish-language video production of ''Club Privado'', which premiered on TV on 1 December 1995.
For three years, Ribas worked at the Sala de Fiestas Bagdad porn club in
Barcelona
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, where he met Nacho Vidal and his then-girlfriend Jazmine.
In 1996, in
Madrid
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, Ribas played Toni Navarro in the International Film Group (IFG) film ''Showgirls'', directed by José María Ponce and alongside actors
Nina Hartley
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, Hakan Belkiran, Max Cortés and Ramón Nomar.
Riccardo Billi and
Luca Damiano
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Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director of Fernando Di Leo in almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974. In 1974, he ma ...
cast Ribas in the role of a Roman soldier in the International Film Group (IFG) Spanish-Italian co-production of contemporary porn ''Salomé'' (1997), a
pastiche
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of the
Oscar Wilde
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John the Baptist
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), Nacho Vidal (Roman soldier) and Remigio Zampa (Tigelino).
In 1997, Ribas met the American porn director Andrew Blake at the club and shortly after this meeting Ribas went to Paris to work with him. Ribas worked behind the camera with Blake as assistant director.
In 1998 in Spain, Ribas attended a film course to learn the basics. He was a photographer in
Prague
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and
Budapest
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.
After appearing in ''Amanda's Diary 4'' (1999), Ribas came to the United States for the first time.
In 2000, Ribas made his directorial debut with the group Elegant Angel and filmed ''Hardcore Innocence 1'' (2001), continuing the series until ''Hardcore Innocence 9'' (2003-2007). He has also worked with some of the biggest studios including Cineplex, Red Light District and Jules Jordan. He became an expert in
gonzo
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production.
In 2001, for his performance in ''Gothix'' (2000), directed by José María Ponce, Ribas was nominated for an award at the Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival in the "Best Spanish Actor" category. In 2002, two films in which Ribas participated were awarded the Ninfa Award. The first film was a full-length porn parody of ''
Gladiator
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:'' ''Private Gold 54: Gladiator 1'' (2002), directed by Antonio Adamo and starring Steve Holmes (Senator Falcus), Rita Faltoyano (Domitilla), Mandy Bright (Syria), Frank Gun (
Commodus
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), Karl Ben (Jailer) and David Perry (Marcus). That film won the award in the "Cinematic Value" category, and Toni Ribas as the main lead in Maxximus was nominated in the "Best Spanish Actor" category. The second film awarded in the "Best Spanish Film" category was a pornographic version of
Goethe
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's drama ''
Faust
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:'' ''Private Black Label 26: Faust Power of Sex'' (2000), directed by José María Ponce, in which Ribas was
Faust
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, and starred Nacho Vidal (in the role of Mephisto), Belladonna ( Walpurga), Rita Faltoyano (slave) and Max Cortés (devil).
In 2003, Ribas was nominated for an Adult Video News Award in four categories: "Best Foreign Actor of the Year", "Best Actor" in ''Private Gold 54: Gladiator 1'' (2002), "Best Director of a Foreign Production" ''Exxxplosion'' (2002) and “Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Production” in ''Exxxplosion'' (2002) with Monica Belvedere, Nick Lang and Rita Faltoyano.
In 2006, Ribas was nominated for the
Ninfa Award
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in the "Most Original Sex Scene" category in ''Private Gold 79: Sex Angels 2'' (2006), directed by Xavi Domínguez and alongside Sonia Baba.
On 20 December 2008, Ribas won the ranking of "Top 5 most attractive porn actors" according to the Spanish portal ''Nosotras''.
In 2009, Ribas was nominated for the AVN Award in two categories: "Best Foreign Performer of the Year" and "Best Trio Sex Scene - Girl/Boy/Boy" in ''Slave Dolls 3'' (2008), directed by Mason along with the actors Jandi Lin and Mr. Pete.
On 5 January 2010
Private
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premiered the film ''The Private Life of Toni Ribas''.
In 2010, Ribas received the
AVN Award
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for "Best Foreign Performer of the Year" and he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame and earned three nominations in the categories: "Best Group Sex Scene" in ''Rocco Ravishes LA'' (2009) alongside Jamie Elle,
Rocco Siffredi
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and Bobbi Starr; "Best Double Penetration Sex Scene" in ''Jenna Haze: Nymphomaniac'' (2009) opposite Jenna Haze and Mr. Pete; and "Best Group Sex Scene" in ''Evil Anal 10'' (2009) opposite Andi Anderson, Michael Stefano, Adrianna Nicole, Madison Parker, and Bobbi Starr.
In 2016, Ribas was nominated for the AVN Award in the "Best Actor" category and participated in a photo shoot with Terry Richardson.
In December 2017, Ribas took sixth place in the "Favorite Porn Actor" ranking (''My Favorite Porn Actors''), announced by the Spanish portal ''20minutos.es''.
In 2018, for the production of Evil Angel ''Stepdad Seduction 3'' (2017), Ribas was nominated for
XBiz Awards
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in two categories: "Best Taboo Performance" and "Best Taboo Sex Scene" with Gina Valentina. He also earned two 2018 Inked Awards nominations in the "Sex Scene" category in ''Evil Squirters 3'' (2017) with Riley Reid and ''Darker Side of Desire 2'' (2018) with Katrina Jade. In 2019, he was nominated for the XBiz Awards for his production of ''Stepdad Seduction 4'' (2018) in the "Best Taboo Sex Scene" category with Carolina Sweets. Ribas was ranked 6th and was the first European in the Top 30 Hottest and Best Pornstars of 2019.
Personal life
Toni Ribas has been married three times. Firstly in 1998, he married pornographic actress Sophie Evans in
Cornellà de Llobregat
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, who he appeared in several films, including ''Pirate Deluxe 15: Eternal Ecstasy'' (2001), ''Best By Private 26: Heaven on Earth'' (2001) and the pornographic trilogy ''Private Gladiator''. However, he divorced Evans in mid-2005. They were married for 10 years.
In 2012, Ribas moved to
Los Angeles
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, California. In December 2012, he married pornographic actress
Asa Akira
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. They divorced in 2017."30th Times a Charm", '' AVN Magazine'', Vol. 29/No. 3, Issue 363, March 2013, p.30.
When
Carles Puigdemont
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assumed the presidency of the Catalan government on 12 January 2016 the Catalan writer Quim Monzó asked Toni Ribas, who was then working in Los Angeles, on
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to say Puigdemont's name in the film scene, to which he agreed.
In 2020 he married pornographic actress Kayla Kayden.