Chad Knight
| Chad Knight | |
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| Born |
October 24, 1970 Sacramento, California |
| Height | 5'8" |
| Weight | 165 |
| No. of adult films | 85 |
Chad Knight (born October 24, 1970, Sacramento, California, USA)[1] is an American actor in gay pornography. He was a popular and prolific porn actor throughout the 1990s. Between 1991 and 2004, he starred in 85 original films.[2][3] About half of these films were produced in the first two years of his career. He predominately starred in gay films, and performed in several bisexual productions. Chad Knight considered himself a versatile bisexual performer who preferred to top, but was best known for his work as a bottom.[4]
Chad Knight entered the gay porn industry at the age of 21, the same year he married. He had befriended Jason Hunter, a "straight" gay porn star, who acknowledged he'd been doing gay features and introduced the idea to Chad Knight. His friend showed a photo to a Falcon Studio director, who quickly sought him out. Up until that time he had a variety of jobs ranging from construction to landscaping, which he enjoyed the most. He chose his own stage name. "Knight", for his interest in medieval folklore and "Chad" because it was a good California name.
His first filming experience was Falcon's 1991 Compulsion: He's Gotta Have It! He claims this was his first gay sexual encounter with co-star Scott Hogan.[4] He did 17 pictures that year and his first bisexual film, "Big Switch 3: Bachelor Party." In 1992, he completed an additional 20 films while working for a variety of studios including Catalina, Falcon, All Worlds, HIS Video, Vivid and Huge Video.
He was largely absent on the scene in 1993, but returned in 1994, making 10 films. Over the next three years, Knight withdrew from the adult film industry. In 1995, he abandoned bisexual films because of the strains it put on his marriage.[4] In 1996, he did six films, including a bondage film, Trained to Obey by Grapik Arts Productions. In 1997, he did five films.
By mid-1998, he resumed a more private life. He cited growing concern for his daughters and general fatigue of the industry. He wanted a more stable life away from the strip and dance club scenes. However, in 2002, he made a comeback, performing in six films for All Worlds. He made a few more films in 2003. In 2004, he did a major release for Falcon, Longshot, and then retired again.[5] His name continues to be affiliated with a multitude of subsequent video compilation productions.
Personal life
In high school, he described himself as shy and part of the "nerd" social group. He belonged to the chess and computer clubs in school. Though he wasn't interested in school sports, he played in the neighborhood baseball team for eight years and ran track for two years in junior high. In high school, he got more into book learning. He recalled early introduction into the porn world, as his father having a lot of porn products while growing up. He and his brother would sneak into their father's stash of films and magazines in the middle of the night. Others have described him as reserved, pleasant and intelligent.
While in 9th grade and 16 years old, he befriended his future wife, who was 21 years old. They became best friends, which developed into a romance, and led to marriage in 1991. He married into a family with two toddler step-daughters. Knight said his wife "had a bit of a problem" watching him have sex with men, but was agreeable to it, as it paid well. His wife had to agree to everything before he would do a film. Her greatest concern rested with the handful of bisexual films he did, often requiring him to only engage in gay sex in such films.[4] His work led him to travel a lot for club circuit appearances, separating him from his family. He preferred to engage dancing stage shows and in modeling.
Awards
1995 Gay Erotic Video Awards[6]
Best Actor for The Other Side of Aspen III & IV (Falcon)
Best Erotic Scene for Bad Moon Rising (All Worlds Video)
Best Oral Scene for Bad Moon Rising (All Worlds Video)
Best Three-Way for Bad Moon Rising (All Worlds Video)
1996 Grabby Awards[7]
Best Actor for Bad Moon Rising (All Worlds Video) and The Other Side of Aspen III & IV (Falcon)
1996 Probe Men in Video Awards[8]
Best Bushwhacking
Original videography
- 1991 Compulsion: He's Gotta Have It (Falcon)
- 1991 Someone's Watching (Falcon/Jocks)
- 1991 Bedtime Stories - Tales To Keep You Up (Catalina)
- 1991 Buttbusters (Falcon)
- 1991 Spellbound for Action (Catalina)
- 1991 Driving Hard (Falcon/Mustang)
- 1991 Fetish (Watershed Productions)
- 1991 Pacific Coast Highway 2 (Catalina)
- 1991 Loaded (Catalina)
- 1991 Traffic School was Never Like This! (International Studio Assoc)
- 1991 Sexmates (Image Video)
- 1991 Don't Kiss Me I'm Straight (HIS Video)
- 1991 Knight Moves (Vivid Man)
- 1991 Scoring aka Score (Vivid Man)
- 1991 Score 10 (Huge Video)
- 1991 Knight Out with the Boys (Abandon Pictures)
- 1991 The Big Switch 3 - Bachelor Party - Bisexual (Catalina)
- 1992 The Mating Game - Bisexual (Pleasure Productions)
- 1992 1230 West Melrose (Catalina)
- 1992 Beach Blanket Boner (Conquest International Pictures)
- 1992 Handjobs I (Catalina)
- 1992 Shooters (Close-Up Productions)
- 1992 Steel Garters - Bisexual (Catalina)
- 1992 Preferred Stock (In Touch, Inc)
- 1992 Method and Madness (Abandon Pictures)
- 1992 Kiss-Off (All Worlds)
- 1992 Eyes of a Stranger (?)
- 1992 Sexpress (Catalina)
- 1992 Coming Out (Image Video)
- 1992 Mein Kock (Sierra Pacific)
- 1992 Trick Time (Image Video)
- 1992 True (Vivid Man)
- 1992 Someone In Mind (Vivid Man)
- 1992 Malibu Pool Boys (Catalina)
- 1992 Willing to Take It (Catalina)
- 1992 Green Serrano Pepper 4 - Transexual (Pepper Productions)
- 1992 Heaven Too Soon (Sierra Pacific)
- 1993 A Family Affair - Bisexual (All Worlds)(Taped in 1991)
- 1992 Key West Voyeur (Bob Jones Productions)
- 1993 Summer Buddies (Falcon)
- 1993 Lust Horizons - Bisexual (Pleasure Productions)
- 1994 Hard Bargains (All Worlds)
- 1994 Gang Bang Rich Boy (Big Video)
- 1994 Hell Knight (All Worlds)
- 1994 Lust Letters (Close-Up Productions)
- 1994 Remembering Times Gone Bi - Bisexual (All Worlds)
- 1994 Ruthless (Minotaur)
- 1994 Sex Hunt (Image Video)
- 1994 Tales from the Backlot (All Worlds)
- 1994 Reflections 1 (All Worlds)
- 1994 Straight Pick-Up 2 (Bob Jones Productions)
- 1995 Hard Bargains (All Worlds)
- 1995 Bad Moon Rising (All Worlds)
- 1995 Big River (Falcon)
- 1995 Bullseye aka Bull's Eye (All Worlds)
- 1995 Fox's Lair (Studio 2000)
- 1995 Live from Key West (Bob Jones Productions)
- 1995 Bondage Slaves (Bob Jones Productions)
- 1995 Heat of Passion (Big Video)
- 1995 Reflections 2 (All Worlds)
- 1995 The Other Side of Aspen III - Snowbound (Falcon)
- 1995 The Other Side of Aspen IV - The Rescue (Falcon)
- 1995 Quick Study - Sex Ed 1 (Minotaur)
- 1995 Hard Lessons - Sex Ed 2 (Minotaur)
- 1996 Cram Course - Sex Ed 3 (Minotaur)
- 1996 Ultimate Reality (Minotaur)
- 1996 White Men With Big Dicks (Jet Set Productions)
- 1996 My Dick is Bigger (Brick House Entertainment)
- 1996 Plugged In (Man's Best Video)
- 1996 Trained to Obey (Grapik Art Productions)
- 1997 Marine Crucible I (Centaur Films)
- 1997 Pleasure Principle (Delta Video)
- 1997 Striptease (All Worlds)
- 1997 Straight Pick-Up 3 (Bob Jones Productions)
- 1997 Wild Ways (Big Video)
- 1998 Power Play (Big Video)
- 1998 Urgent Matters (XTC Studios)
- 1998 Hard Obsessions (XTC Studios)
- 1998 Rough Rider (Big Video)
- 2002 Bucketful O'Chicken (All Worlds)
- 2002 Knight Spot (All Worlds)
- 2002 Porn Academy (All Worlds)
- 2002 Pornstruck IV (All Worlds)
- 2003 Pornstruck VI (All Worlds)
- 2003 Pornstruck VII (All Worlds)
- 2004 Longshot - Making the Game (Falcon/Jocks)
Non-original video compilations
- 4 Fucks Sake (All Worlds Video)
- A Bronco Named Brad (Vivid Man)
- A Hundred Licks (Vivid Man)
- Anal Nitrate (1999, Vivid Man)
- Analicious (Vivid Man)
- Balls to the Wall 21 (1996, Totally Tight Video)
- Bed Buddies (2006, Vivid Man)
- Beefeaters 1 (Vivid)
- Best Bi Far 3 (1993, Catalina)
- Best of All II: Matt Sterling (1992, Huge Video)
- Best of Chad Knight (1993, Catalina)
- Best of Chad Knight (Falcon)
- Best of Cody Foster (1995, Catalina)
- Best of Jeff Hammond (1996, Falcon)
- Best of Filippo Romano (Falcon)
- Best of Matt Gunther (2008, Falcon)
- Best of Pierre Fitch (Falcon)
- Best of the 1990s, Vol 2 (1999, Falcon)
- Big As this Box 1 (1997, Vivid Man)
- Bull Nuts (Vivid Man)
- Butt Flute 1 (Vivid Man)
- Buzzcocks (Vivid Man)
- Catalina 3 For All (1997, Catalina)
- Catalina Preview Tape 6 (1992, Catalina)
- Chip Daniels’ Video Studbook (1998, Centaur Films)
- Classics Vol. 2 (2005, Grapik Art Productions)
- Cockstar 10 (Vivid Man)
- Cold Sweat (Vivid Man)
- Directors’ Best – Josh Eliot (1996, Catalina)
- Dreams of Damien (1994, Rage Video)
- Dreamy (Vivid Man)
- Eat at Dicks (2006, Vivid Man)
- Fuckin’ Wild (1995, All Worlds)
- Glory Hole of Fame 2 (1997, Catalina)
- Hard Eight (2006, Vivid Man)
- Hot Chili Peppers 2 (1994, Metro/Rage Video)
- Hot Tamales (Vivid Man)
- Hot Young & horny (Stallion Video)
- In Your Face 1 (Vivid Man)
- Into Size (1995, All Worlds)
- Iron Men of Porn 12 (Vivid Man)
- Jamming 2 (1997, Vivid Man)
- Jock Strapped 2 (1995, Rage Video)
- Jocks (1993, Vivid Man)
- Jox and Cocks (Vivid Man)
- Kings of Cock (1995, Vivid Man)
- Laymen (1999, Vivid Man)
- Latin Loads (1997, Vivid Man)
- Loaded 1 (Vivid Man)
- Longfellows (Vivid Man)
- Meet Me At Dick’s (2007, Vivid Man)
- Mister Thicky (Vivid Man)
- Muscle Sex 2 (1989-95 Compilation)
- My Son is Gay (2007, Cocks Productions)
- My Sugar Daddy (2006, Bacchus)
- Nordic Dick 2 (1994, Vivid Man)
- Orgasms for Gays (Super Stallion)
- Penetrating Gays (2004, Vivid Man)
- Power Play (1998, SYFI Films Ltd)
- Brad Brad’s Erotic Remix (1994, Watershed Productions)
- Rear Admirals (Vivid Man)
- Rearin’ to Go (1996, Vivid Man)
- Rub Club (Vivid Man)
- Sex in a Can (2001, Catalina)
- Slave to Cock (2004, Vivid Man)
- Smooth (1995, Vivid Man)
- Sommer Showers (1999, Vivid Man)
- Sommer’s End (Vivid Man)
- Stiff Latinos 1 (1994, Rage Video)
- Strappin’ of Jackin’ Jocks 3 (1997, Vivid Man)
- Strapping (2005, Vivid Man)
- Stuck Up (Vivid Man)
- Superstud Fever (1993, Conquest International Pictures)
- Tea Baggin’ (1996, Vivid Man)
- Three’s on their Knees 2 (Rage Video)
- Tricky Dick (1997, Vivid Man)
- Vivid’s Big & Tall (Vivid Man)
- West Hollywood Hunks 37 (Metro Home Video)
- White Swallow (Vivid Man)
- You Got She-Mail (All Worlds Video)
Magazine photography and articles
- 1991: Inches (Sept) Obsessions (Nov), Stars (Dec); Bolt (Aug) Stroke (Vol 10/Num 5 Vol 11/Num 1)
- 1992: Advocate Men (June) Jock(March) Manshots (Apr, Oct and Dec) Playguy (July) Rump (Dec) Skinflicks (Apr) Obsession (Aug)
- 1993: Inches (Dec) Manshots (Apr) Stallion (1993)
- 1995: Advocate Men(Jan) All Man (Dec) Savage Male (June)
- 1996: All Man (Nov) Blueboy (Nov) Jock (Nov) Mandate (Apr); Stroke (Vol 15/Num 5)
- 1997: Unzipped (Oct) XXX Showcase (1997)
- 1998: All Man (July) Jock (Jan), Manshots (May & June & Sept), Skinflicks (Dec)
- 2001: Advocate Men (Nov)
- 2002: Indulge #077
- 2005: Jock (Sept)
See also
- List of male performers in gay porn films
- List of pornographic movie studios
- List of gay porn magazines
References
- ↑ "Chad Knight, 11/01". menmagazine.com. November 2001. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Chad Knight Filmography". iafd.com. rame.net. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Gay Erotic Video Index". GEVI. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 Manshots Magazine. 17 (4): 53–58. April 1993. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Chad Knight. Jock Magazine. 2005.
- ↑ Lawrence, Doug, editor (Nov 2003). Adam Gay Video 2004 Directory. Los Angeles, CA: Knight Publishing Corp.
- ↑ "1991-1997 Grabby Awards listings". Grabbys. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004.
- ↑ "Video Awards". Mandate Magazine. 20 (10). October 1996.
External links
- Chad Knight at the Internet Movie Database
- Chad Knight at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Chad Knight at the Adult Film Database