Michael Stefano

Who is Michael Stefano?

Michael Stefano is a pornographic actor and director. Before entering pornography, Michael held a variety of jobs in the restaurant and hotel industries. While working as a bartender in 1997, he met a couple with a connection in porn and would appear in his first film shortly thereafter. He would appear in over 1,000 films and, by his own estimate, perform in over 3,000 scenes. He is Italian-American.

An injury forced Stefano to take a break from performing and in the interim learned how to edit. He began his directing career with Extreme Associates in the mid-1990s under the name Luciano. In 2001 he started directing for Red Light District Video. In 2003 Platinum X Pictures was launched by Stefano and Jewel De'Nyle, bankrolled by Red Light. Platinum X featured directors Manuel Ferrara, Brandon Iron and Steve Holmes, and produced very similar content to Red Light. Around the same time Red Light began distributing the films of Amateur District and Candy Shop, a studio headed by Stefano specializing in interracial content.

In 2010 Stefano announced his retirement from pornography, but in 2011 he announced his return to pornography full-time.