Rocco Siffredi, The Italian Stallion

Rocco Siffredi

Rocco Siffredi (born Rocco Antonio Tano, 4 May 1964, in Ortona, Abruzzo) is the stage name of an Italian pornographic actor, director and producer of pornographic movies, famous for his rough sex scenes. As of May 2010, he has starred in more than 400 pornographic films.

Rocco Siffredi

Rocco took his stage name from the character "Roch Siffredi" played by Alain Delon in gangster film Borsalino (1970). He is also known as the "Italian Stallion".

Rocco Siffredi

Siffredi is married to Rosa Caracciolo, whom he met in 1993 in Cannes, and performed with 2 years later in Tarzan X: Shame of Jane. Together they have two sons Lorenzo and Leonardo. 

Rocco Siffredi

Upon his decision to return to on-screen pornographic performance in 2009, Siffredi recounted, "I spoke with my wife and she said it’s my problem only, it doesn’t belong to her and the boys. And she said, 'You decide to stop, we never ask you. So if you want to go back, just go back.'" Siffredi has discussed having genital herpes.

Rocco Siffredi

Siffredi has won nearly 40 AVN awards (list) since 1991's Buttman's Ultimate Workout including:

Best Group Sex Scene – Video (Buttman's Ultimate Workout)

Best Director – Foreign Release (Who Fucked Rocco?)

Best Continuing Video Series (Rocco: Animal Trainer)

Best Director – Video (Ass Collector)

Male Performer of the Year in 1993 and 1996

Best Anal Sex Scene – Film (The Fashionistas)

Best Pro-Am Release (Rocco's Initiations 9)

Best Foreign Feature (Rocco: Animal Trainer 3)

AVN Hall of Fame award

Rocco Siffredi

He has also won:

2011 XBIZ Award – Gonzo Release of the Year – Non-Feature (Tori, Tarra and Bobbi Love Rocco)

2011 XBIZ Award – Foreign Male Performer of the Year

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