Rocco Siffredi

Rocco Siffredi — Biography & Career

Rocco Antonio Tano (born 4 May 1964), known professionally as Rocco Siffredi, is an Italian adult film performer, director, and producer. He began his screen career in 1986 and chose his professional name in reference to the characters Roch Siffredi and Rocco Parondi, both played by Alain Delon. After a brief break in the late 1980s, he worked as a fashion model before returning to adult filmmaking.

Across his career, Siffredi has been credited in more than 1,300 adult films. He worked in both story-driven and gonzo productions, developed a long association with John Stagliano's Evil Angel studio, and ran the Budapest-based company Rocco Siffredi Produzioni as a performer and director. He announced in 2004 that he would focus on directing and producing, returned to on-screen performance in 2009, and resumed performing again in 2023 after another retirement announcement in 2015.

Outside adult film, he has appeared in the features Romance (1999), Amorestremo (2001), Anatomy of Hell (2004), Wedding in Paris (2011), Tutti i rumori del mare (2012), and Natale a cinque stelle (2018). He also appeared as himself in I Cesaroni in 2012 and in the documentary Rocco in 2016. In music, he directed and appeared in Elio e le Storie Tese's 1997 video "Rocco e Le Storie Tese" and performed with the band at the 2013 Sanremo Music Festival.

His awards include AVN's Male Performer of the Year in 1993 and 1996, the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2001, and the AVN Hall of Fame in 2002. He later won AVN awards including Male Foreign Performer of the Year in 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, and 2021, along with Foreign Director of the Year in 2019. He also received wins from Hot d'Or, NightMoves, Ninfa, Venus, and XBIZ.

Source: Career reference — Wikipedia. Career summary adapted from the linked article under CC BY-SA 4.0; wording and selection have been edited.

Photo credit

Elena Ternovaja — Rocco Siffredi at Berlinale 2024. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Display size and framing may be adjusted; the photograph remains available under the linked license.