Tom Byron

Tom Byron was born as Thomas Bryan Taliaferro on April 4, 1961, in Houston, Texas; and is an American pornographic actor and director. He is of Italian descent. He is sometimes credited as Tom Byrom, Tommy Byron, The Icon, or The Great White Hope. A member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame, he is one of the most recognizable actors in the porn business.

When Byron first started acting in hardcore films, in May 1982, he played mostly the young schoolboy or "coming of age" roles due to the fact that he looked like a teenager even though he was in his early to mid 20s. He starred alongside Traci Lords in many movies including her first one in early 1984, 'What Gets Me Hot!" He was also known to have had an ongoing off-screen relationship with Lords.

Byron has confirmed the authenticity of a series of pictures which depict him performing oral sex on a transsexual.

He has changed his image several times throughout his career, going from clean-shaven adolescent to a hard rocker look. Later in his career, he took on the appearance of a clean cut "businessman." His late 1980s long-haired hard rock persona was no pretense, as Byron was at that time moonlighting as a struggling musician in Los Angeles with hopes of a career in music.

In August of 2002, Byron announced his retirement from performing to focus on his directing career, but in the fall of 2005, after just three years, he returned to performing in numerous scenes, most notably his House of Ass series for his own company Evolution Erotica. Byron has also performed for other companies as well.

Byron has directed over 70 films, his most notable being the Cumback Pussy series for Elegant Angel. Along with fellow directors Van Damage and Rob Black, and performer Tiffany Mynx, Byron left Elegant Angel in 1998 to form a new company, Extreme Associates.

His earliest video that can be dated with certainty is "Mounds Of Pleasure" from 1982.

IMDb lists 1400 movies but IAFDb lists 2276 movies acted in and 127 directed.

Awards

* 1984 CAFA Best Actor for Private Teacher
* 1984 CAFA Best Supporting Actor for Sister Dearest
* 1985 AVN Best Couples Sex Scene - Film for Kinky Business
* 1985 XRCO Stud of the Year
* 1985 XRCO Video Stallion
* 1990 AVN Best Couples Sex Scene - Video for The Chameleon
* 1991 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite
* 1992 AVN Best Actor - Video for Sizzle
* 1992 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite
* 1996 XRCO Best Actor (Single Performance) for Flesh
* 1996 XRCO Best Anal or DP Scene for Car Wash Angels
* 1997 XRCO Best Actor for 'Indigo Delta
* 1997 XRCO Best Anal Scene for Behind the Sphinc Door
* 1997 XRCO Male Performer of the Year
* 1998 AVN Best Actor - Video for Indigo Delta
* 1998 AVN Best Gonzo Series for Cumback Pussy
* 1998 AVN Male Performer of the Year
* 1998 XRCO Best Gonzo Series for Whack Attack
* 1999 AVN Male Performer of the Year
* 1999 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite
* 2000 AVN Best Supporting Actor - Video for LA 399
* 2008 AVN Best Actor - Film for Layout
* 2008 AVN Best Couples Sex Scene - Film for Layout
* 2010 AVN Award - Best Supporting Actor - Throat: A Cautionary Tale
* 2010 XBIZ Award - PEOPLE’S CHOICE - Male Porn Star of the Year