James Deen net worth and salary: James Deen is an American adult film star who has a net worth of $3 million. James Deen, also known as Bryan Matthew Sevilla, has acted in more than 1,500 adult scenes to date and directed several more. At his peak, James was earning $20,000 a month working in the adult industry and through his various other social media and hosting endeavors. She made headlines as Lindsay Lohan’s co-star in the 2013 film The Canyons, which was written by Bret Easton Ellis.
James entered the adult industry at the age of 18 in 2004. Initially, he gained recognition for his slender frame and lack of tattoos, which contrasted him with the stereotypical hyper-masculinity that dominates the industry. In 2015, Deen was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by several women, including both ex-girlfriends.
Early lives and early careers: James Deen was born Bryan Matthew Sevilla in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. He was raised in Pasadena by his mother, a computer electronics engineer, and his father, a mechanical engineer. When he was around 15, Deen dropped out of high school and spent about two years as a homeless teenager. He eventually returned to complete his education, graduating from La Canada High School in 2004. While working at Starbucks for several years, he attended Pasadena City College.
Claiming that being a pornographic actor was his career ambition since kindergarten, Deen entered the industry in 2004 at the age of 18, at which time he predominantly worked with older female performers. In 2009, at the age of 22, he became the youngest person to be named Male Artist of the Year by Adult Video News.
Collaborations: Throughout his career, Deen has been involved in numerous pornographic and non-pornographic media collaborations. On the porn side, he partnered with the website WoodRocket.com and was hired by reality TV personality Farrah Abraham to film or tape a sex tape that she intended to use as a marketing stunt. In 2013, Deen filmed a sex scene with Huffington Post blogger Jenn Tisdale, who performed under the name Gwen Derringer. The scene was released the following year on an adult DVD called “James Deen’s Sex Tapes: Hotel Sex”. Also in 2013, Deen collaborated with porn actress Andy San Dimas, adult industry news source XBIZ, and adult app store MiKandi to create the first adult video production recorded with Google Glass.
On the non-porn side of things, Deen gave the keynote address at the University of Wisconsin, Madison’s Sexual Health Fest. In early 2013, he helped raise funds on Kickstarter.com for the Western steampunk film Cowboys & Engines, on which he was also listed as a producer. Later that year, Deen starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in the thriller The Canyons, written by Bret Easton Ellis and directed by Paul Schrader.
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Prizes: Deen is the recipient of many adult film awards. At the AVN Awards, he won Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Girl/Girl/Boy, Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Boy/Boy/Girl, Star of the Year, Best Group Sex Scene and the most scandalous sex scene. , among others. At the NightMoves Awards, he won Best Male Artist three times and won equivalent honors at the XBIZ Awards. Meanwhile, at the XRCO Awards, which are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organization, he received laurels for Unsung Swordsman, Best On-Screen Chemistry and Mainstream Adult Media Favorite.
Personal life and advocacy: In 2005, Deen began dating adult actress Joanna Angel; the pair broke up in 2011. Deen later began seeing another porn actress, Stoya, with whom he dated until 2014.
Deen has been involved in advocacy related to his industry. In early 2014, he joined the newly formed Adult Performer Advocacy Committee, a group that provides industry actors, protects rights and reviews health and safety measures while implementing new ones that are needed. Deen served as Treasurer and Chair of the Committee until December 2015, when he voluntarily resigned due to allegations of sexual assault made against him.
Allegations of sexual misconduct:On Twitter in 2015, Deen was accused of rape by porn actress and ex-girlfriend Stoya. His other ex-girlfriend, Joanna Angel, came to Stoya’s support and opened up about her own abuse by Deen on “The Jason Ellis Show.” After this, many other women in the porn industry came forward with their own experiences of sexual assault. Bree Olson was among those who said Deen was unnecessarily harsh during their shoot, while fellow adult actor Brian Street Team corroborated the stories. As a result, porn companies including Kink.com, HardX.com and Evil Angel severed all business ties with Deen. In addition, women’s entertainment and lifestyle website The Frisky canceled the performer’s sex advice column and removed old ads that linked to his site.
More trouble came in 2017 when Deen was accused of stealing legal releases from director Maria Demopoulos’ office in an attempt to block the distribution of a documentary that addressed the rape allegations against him. As a result, Demopoulos filed a lawsuit against the performer.
