Keni Styles |
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| Occupation | Pornographic actor |
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| Years active | 2006–2015 |
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Keni Styles (born 27 May 1981) is a British-French-Thai former pornographic actor.
Early life
Styles was born in Thailand to a single mother who worked as a sex worker.[1] They two later moved to the United Kingdom after she married a British national.[1] Once the marriage ended, his mother returned to Thailand, leaving Styles at an orphanage.[1] He remained in the orphanage until the age of 16.[1]
Styles took up boxing, becoming a regional champion as a teen.[1] He was considered but ultimately passed on to represent Team Britain in the Youth Olympic Games.[1] He later joined the British Army and served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo twice, and Iraq twice during his seven years of active duty.[1]
Career
After leaving the army, he entered the pornography industry, starting a company called "Superman Stamina".[1] Styles was active in pornographic movies since August 2006, and retired in 2015.[2] He first found steady work in Eastern Europe, relocating to live in both Prague and Budapest. In January 2010, Styles moved to Los Angeles.[1] He is regarded as the first heterosexual Asian male porn star in American pornography[3] by some. In July 2015, Styles announced his retirement from the porn industry on his blog, KeniCamz.[4]
Awards
AVN Awards
| Year |
Nominated work and artist |
Category |
Result |
Ref. |
| 2009 |
Keni Styles |
Best Male Newcomer |
Nominated |
[9] |
| 2010 |
Pure |
Best Actor |
Nominated |
[10] |
| Best Couples Sex Scene |
Nominated |
| Rocco's Dirty Dreams 8 |
Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production |
Nominated |
| 2011 |
Keni Styles |
Male Performer of the Year |
Nominated |
[11] |
| Malice in Lalaland |
Best Couples Sex Scene |
Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Nominated |
| 2012 |
Joanna Angel and James Deen's Summer Vacation |
Best Double Penetration Sex Scene |
Nominated |
[12] |
| Best Group Sex Scene |
Nominated |
| Rough Sex 3: Adriana's Dangerous Mind |
Nominated |
| Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/B/B) |
Nominated |
| 2015 |
Lola, Dressage En Orgy |
Best Group Sex Scene |
Nominated |
[13] |
Erotic Awards
| Year |
Nominated work and artist |
Category |
Result |
Ref. |
| 2008 |
Keni Styles |
Best Porn Artist |
Won |
[14] |
UK Adult Film Awards
| Year |
Nominated work and artist |
Category |
Result |
Ref. |
| 2006 |
Keni Styles |
Best Male Newcomer |
Won |
[15] |
| 2007 |
Best Supporting Male Actor |
Won |
[16] |
XBIZ Awards
| Year |
Nominated work and artist |
Category |
Result |
Ref. |
| 2010 |
Pure |
Acting Performance of the Year - Male |
Nominated |
[17] |
| 2011 |
Keni Styles |
Male Performer of the Year |
Nominated |
[18] |
| Malice in Lalaland |
Acting Performance of the Year - Male |
Won |
[19] |
XRCO Awards
| Year |
Nominated work and artist |
Category |
Result |
Ref. |
| 2010 |
Pure |
Single Performance - Actor |
Nominated |
[20] |
Further reading
- Shimizu, Celine Parreñas (2013), "Bound by expectation: the racialized sexuality of porn star Keni Styles", in Shimizu, Celine Parreñas; Taormino, Tristan; Penley, Constance; Miller-Young, Mireille (eds.), The feminist porn book: the politics of producing pleasure, New York, NY: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, pp. 287–302, ISBN 9781558618183.