AVN Award for Male Foreign Performer of the Year | |
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AVN award for contributions of foreign male performers to pornography | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by a Foreign Male Performer |
Sponsored by | AVN |
Location | Las Vegas |
Country | USA |
Presented by | AVN Media Network |
First awarded | 2003 |
Last awarded | 2025 |
Most recent winner | Christian Clay![]() |
Highlights | |
Most awards | ![]() (10 awards) |
Most nominations | ![]() ![]() (12 nominations) |
Total awarded | 23 |
First winner | Rocco Siffredi ![]() |
Website | avnawards |
The AVN Award for Male Foreign Performer of the Year is an award that has been given annually by sex industry company AVN since the award's inception in 2003. [1] [2]
First recipient of the award was Italian-born pornographic actor Rocco Siffredi who was awarded at 20th AVN Awards in 2003. [3] As of 2025, eleven pornographic actors have been awarded who are of five different nationalities: Italian (eleven), British and French (four), German and Spanish (two).
Italian pornographic actor Rocco Siffredi is the most honoured actor with ten awards followed by British pornographic actor Danny D with three awards and German pornographic actor Steve Holmes with two awards. [4] [5] Rocco Siffredi is the oldest recipient of the award at the age of 56 in 2021 and Danny D is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 29 in 2017. Most recent winner of the award is Italian pornographic actor Christian Clay, who was awarded at 42nd AVN Awards in 2025. [6]
Performer country of origin | Title(s) |
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Year | Photo | Winner | Nationality | Nominees | Ref(s) |
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2003 | ![]() | Rocco Siffredi | ![]() |
| [3] [7] [1] |
2004 | ![]() | Manuel Ferrara | ![]() |
| [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] |
2005 | ![]() | Steve Holmes | ![]() |
| [4] [14] [15] |
2006 |
| [5] [16] [17] [18] | |||
2007 | Jean Val Jean | ![]() |
| [19] [20] [21] | |
2008 | David Perry |
| [22] [23] [24] [25] | ||
2009 | ![]() | Rocco Siffredi | ![]() |
| [26] [27] |
Year | Photo | Winner | Nationality | Nominees | Ref(s) |
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2010 | ![]() | Toni Ribas | ![]() | [28] [29] [30] | |
2011 | ![]() | Rocco Siffredi | ![]() | [31] [32] | |
2012 |
| [33] [34] [35] | |||
2013 | [36] [37] | ||||
2014 | [38] [39] | ||||
2015 | [40] [41] [ non-primary source needed ] [42] [43] | ||||
2016 | [44] [45] [46] [ non-primary source needed ] [47] | ||||
2017 | ![]() | Danny D | ![]() | [48] [49] [ non-primary source needed ] [50] | |
2018 | Ryan Ryder | [51] [52] [ non-primary source needed ] [53] | |||
2019 | ![]() | Rocco Siffredi | ![]() |
| [54] [55] [ non-primary source needed ] [56] |
Year | Photo | Winner | Nationality | Nominees | Ref(s) |
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2020 | ![]() | Danny D | ![]() | [57] [58] | |
2021 | ![]() | Rocco Siffredi | ![]() |
| [59] [60] |
2022 | Alberto Blanco | ![]() | [61] [62] | ||
2023 | ![]() | Danny D | ![]() | [63] [64] | |
2024 | Vince Karter | ![]() |
| [65] [66] | |
2025 | Christian Clay | ![]() |
| [6] [67] |
Superlative | Performer | Record |
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Performer with most awards | ![]() | 10 |
Performer(s) with most nominations | ![]() ![]() | 12 |
Performer with most consecutive wins | ![]() (2011-16) | 6 |
Performer with most consecutive nominations | ![]() (2008-16) | 9 |
Performer with most nominations without ever winning | ![]() | 12 |
Oldest winner | ![]() | 56 |
Youngest winner | ![]() | 29 |
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