AVN Award for Male Foreign Performer of the Year

AVN Award for Male Foreign Performer of the Year
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 award	2003;22 years ago (2003)
Final award	2025
Most recent winner	Christian Clay   Italy
Highlights
Most wins	Rocco Siffredi (10 awards)
Most nominations	Nacho Vidal and David Perry (12 nominations)
Total awarded	23
First winner	Rocco Siffredi   Italy
Website	avnawards.avn.com

   USA (ineligible for competition)

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. Italian pornographic actor Rocco Siffredi is the only performer to have won in three different decades—the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. Most recent winner of the award is Italian pornographic actor Christian Clay, who was awarded at 42nd AVN Awards in 2025. ^[6]

Overview

Performer country of origin	Title(s)	No. of performer(s)
Italy	11	2
United Kingdom	4	2
France	4	4
Germany	2	1
Spain	2	2

Winners and nominees

Rocco Siffredi has been the most frequent winner of the award (ten times).

Danny D has won the award three times.

Steve Holmes has won the award two times.

2000s

Year	Photo	Winner	Nationality	Nominees	Ref(s)
2003 (20th)		Rocco Siffredi	Italian	Christoph Clark Steve Holmes Alberto Rey Toni Ribas Nacho Vidal	[3] [7] [1]
2004 (21st)		Manuel Ferrara	French	Frank Gun Steve Holmes Denis Marti Toni Ribas Franco Roccaforte Rocco Siffredi Nacho Vidal	[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
2005 (22nd)		Steve Holmes	German	Mick Blue Chris Charming Denis Marti David Perry Toni Ribas Franco Roccaforte Tristan Seagal Rocco Siffredi Nacho Vidal	[4] [14] [15]
2006 (23rd)				Marco Banderas Mick Blue Dillon Frank Gun Kid Jamaica Denis Marti David Perry Toni Ribas Rocco Siffredi	[5] [16] [17] [18]
2007 (24th)		Jean Val Jean	French	Mick Blue Greg Centauro Tony DeSergio Jazz Duro Omar Galanti Steve Holmes Denis Marti David Perry Zenza Raggi Franco Roccaforte Toni Ribas Rocco Siffredi George Uhl Nacho Vidal	[19] [20] [21]
2008 (25th)		David Perry		Mick Blue James Brossman Greg Centauro Jazz Duro Omar Galanti Steve Holmes Kid Jamaica Joachim Kessef Frank Major Zenza Raggi Toni Ribas Franco Roccaforte Ian Scott Nacho Vidal	[22] [23] [24] [25]
2009 (26th)		Rocco Siffredi	Italian	Mike Angelo James Brossman Jazz Duro Omar Galanti Lauro Giotto Frank Gun Steve Holmes Nick Lang Keiran Lee David Perry Zenza Raggi Toni Ribas Oliver Sanchez George Uhl	[26] [27]

2010s

Year	Photo	Winner	Nationality	Nominees	Ref(s)
2010 (27th)		Toni Ribas	Spanish	James Brossman Christian Devil Steve Holmes Mike Angelo Jazz Duro Omar Galanti Choky Ice JPX David Perry Zenza Raggi Oliver Sanchez Rocco Siffredi George Uhl Nacho Vidal	[28] [29] [30]
2011 (28th)		Rocco Siffredi	Italian	Mike Angelo James Brossman Demetri XXX Christian Devil Jazz Duro Omar Galanti Frank Gun Choky Ice Kid Jamaica Frank Major Mugur Toni Ribas Oliver Sanchez Ian Scott	[31] [32]
2012 (29th)				James Brossman Danny D Cristian Devil Omar Galanti Timo Hardy Choky Ice Nick Lang David Perry Tristan Segal George Uhl Pascal White	[33] [34] [35]
2013 (30th)				Mike Angelo James Brossman Danny D Cristian Devil Leny Ewil Omar Galanti Timo Hardy Choky Ice Mugur David Perry Ian Scott Kai Taylor George Uhl Pascal White	[36] [37]
2014 (31st)				Mike Angelo James Brossman Danny D Omar Galanti Lauro Giotto Choky Ice Kid Jamaica Nick Lang Mugur Neeo David Perry Ian Scott George Uhl Nacho Vidal	[38] [39]
2015 (32nd)				Mike Angelo James Brossman Danny D Omar Galanti Lauro Giotto Choky Ice Neeo David Perry Ian Scott Renato Ryan Ryder Thomas Stone George Uhl Nacho Vidal	[40] [41] [ non-primary source needed ] [42] [43]
2016 (33rd)				Mike Angelo James Brossman Christian Clay Danny D Choky Ice Mugur Neeo David Perry Renato Ryan Ryder George Uhl Marc Rose Ian Scott Nacho Vidal	[44] [45] [46] [ non-primary source needed ] [47]
2017 (34th)		Danny D	British	Mike Angelo Christian Clay Chris Diamond Pablo Ferrari Joss Lescaf Mugur Neeo Marc Rose Ryan Ryder Sabby Yanick Shaft Rocco Siffredi George Uhl Nacho Vidal	[48] [49] [ non-primary source needed ] [50]
2018 (35th)		Ryan Ryder		Emilio Ardana Alberto Blanco Kristof Cale Danny D Chris Diamond Pablo Ferrari Luke Hardy Juan Lucho Renato Marc Rose Rocco Siffredi George Uhl Nacho Vidal Pascal White	[51] [52] [ non-primary source needed ] [53]
2019 (36th)		Rocco Siffredi	Italian	Mike Angelo Alberto Blanco Kristof Cale Christian Clay Charlie Dean Dorian del Isla Erik Everhard Anthony Gaultier Joss Lescaf Juan Lucho Lutro Ryan Ryder Nacho Vidal	[54] [55] [ non-primary source needed ] [56]

2020s

Year	Photo	Winner	Nationality	Nominees	Ref(s)
2020 (37th)		Danny D	British	Mike Angelo Alberto Blanco Kristof Cale Vince Carter Christian Clay Charlie Dean Dorian del Isla Chris Diamond Erik Everhard Angelo Godshack Joss Lescaf Lutro Neeo Rocco Siffredi	[57] [58]
2021 (38th)		Rocco Siffredi	Italian	Mike Angelo Alberto Blanco Marcello Bravo Kristof Cale Christian Clay Danny D Charlie Dean Dorian del Isla Erik Everhard Angelo Godshack Freddy Gong Vince Karter Joss Lescaf Jay Snakes	[59] [60]
2022 (39th)		Alberto Blanco	Spanish	Sam Bourne Tommy Cabrio Kristof Cale Christian Clay Raul Costa Charlie Dean Dorian del Isla Erik Everhard Maximum Garcia Angelo Godshack Freddy Gong Vince Carter Joss Lescaf Steve Q	[61] [62]
2023 (40th)		Danny D	British	Alberto Blanco Marcello Bravo Kristof Cale Christian Clay Charlie Dean Darrell Deeps Chris Diamond Erik Everhard Maximo Garcia Vince Karter Joss Lescaf Ricky Mancini David Perry Aaron Rock	[63] [64]
2024 (41st)		Vince Karter	French	Alberto Blanco Marcello Bravo Kristof Cale Christian Clay Raul Costa Danny D Potro de Bilbao Charlie Dean Erik Everhard Tommy Gold Freddy Gong David Perry Jordi El Niño Polla Aaron Rock	[65] [66]
2025 (42nd)		Christian Clay	Italian	Alberto Blanco Marcello Bravo Kristof Cale Raul Costa Danny D Potro de Bilbao Charlie Dean Erik Everhard Angelo Godshack Tommy Gold Matthew Meier Jordi El Niño Polla Aaron Rock Alex Romero	[6] [67]

Superlatives

Superlative	Performer	Record
Performer with most awards	Rocco Siffredi	10
Performer(s) with most nominations	Nacho Vidal	12
	David Perry
Performer with most consecutive wins	Rocco Siffredi (2011-16)	6
Performer with most consecutive nominations	James Brossman (2008-16)	9
Performer with most nominations without ever winning	Nacho Vidal	12
Oldest winner	Rocco Siffredi	56
Youngest winner	Danny D	29
Winner of the most decades	Rocco Siffredi (2000s, 2010s, 2020s)	3

Multiple winners and nominees

Multiple winners

Wins	Performer	Years
10	Rocco Siffredi	2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021
3	Danny D	2017, 2020, 2023
2	Steve Holmes	2005, 2006

Multiple nominees

Nominations	Performer
12	Nacho Vidal
	David Perry
11	Mike Angelo
10	George Uhl
9	James Brossman
8	Danny D
7	Toni Ribas
	Choky Ice
	Kristof Cale
	Christian Clay
6	Omar Galanti
	Steve Holmes
	Rocco Siffredi
	Joss Lescaf
	Alberto Blanco
	Charlie Dean
	Erik Everhard
5	Mugur
	Ian Scott
	Neeo
	Jazz Duro
4	Denis Marti
	Franco Roccaforte
	Mick Blue
	Zenna Raggi
	Frank Gun
	Kid Jamaica
	Ryan Ryder
	Dorian del Isla
	Chris Diamond
	Vince Carter
3	Denis Marti
	Nick Lang
	Christian Devil
	Oliver Sanchez
	Lauro Giotto
	Renato
	Marc Rose
	Pascal White
	Angelo Godshack
	Marcello Bravo
	Freddy Gong
2	Tristan Segal
	Greg Centauro
	Timo Hardy
	Lutro
	Frank Major
	Pablo Ferrari
	Juan Lucho
	Maximo Garcia
	Raul Costa
	Aaron Rock

See also

• AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year
• AVN Award for Best Actor
• AVN Award for Best Supporting Actor

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External links

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