James Deen

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James Deen was born Bryan Matthew Sevilla in Los Angeles County, California, and raised in Pasadena, California.[6][7][8][9][10] His father is a mechanical engineer and his mother is a computer electronic engineer,[11] one of them worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[12] He is Jewish and identifies with Judaism as "a culture more than anything else".[13][14][15] At 17, Deen moved in with his father. He worked at a Starbucks for two years and took classes at Pasadena City College.[11][16] Career[edit] According to Deen, performing in pornographic films was his ambition since he was in kindergarten.[17] After entering the pornography industry in 2004, he initially worked with older female performers.[2] Deen's appearance has been described…show more content…
Deen’s collaborations include work with popular NSFW site WoodRocket.com. As the host of original web series, “James Deen Loves Food”, Deen has been featured reviewing top restaurants, to ordering every item on a drive-thru menu at once, and creating a $580 burrito.[23] In January 2013, Deen took to crowdfunding site Kickstarter.com to raise funds for the mainstream steampunk Western film Cowboys And Engines.[24][25] Deen is listed as the producer of the Bryn Pryor vehicle. The campaign surpassed its goal of $100,000 in just 58 days.[26] Actors Malcolm McDowell, Richard Hatch, and Walter Koenig have signed on to the project.[27] In February 2013, Deen was invited to return to his alma mater, Pasadena City College, to speak to students about his career. The appearance, initially open to the public, was restricted by college administrators due to “public safety concerns” over “protesters”.[28] Deen was restricted to speaking to the students of PCC’s “Navigating Pornography” class.[29] Deen participated in a “Night With The Stars: Life, Love, and Sex in the Workplace” panel as part of “Sex Week”, held at Washington University in St Louis,

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