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Sean Michaels Biography & Facts
Sean Michaels (born February 20, 1958) is an American pornographic actor, model, director and former trade union leader. In 2002, AVN ranked him 14th on their list of The Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time. Michaels has also been inducted into the AVN, NightMoves, and XRCO Halls of Fame. Early life Michaels was born Andre Allen and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Boys and Girls High School, the oldest public high school in Brooklyn. After moving to the West Coast, he worked as a nurse for an urgent care facility in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. He also did runway and print modeling prior to entering the porn industry. Career Michaels started out working in the adult entertainment industry as a model for skin magazines. Dissatisfied with the portrayal of black men in pornography, which he saw as "very demeaning and stereotypical", Michaels began performing in adult films in 1989. Michaels chose his stage name by combining the first names of two male celebrities he admired: Sean Connery, whom he described as a "man's man, on and off camera", and Michael Jordan. Michaels gained recognition in the industry after appearing in his mentor John Leslie's 1990 film Oh What A Night. Micheals received the XBIZ Award for Woodsman of the Year in 1994. The following year, he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame. In 1996, he started his own film studio, Sean Michaels Productions, which was later changed to Sean Michaels International the following year when Anabolic Video began handling its distribution. Along with Lisa Ann and Nikki Benz, Michaels hosted the XRCO Awards in April 2010. In 2018, he performed in his first bisexual scene for Kick Ass Pictures. In regards to the scene, Michaels commented, "I feel strongly about doing the things you want to do in life. Cuckold fans have been asking me for years to do bi scenes, and I'm happy to be making this move. I believe it's important for people to grow sexually in any way they choose." Legal dispute In 2003, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) issued Michaels a cease and desist letter, asking him to stop using his name due to the similarity it had to wrestler Shawn Michaels. Michaels name was already registered as a trademark, while Shawn Michaels had not registered his moniker. Michaels announced he planned to countersue the WWE. As of April 1, 2011, the trademark of "Sean Michaels" is no longer active. Advocacy and impact In 2016, Michaels was elected President of the Adult Performance Artists Guild, then the Adult Performers Actors Guild (APAG). As President, he announced the APAG would push to raise the legal age to perform in adult films from 18 to 21, commenting that "it's 21 years old to drink, so you should have to be 21 to do porn." Amidst criticism from APAG members who saw him as reducing his union participation, Michaels officially resigned from his role. He was replaced in the role by actress Alana Evans, who served as vice president under him. Evans revealed that Michaels was being "blackballed" in the pornographic industry due to his guild participation. In the May 1997 issue of Vibe, he was labeled "the preeminent force in interracial erotic entertainment." In her book A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography, women's studies scholar Mireille Miller-Young notes how Michaels' portrayal of "suave and professional" characters in his films has challenged the stereotyping of black men as "sexual beasts" in pornography and expanded opportunities for black performers. Violet Blue shares a similar sentiment in The Ultimate Guide to Adult Videos, calling Michaels a "major force in changing the face and attitudes of the adult industry towards black performers." Blue concluded by dubbing him "the most famous black man to ever appear in porn." Select appearances Awards and nominations References External links Sean Michaels at IMDb Sean Michaels at the Internet Adult Film Database Sean Michaels at the Adult Film Database. Discover the Sean Michaels popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Sean Michaels books.
Best Seller Sean Michaels Books of 2024
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Hold the Line
Michael Fanone & John ShiffmanFrom a twentyyear police veteran and former Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th, this instant New York Times bestseller is also an urgen...
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Stealing Time
Michael Sean EricksonHave you ever driven down a long and windy road; eyes half shut after dark; window cranked open just to keep you awake; and noticed afterward that the many hours of night travel se...
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Brothers The Year 2077
Stuart MichaelPicture it, it's 2077, the United States and Canada become one country, robots replacing humans are a thing, and there is a mass murderer on the loose. Join the gang in their old ...
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Gone to Ground
BRONWYN HALLHUNTED. ALONE. AFRAID... A heartinthemouth and utterly addictive adventure thriller from a phenomenal debut Australian talent.UN surgeon Rachel Forester is posted at a remote medic...
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So Help Me God
Mike PenceThe New York Times bestselling autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence.Loyalty is a Vice President’s first duty; but there is a greater oneto God and the Constitution.Mik...
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Space Marine Apocalypse
Sean-Michael ArgoRagnarok is upon us. Ajax returns to an age of relentless war, his mind ravaged by terrible visions and with his rifle at the ready. An axe age. A sword age. A wolf age. ...
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Liars
Glenn BeckGlenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, reveals the cold truth behind the ideology of progressivism and how the tenets of this dangerous belief system...
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And Manny Makes Seven
Sean MichaelWhen Adam's parents died three years ago, he kept his five younger siblings together, playing parent as best a twentyone year old could under the circumstances. Now his academic me...
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A Planet for the President
Alistair BeatonThis is a story written over a decade ago.Before Fake News, or Alternative Facts, or even social media.It told the story of a nottoodistant future, which really was not too distant...
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A Pipeline Runs Through It
Keith Fisher'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Wonderfully detailed and colourful' Steven Poole, Daily Telegraph'The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading' M...
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Engine
Sarah Stone & Sean-Michael ArgoWith the right man behind the wheel, the car will always come for a fight. On the dusty highways of the near future, smuggler Mitchell Sylvia and his fiancee have their car destroy...
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Brothers Randy Home Alone
Stuart MichaelWhile mom and grandma win a free cruise, Randy stays home with the boys. Mom figured all is well, but that was all about to change when they try and install a pool. After letting R...
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Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions
Ed ZwickThis heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, an...
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New York, New York, New York
Thomas DyjaA New York Times Notable BookA lively, immersive history by an awardwinning urbanist of New York City’s transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city’s future.Dangerous, f...
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George Michael
Rob JovanovicGeorge Michael is an enigma. While he is one of the most open and vocal pop superstars on the planet, he also fiercely protective of his privacy. From the formation of Wham! In 198...
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A Brief History of Ireland
Richard KilleenFrom the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries.Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries: geography, wa...
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Master Mentors Volume 2
Scott Jeffrey MillerExperience a quantum leap in your personal mindset and career toolset through 30 transformative insights from Our world’s greatest minds.Mining the best and brightest revelations f...
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Space Marine Ajax
Sean-Michael ArgoAjax answers the call of duty and becomes an Einherjar space marine, charged with defending humanity against hideous alien monsters in furious combat across the galaxy. The Garm, a...
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Crouching Vegan, Hidden Werewolf
Sean MichaelNew to town, werewolf Dark can't believe there's a restaurant called The Vegan Werewolf. Even harder to swallow is the fact that the place smells amazing. The food, however, is eas...
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Crossfire Hurricane
Josh CampbellCROSSFIRE HURRICANE DELIVERS THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT FROM 2016 TO TODAY, tracing the events that lead this country to a historic impeachment and beyond. “A mustr...
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Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style
Paul Rudnick“A case study in elegant, honest tragicomedy…by the genuinely hilarious Paul Rudnick” (Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author) that follows the decadeslong, rulebreakin...
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The Room Where It Happened
John BoltonAs President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened, and the facts speak for themselves. The result is a White Hous...
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Some Thoughts On My Relations
Sean Day MichaelInitial thoughts and early writings for biographical reference on my experiences with Quintana Roo Dunne and her family
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Lies, Half-Truths, and More Lies
Herb W. ReichHistory is replete with stories of great people and extraordinary events that either never happened or didn’t happen the way we were told they did. Such news or embellishment there...
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The Broken
Sean Michael FrawleyLike most normal fourteenyearolds, Link Hartkins doesn’t believe in monsters. So when he catches his little brother Ayden, talking to an empty wall, Link doesn’t think much of it a...
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Unhinged
Omarosa Manigault NewmanIn the #1 New York Times bestseller, the former Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison in the Trump White House provides an eyeo...
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The Butcher and The Beast
Sean MichaelCan a pirate and a doctor find love on the seas?Stephen is a doctor, a practical man who wishes his sister wouldn't worry so about the pirates that plague their island home. So it'...
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Citizen Quinn
Gavin Daly & Ian KehoeCitizen Quinn tells the staggering story of the rise and fall of Ireland's richest man: Sean Quinn. A few years ago, Sean Quinn was ranked among the two hundred richest people in t...
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Derelict Death Cult
Sean-Michael ArgoA tough as nails crew of space marines, experts in battling heretic cults and interdicting hostile vessels, are sent on a mission to recover an ancient derelict starship,...
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Space Marine Loki
Sean-Michael ArgoLive. Fight. Die. Live Again.This is the fate of all Einherjar space marines, tasked to battle for humanity against ravenous alien swarms in an endless war of survival or exti...
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The Mueller Report
Robert S. Mueller, Special Counsel's Office U.S. Department of Justice & Alan DershowitzNOW A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER. There has never been a more important political investigation tha...
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Buzz Saw
Jesse DoughertyThe remarkable story of the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals told by the Washington Post writer who followed the team most closely.By May 2019, the Washington Nation...
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The Chieftains
John GlattSince their humble beginnings in the folk clubs and bars of Ireland in the early '60s, The Chieftains have built a worldwide reputation and following based on their brilliant m...
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No More Time
Michael Sean EricksonThere is a moment in every person's life (or maybe afterlife is the better word here) when he or she realizes that there is no more time to right the wrongs of the past. No matter ...
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Fated Love
Sean MichaelLove doesn't always get a second chance.Ten years ago, Sunny Morgen waved goodbye to his boyfriend Jack at the airport, never expecting to see him again. Since then, he's focused o...
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Nobody
Marc Lamont HillNamed a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus ReviewsA New York Times Editor’s ChoiceNautilus Award Winner“A worthy and necessary addition to the contemporary canon of civil rights liter...
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Composing a Family
Sean MichaelTenor Abriole has just finished his stint as nanny for the Wilsons. He was with the family for twentyone years, ever since he was eighteen. Now he's looking for a new family, but f...
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Brothers The Lost Papers
Stuart MichaelWhile Drake calls Rick and Ned to come and spend the last hours with his "dying" grandmother, she entrusts in them to find her lost recipes. Join Rick, Ned and the rest of the gang...