Jeff Stryker
Jeff Stryker (born Charles Casper Peyton on August 21, 1962, in Carmi, Illinois) is an American pornographic actor and one of the best-known male stars in the history of gay porn. He also appeared in bisexual and heterosexual pornographic films and became famous for his muscular body, large penis, dominant screen image and long career in adult entertainment.
People searching for Jeff Stryker porn, Jeff Stryker sex guide, Jeff Stryker gay porn or how big is Jeff Stryker's cock usually know him from his classic gay films, straight porn appearances and the famous Jeff Stryker Cock and Balls dildo made from a cast of his dick.
Unlike many male porn stars who worked almost entirely in one part of the industry, Stryker became successful in gay porn, bisexual porn and straight porn. He described his own sexuality as "universal" and has also said that he does not define himself as anything.
Contents
- 1 Early Life
- 2 Before Porn
- 3 Porn Career
- 4 Gay Porn
- 5 Straight and Bisexual Porn
- 6 How Big Is Jeff Stryker's Penis?
- 7 Jeff Stryker Cock and Balls
- 8 Mainstream Acting
- 9 Stage Shows
- 10 Music
- 11 Legal Battles
- 12 Celebrity Fans
- 13 Awards
- 14 Selected Gay Films
- 15 Selected Straight and Bisexual Films
- 16 See Also
Early Life
Jeff Stryker was born Charles Casper Peyton in Carmi, Illinois and grew up around Springfield, Illinois.
His father was a car salesman and his mother was a nurse.
Stryker has described growing up in a rough environment and frequently getting into fights. At around age 13 his parents sent him to military school.
By the time he returned home, his parents had divorced.
Before Porn
Before becoming a porn star, Stryker worked several different jobs.
He worked as a male stripper and also delivered balloon-o-grams.
A local photographer eventually sent photographs of Stryker to gay adult-film director John Travis in California.
Those pictures helped start his career in pornography.
Porn Career
Jeff Stryker became one of the most recognizable male stars in 1980s and 1990s gay pornography.
His dark looks, muscular body, large dick and dominant screen personality quickly made him popular with gay porn audiences.
Stryker also became unusual because he crossed between gay porn, bisexual porn and heterosexual porn.
One of his most famous straight films was Jamie Loves Jeff, produced by Vivid Entertainment. The movie became one of the best-known heterosexual films associated with Stryker.
His gay movies included solo masturbation scenes, hardcore sex scenes and films where his name was the main selling point.
During his peak years, simply putting Jeff Stryker on the cover was enough to sell a porn movie.
Gay Porn
Stryker is still most strongly associated with gay porn.
His films helped create the 1980s and 1990s image of the muscular masculine gay porn star.
Some of his best-known gay titles include:
- Bigger Than Life
- The Look
- In Hot Pursuit
- On the Rocks
- Busted
- The Tease
- J.S. Big Time
- Stryker Force
- Jeff Stryker's Underground
- Powertool
- Jeff Stryker Does Hard Time
Several of his films also included solo masturbation scenes built almost entirely around Stryker's body and dick.
Straight and Bisexual Porn
Jeff Stryker also performed in heterosexual and bisexual porn.
This helped make him famous outside the normal gay porn audience.
His straight and bisexual titles include:
- Jamie Loves Jeff
- Jamie Loves Jeff 2
- Milk and Honey
- Take Me
- The Rebel
- The Giant
- In Your Wildest Dreams
- The Switch Is On
- Every Which Way
- Stryker/Ryker in RAW
His ability to work in gay, straight and bisexual pornography made his career unusual even by porn-industry standards.
How Big Is Jeff Stryker's Penis?
Jeff Stryker's penis became a huge part of his porn-star image.
Like John Holmes and Rocco Siffredi, his dick became part of the marketing around his name.
The exact size has been described differently over the years, and there is no single universally accepted official measurement.
What made his penis especially famous was that a cast was used to create the Jeff Stryker Cock and Balls dildo.
The sex toy became one of the best-known porn-star dildos ever sold and could be found in sex shops for years.
Stryker's dick eventually became almost a separate brand from his porn movies.
Jeff Stryker Cock and Balls
The Jeff Stryker Cock and Balls is a dildo made from a cast of Stryker's penis.
It became one of the most famous celebrity sex toys in adult retail.
The dildo was sold widely in sex shops and adult stores and became famous enough to be discussed in books and academic writing.
Stryker later became involved in a legal battle over unauthorized copies of the dildo.
The dispute concerned the right to manufacture and sell products based on the likeness of his genitals.
The case eventually ended in a settlement.
Mainstream Acting
Stryker also tried mainstream acting.
He appeared in the 1989 Italian horror movie After Death, also known as Zombie 4: After Death, using the name Chuck Peyton.
He also appeared in the short film Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? by German filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim.
Other non-porn appearances included:
- Dirty Love
- The Judge Who Loved Death
- After Death
- Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
His mainstream acting career never became as successful as his porn career, but it helped build his cult image.
Stage Shows
Stryker later performed live stage shows under the title A Sophisticated Evening with Jeff Stryker.
The show mixed comedy, stories about his porn career, audience participation and nudity.
He performed the show in Los Angeles and Provincetown.
The stage performance included a comedy porn-acting demonstration and a nude finale.
Music
Stryker also experimented with music.
He released a country-music CD called Wild Buck.
In the porn movie Bigger Than Life, he also performed a rock song with the same title.
Legal Battles
One of Stryker's best-known legal disputes involved the dildo made from his penis.
Stryker sued companies that were selling unauthorized versions of the Jeff Stryker Cock and Balls sex toy.
He claimed they were making money from his name and dick without properly paying him.
The dispute eventually ended with a settlement and the return of rights connected with the product.
Stryker was also involved in a long-running dispute with the Los Angeles folk club Kulak's Woodshed, which was located close to where he lived.
The conflict became public after Stryker complained about noise and crowds from the club.
Celebrity Fans
Jeff Stryker became famous enough to attract fans outside porn.
Filmmaker John Waters famously called him "the Cary Grant of porno."
Comedian Margaret Cho has repeatedly joked about her love of Jeff Stryker and his films and has also talked about the Jeff Stryker dildo.
Porn actress Traci Lords mentioned Stryker in her autobiography.
His image was also used in a 1991 portrait by French artists Pierre et Gilles.
Awards
Jeff Stryker was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame for his work in adult films.
He was also inducted into the Hustler Porn Walk of Fame in West Hollywood.
His film Jeff Stryker's Underground won an AVN Award for Best Sex Scene - Gay Video.
Stryker remains one of the best-known male performers from the classic era of American gay porn.
Selected Gay Films
- Bigger Than Life (1986)
- The Look (1987)
- Powerfull 2 (1987)
- In Hot Pursuit (1987)
- On the Rocks (1990)
- Just You & Me (1990)
- Busted (1991)
- 10 Plus (1992)
- 10 Plus Volume 2 (1992)
- The Tease (1994)
- J.S. Big Time (1995)
- Stryker Force (1995)
- Santa's Cummin'! (1996)
- Jeff Stryker's Underground (1997)
- Powertool: Tenth Anniversary Edition (1998)
- Stryker (2000)
- Jeff Stryker Does Hard Time (2001)
Selected Straight and Bisexual Films
- Jamie Loves Jeff
- Jamie Loves Jeff 2
- Milk and Honey
- Take Me
- Dreaming of You
- Heiress
- Cyberstud
- Jeff Stryker's Favorite Sexual Positions
- How to Enlarge Your Penis
- The Rebel
- The Giant
- In Your Wildest Dreams
- The Switch Is On
- Every Which Way
- Stryker/Ryker in RAW
See Also
- Gay porn | Bisexuality | Gay | Bisexual porn
- Penis | Penis size | Erection
