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Max Konnor

Max Konnor is an American gay pornographic film actor and webcam model. After starting his pornographic career under the name Isaiah Foxx in 2009, he left the industry in 2012 to pursue a career in stage and television acting. In 2017, he became a webcam model on CAM4 and started pornographic accounts on OnlyFans and Twitter. He soon started performing in studio-made pornographic films and later became the most-followed Black gay pornographic actor on Twitter and CAM4's first male ambassador.

Max Konnor
Born1986 or 1987 (age 37–38)[1]
Other namesIsaiah Foxx
Occupations
  • Pornographic film actor
  • webcam model
Years active2009–2012, 2017–present
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]

As a pornographic film actor, he has won five Grabby Awards, five GayVN Awards—including for Performer of the Year in 2022—the XBIZ Award for Gay Performer of the Year, and two Fleshbot Awards. Outside of pornography, he was one of the subjects of the 2021 documentary Being Black in Porn, has appeared as a main cast member on the OutTV reality television series X-Rated: NYC since 2023, and starred in the off-Broadway musical Waiting in the Wings: The Musical in 2023. In 2019, he launched Haus of Konnor, a pornographic agency and studio geared toward gay pornographic actors of color.

Career

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Konnor was raised in Albany, Georgia. He has one older sister and has described his parents as "extremely religious", "strict", and "very protective", also describing his upbringing as "very sheltered". As a child, he was diagnosed with ADHD. He was ordained as a minister at age 14 and became a pastor at his church at age 16. After graduating from high school, he moved to New York City to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and pursue a career in musical theater. While there, he realized he was gay and came out to his parents in an email.[2] Until 2017, he worked primarily as a stage and television actor and appeared in the Comedy Central series Broad City, the Fox series Gotham, the Netflix series Master of None, and the CBS series Madam Secretary.[1][3]

Konnor first began his career as a gay pornographic film actor in 2009 as Isaiah Foxx, appearing in several Lucas Entertainment films before appearing in films for other gay pornographic studios, including Treasure Island Media and Flava Works, until 2012.[3] He began working in gay pornography again after the pilot of an ABC television series titled Salamander, which he starred in, was not picked up in October 2017.[1] He began as a webcam model on CAM4 before starting an account on the subscription service OnlyFans and launching a pornographic Twitter account.[4] He soon made his studio debut with the gay pornographic studio Black Rayne Productions as Max Konnor.[5] He initially mostly appeared in films for "Black studios" alongside other Black and brown actors before performing in films for mainstream gay pornographic studios.[6] In June 2018, he starred in a Lucas Entertainment film initially titled Black Cocks Matter, the title of which received backlash online for its play on the name of the Black Lives Matter movement and which Konnor said he had not been aware of before its release; it was soon changed to Black Cocks Rock.[7] In January 2019, Konnor won the award for Best Duo alongside Armond Rizzo at the GayVN Awards, making them the first actors of color to both win the award, and was named gay pornographic studio Noir Male's inaugural Noir Male of the Month. At the 2019 Grabby Awards, he won the award for Best Cock.[8] He launched the talent management agency Haus of Konnor in December 2019, which focused on representing and managing pornographic actors of color. Also in 2019, he became the most-followed Black gay pornographic actor on Twitter and the first to have more than 300,000 followers, as well as one of the most subscribed-to gay pornographic actors on subscription service JustForFans.[6][9]

In March 2020, Konnor started working as a webcam model for CAM4 again, where he became the website's first male ambassador and performed in monthly solo shows.[4] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was contracted to do two-hour-long webcam shows.[10] Also in 2020, he signed an exclusive contract with gay pornographic studios Falcon Entertainment and Naked Sword and won the Grabby Award for Hottest Top.[11] In 2021, he won the XBIZ Award for Gay Performer of the Year and was one of the subjects of the documentary film Being Black in Porn, which was directed by fellow gay pornographic film actor DeAngelo Jackson.[12][13] He also made his directorial debut in August 2021, directing the Noir Male film Start of the Summer, for which he was nominated for a Grabby Award.[14] He also won the Grabby Awards for Hottest Cock and Best Three-Way, winning the latter for Tales from the Locker Room 2 alongside Beau Butler and Colton Reece, and the GayVN Award for Performer of the Year in 2022.[15][16] In February 2023, Falcon Studios and Naked Sword released The Best of Max Konnor Bareback, a compilation DVD of six scenes starring Konnor.[17] Starting in April 2023, Konnor starred as Michael in Waiting in the Wings: The Musical, an adaptation of the 2015 film of the same name about a casting mix-up between a stripper and a musical theater performer, during its off-Broadway run at the Theatre at St. Clement's.[18][19] As of 2023, Konnor is a main cast member on the OutTV reality television series X-Rated: NYC, which premiered in September 2023.[20][21]

Public image

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Konnor identifies as demisexual and has stated that he only has sex on camera.[20] He has also spoken against the term "BBC" and the fetishization of Black men in pornography.[22] James Franklin of DNA called Konnor "the sweetest top in porn" in 2019, while Joshua S. Mackey of Into called Konnor one of "the biggest names in porn" in 2023.[1][5] Frank J. Avella of Edge wrote that Konnor was a "porn superstar" in 2023.[19] For Out, Mikelle Street called him a "multi award-winning studio performer with a robust presence across fan site platforms like JustForFans and OnlyFans".[4]

Awards and nominations

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List of awards and nominations, with award, year, category, nominated work, result, and reference shown
Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Cybersocket Web Awards 2020 Best Porn Star Himself Nominated [23]
2022 Cam Performer of the Year Nominated [24]
Fleshbot Awards 2021 Gay – Best Total Package Nominated [25]
Gay – Best Social Media Personality Nominated
Gay – Best Fansite Presence Nominated
Gay – Best Scene Scrum Nominated
Gay – Movie of the Year Tales from the Locker Room 2 Nominated
Gay – Best Group Sex Scene Won [26]
2022 Gay – Movie of the Year Under the Influencer Nominated [27]
Gay Fleshbot Awards 2019 Best Cock Himself Nominated [28]
Best Clip Performer Nominated
2020 Performer of the Year Nominated [29]
Best Body Nominated
Best Daddy Won [30]
Best Premium Social Media Star Nominated [29]
Cam Model of the Year Nominated
GayVN Awards 2019 Best Duo Sex Scene Big Black Daddy Won [31]
Best Group Sex Scene Fuck the Police Nominated [32]
Performer of the Year Himself Nominated
2020 Best Actor Feed Me Your Love Nominated [33]
Best Three Way Sex Scene Nominated
Best Duo Sex Scene The Hitchhiker Nominated
Performer of the Year Himself Nominated
2021 Best Fetish Scene Super Milker Nominated [34]
Best Quarantine Scene Max Konnor is So Fucking Horny for You Nominated
Performer of the Year Himself Nominated
Favorite Cam Guy Won [35]
2022 Best Supporting Actor Work from Home Nominated [36]
Best Three-Way Sex Scene Tales from the Locker Room 2 Nominated
Performer of the Year Himself Won [16]
2023 Best Supporting Actor Ride or Die: Raw Deal/Hard Time Won [37]
Best Director – Non-Feature Men's Briefs Won
Best Featurette The Gift Nominated [38]
Give the Dog a Bone Nominated
Performer of the Year Himself Nominated
Grabby Awards 2019 Hottest Top Nominated
Hottest Cock Won
Best Duo Big Black Daddy Nominated
Performer of the Year Himself Nominated
Hottest Body Nominated
2020 Performer of the Year Nominated
Hottest Top Won
2021 Performer of the Year Nominated
Hottest Cock Nominated
Hottest Top Nominated
Hottest Body Nominated
Hottest Daddy Nominated
Wall of Fame Won
2022 Hottest Cock Won
Best Director – All-Sex Start of the Summer Nominated
Best Threeway Tales from the Locker Room 2 Won
Best Duo Mountain Tops Nominated
Best Group Scene Dirty 30 Bareback Birthday Nominated
2023 Performer of the Year Himself Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Under the Influencer Nominated
Hottest Cock Himself Nominated
Hottest Body Nominated
Best Director – All-Sex Men's Briefs Nominated
Pornhub Awards 2020 Most Popular Gay Male Performer Himself Nominated
Top Big Dick Performer Nominated
Top Daddy Performer Nominated
2022 Most Popular Gay Male Performer Nominated
Top Big Dick Performer Nominated
Top Daddy Performer Nominated
Favorite Gay Model Nominated
2023 Most Popular Gay Male Performer Nominated
Top Big Dick Performer Nominated
Str8UpGayPorn Awards 2019 Favorite Body Nominated
Favorite Gay Porn Star Nominated
XBIZ Awards 2021 Gay Performer of the Year Won
Best Sex Scene – Gay Freaky Cousin Nominated
Cam Model of the Year Himself Nominated
2022 Gay Performer of the Year Nominated
2023 Nominated
Best Sex Scene – Gay Falcon Live: 4 the Fans Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Franklin, James (October 1, 2019). "Interview with a Porn Star: Max Konnor". DNA. No. 237 – via PressReader.
  2. ^ Street, Mikelle (June 30, 2020). "9 Gay Adult Performers Tell Their Coming Out Stories". Out. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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  4. ^ a b c Street, Mikelle (March 23, 2020). "Max Konnor Is Named CAM4's First-Ever Male Ambassador". Out. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Mackey, Joshua S. (January 23, 2023). "Boomer Banks and Max Konnor Talk 'X-Rated: NYC', Career Beginnings, and Challenges as Adult Entertainers of Color". Into. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Street, Mikelle (December 19, 2019). "Max Konnor Just Launched an Agency for Porn Performers of Color". Out. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  7. ^ Villarreal, Daniel (June 25, 2018). "Lucas Entertainment Under Fire for Tone Deaf Title of New Film Starring Black Actors". Hornet. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  8. ^ Street, Mikelle (May 26, 2019). "This Is Who Won at the 'Golden Globes of Gay Porn' for 2019". Out. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  9. ^ Street, Mikelle (January 2, 2020). "These Are the Top 10 JustForFans Gay Porn Performers of 2019". Out. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  10. ^ Drolet, Gabrielle; O'Neill, Shane (April 10, 2020). "The Year Sex Work Came Home". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  11. ^ "The 2020 Grabby Awards Crown Several Delicious Winners". Instinct. June 1, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
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  13. ^ Papaioannou, Elise (June 21, 2021). "A New Documentary Looks At 'Being Black In Porn'". Star Observer. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
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  18. ^ Stewart, Zachary (April 5, 2023). "Waiting in the Wings: The Musical to Take It Off Off-Broadway". TheaterMania. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  19. ^ a b Avella, Frank J. (May 31, 2023). "Queer Casting Confusion? 'Waiting in the Wings: the Musical' Cast Talk About Off-Bway Premiere". Edge Media Network. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  20. ^ a b Cornish, Ricky (November 2, 2023). "Adult Star Max Konnor Breaks Down His Intimate Friendship With Boomer Banks". Pride. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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  22. ^ Street, Mikelle (January 20, 2018). "Gay Porn Stars Clash Over The Term "Big Black C*ck": Is It Ever Acceptable To Say?". Logo TV. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
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