Brett Mycles (December 2, 1977 - February 25, 2007) was an adult film star.

Early career

He was born in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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. He moved to Ohio

Ohio

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 and resided in the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 area. At age 22, while in Ohio, he entered an Arnold Classic bodybuilding

Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is a form of body modification involving intensive muscle hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive and professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their...

 contest where he was spotted by photographer, Irvin Gelb. He became a successful muscle and fitness model, frequently appearing in such widely-read publications as Muscle & Fitness

Muscle & Fitness

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, Men's Fitness

Men's Fitness

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 (both founded by bodybuilding impresario, Joe Weider) & Men's Workout, amongst others, as well as becoming a featured model for the International Male

International Male

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 clothing catalog.

Adult film career

As "Brett Mycles", he gained fame as an adult film actor, achieving the rarely attained feat of maintaining successful careers in both the mainstream fitness and adult film industries simultaneously. He starred in several adult films, mostly for Studio2000, primarily in solo masturbation

Masturbation

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 and wrestling

Wrestling

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 fantasy scenes, and posed nude in several adult magazines. He worked in both same-sex and opposite-sex adult films. He also made regular appearances on a webcam site for paying fans. In a 2005 interview, he stated that he'd recently married his high school sweetheart, whom he first met when he was 19 and she was 17.

Awards and nominations

• 2002 GayVN Awards
  GayVN Awards
  The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...
  
   nomination for Best Solo in "Prime Cut 5" (Jet Set Team Productions).

Death

He died in his sleep of heart failure on February 25, 2007. Weeks beforehand, family and friends report that he complained of irregular heart beats and said that his family had a history of heart problems.

Selected videography

• Prime Cut Video Magazine, Vol. 5 (2000)
• Prime Cut Video Magazine, Vol. 6 (2001)
• College Jocks Vol. 2 (2001)
• Jackhammer (2001)
• Storm Fighter (2001)
• Wrestler For Hire (2001)

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