Lukas Ridgeston
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Lukas Ridgeston is a Slovak actor in gay erotic movies and model in Bel Ami
gay erotic magazines and books. He was born in Bratislava
, then part of the former Czechoslovakia
, now capital of Slovakia
. In 2005 he made his final appearance as an actor but he is still very much involved with Bel Ami as a cameraman, editor and director of Internet episodes.
magazine. (It is common practice for magazines to assign names to photos of models, rather than the studios or the models themselves.) The magazine did not want to use a name from an Eastern Bloc
country and chose the name "Lucas Ridgeston" as sounding more "Ivy League
". BelAmi changed the spelling to "Lukas" as it is the correct Czech and Slovakian spelling and both have been used ever since.
Ridgeston received a university degree
in architecture
in June 1999. One of Ridgeston's other interests is in Mini Cooper
s. An owner of a Mini, he is a member of an organization of Mini Cooper owners. A race was held at one of the meetings of the organization, which he won.
Among the characteristics for which he is known are startling blue eyes, which have been described as "wolf-like", and the copious quantity of semen produced during his ejaculations, the intensity of which has resulted in his ejaculating into his own eye.
Ridgeston performed nearly exclusively as a top in his films; however, he does bottom in the films Lukas' Story 2: When Boy Meets Boy and Lucky Lukas. (Lukas' Story and Lukas' Story 2 have since been combined and marketed as Lukas' Stories.) His last films as a performer were Lukas in Love and The Private Life of Tim Hamilton but he continues to work for BelAmi as a director, cameraman, and editor.
When asked, "Do you identify as gay, straight or bi-sexual?", he replied, "I always say I am sexual".
Bel Ami (adult film company)
Bel Ami is an gay pornographic film company with offices in Bratislava, Prague and Budapest. It was established in 1993 by filmmaker George Duroy, a Slovak native who took his pseudonym from the protagonist Georges Duroy in Guy de Maupassant's novel Bel Ami...
gay erotic magazines and books. He was born in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, then part of the former Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
, now capital of Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. In 2005 he made his final appearance as an actor but he is still very much involved with Bel Ami as a cameraman, editor and director of Internet episodes.
Biography
His stage name originated with the editors of FreshmenFreshmen (magazine)
Freshmen is an American pornographic magazine published monthly by Specialty Publications, a division of LPI Media, and founded in 1991. The magazine is geared toward gay men, and features nude photos of men, 18–25 years old. Freshmen has featured young college-aged males since its inception in 1992...
magazine. (It is common practice for magazines to assign names to photos of models, rather than the studios or the models themselves.) The magazine did not want to use a name from an Eastern Bloc
Eastern bloc
The term Eastern Bloc or Communist Bloc refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact...
country and chose the name "Lucas Ridgeston" as sounding more "Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
". BelAmi changed the spelling to "Lukas" as it is the correct Czech and Slovakian spelling and both have been used ever since.
Ridgeston received a university degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
in architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
in June 1999. One of Ridgeston's other interests is in Mini Cooper
Mini
The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...
s. An owner of a Mini, he is a member of an organization of Mini Cooper owners. A race was held at one of the meetings of the organization, which he won.
Among the characteristics for which he is known are startling blue eyes, which have been described as "wolf-like", and the copious quantity of semen produced during his ejaculations, the intensity of which has resulted in his ejaculating into his own eye.
Ridgeston performed nearly exclusively as a top in his films; however, he does bottom in the films Lukas' Story 2: When Boy Meets Boy and Lucky Lukas. (Lukas' Story and Lukas' Story 2 have since been combined and marketed as Lukas' Stories.) His last films as a performer were Lukas in Love and The Private Life of Tim Hamilton but he continues to work for BelAmi as a director, cameraman, and editor.
When asked, "Do you identify as gay, straight or bi-sexual?", he replied, "I always say I am sexual".
Awards and recognition
- 1996 Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards (the "Grabbys") "Hot Shots" award with Cole YoungbloodCole YoungbloodCole Youngblood is an American pornographic actor who appeared in gay pornography movies. Cole also appeared as Joe Di Santiago in Jean-Daniel Cadinot's French pornographic film "Coup de Soleil." While in the business, Cole also worked as a paramedic...
- 1999 Ranked among the top 10 in Unzipped magazine's "Best Erotic Video Performers of the Millennium"
- 2000 GayVN AwardsGayVN AwardsThe 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...
Hall of Fame inductee - 2002 Unzipped magazine reader's poll named him "Hottest Porn Star of All Time"
- 2006 GayVN Awards "Best Actor in a Foreign Release" for Lukas in Love 3
Selected videography
- Boytropolis (aka A Man's World) (1993)
- Lukas' Story Series of three films (1994–1995)
- Frisky Summer 2: Sebastian (1996)
- Lucky Lukas (1998)
- All About Bel Ami (2001)
- Lukas in Love Series of two films (2005)
- The Private Life of Tim Hamilton (2006)
- Thinking XXXThinking XXXThinking XXX is a 2004 television documentary about the process photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders went through to create his book XXX: 30 Porn Star Portraits...
(HBO documentary, 2005)
Books and print media
- XXX: 30 Porn-Star Photographs—A photograph of Ridgeston was used for the back cover
- Edition Euros 11: Photos of Lukas, photographed and published by the renowned photographer Bruno Gmünder in 1999.
- Unzipped 100—The 100 Greatest Gay Porn Films Ever
- Bel Ami Frisky Memories
- Bel Ami: Intimate Friends
- Bel Ami: Lukas in Love
- Bel Ami: Next Generation
- Edition Euros 11: Bel Ami—Photos of Lukas
- The Films of George Duroy: Adam Gay Erotica
- BelAmi 1997 Calendar
- Together, the BelAmi 1998 Calendar
- Perfect Moments, the BelAmi 2000 Calendar
- Vogue-Homme International magazine, Spring-Summer 2001
Editor
- 101 Men Part 9 (2001)
- 101 Men Part 10 (2001)
- 101 Men Part 11 (2002)
- 101 Men Part 12 (2002)
- Personal Trainers: Part 7 (2003)