Rocco Reed
Rocco Reed (born July 26, 1982)[1] real name Joshua Broome, is an American former straight and gay pornographic actor, model, and director.[4][2] In 2012, he received the XBIZ Award for Male Performer of the Year.
Early life
Reed was born in Columbia, South Carolina.[2] He is of Italian and Greek descent.[1]
Reed attended the University of South Carolina, where he played college basketball.[2] He holds a degree in psychology.[2] He also studied theatre in college.[2][3]
Career
Reed was working as a print and runway model when he moved to Los Angeles to continue modeling and pursue a mainstream acting career.[2] He shot for Playgirl a couple of times before entering the adult film industry in October 2006.[3]
Reed began directing for Penthouse in January 2011.[3] He made his directorial debut with a film titled 10 Things I Hate About Valentine’s Day, a romantic comedy based on the mainstream film Valentine's Day.[2] According to the Internet Adult Film Database, he was the industry's busiest male performer in 2011 with appearances in 133 new films that year.[6]
After signing a six-month exclusive performing contract with Men.com, Reed performed his first gay sex scene, with Tommy Defendi, on June 28, 2012.[7] In May 2013, he announced his retirement from adult films.[4]
He performed in about 950 videos in his pornographic career.[1]
Personal life
Reed was once engaged to pornographic actress Asa Akira.[8] Although he has performed in gay pornography, he has stated that he is not gay.[4]
While performing in porn, Reed became active in CrossFit, saying on his Twitter account: "People who question Crossfit. I got in the best shape of my life in 4 months and it changed every aspect in my life."[9]
Reed now goes by his real name Joshua Broome, and is a "crusader for Jesus." In an interview on a Christian podcast, he spoke about his pornographic career, telling listeners that he "felt sick" doing gay porn.[10]
He is married with one child.