By the end of the year, he'd graduated to A-list studios like Bijou Video ("Big Salami," 1986). Already, Black was sporting his trademark mustache and tattoo. He followed it up with his first duo scene, "Duo #6 (Black Forest Productions, 1986). His first effort was a solo for Eagle Studios, "Jack Off" (1986).
asked him if he would consider doing adult videos, and Black agreed. A director for the porn studio Adam & Co. His lover was a model for the Tom of Finland calendar that year, and the two of them were attending an autograph party. "My one and only answer is because the money sounded good!" He was with his first lover at a bar in Silver Lake, a suburb of Los Angeles. "People always ask me why I got into the biz," Black said. He enjoyed working out, playing volleyball and tennis, and engaging in leather, bondage, rubber and S&M sex-play. He graduated from college with a degree in radio and television. (His nom de porn is taken from his home-town and his racial background.) He was 6' tall and weighed 185 lbs. His racial heritage was African, Spanish and French-Canadian. He had been dead for a few days."Īustin Black was born in Austin, Tex., on Sept. When I entered the apartment, I found him dead in the tub. "I noticed water running out of his door. "I had not seen him for a few days, so I went to check up on him," Summers said. The Los Angeles County coroner's office says he died of natural causes (most likely a heart problem).įellow gay porn star Randy Summers, who manages the apartment building where Black was living, discovered his body on March 9, 2006. Austin Black, the legendary mixed-race gay adult film performer whose career spanned 20 years, has died.