Brad Patton (pornographic actor)
Swedish adult film actor and figure skater From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brad Patton (born Joel Mangs; August 7, 1972) is an Australian-Swedish former gay pornographic actor and figure skater.[1]
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Early life
Mangs was born in Melbourne to an Australian mother and a Swedish-Finnish father.[2] He spent his childhood in Australia, Finland, and Västerås, Sweden.[3]
He was raised in a religious family, and came out as gay at the age of 22.[4]
Career
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Figure skating
Mangs started figure skating at the age of 9,[4] and won medals in Swedish Figure Skating Championships, and in Nordic Figure Skating Championship representing Sweden. After a knee injury put an end to his competitive career, he toured with Disney On Ice as a principal skater, starring as Hades from Hercules, Bagheera from The Jungle Book, and Scar from The Lion King.[5][6][3]
In 2007, he appeared (under his real name, Joel Mangs) on the Dutch TV show Dancing on Ice.[7][8]
He has participated and won medals in figure skating at the Gay Games and the World Outgames.[9][10] He has also worked as a trainer for young figure skaters in the Netherlands.[11][12]
Adult Film Career
Patton made his adult film debut in 2003 in Australia in a film directed by Chi Chi LaRue for Falcon Studios.[4] He worked exclusively for Falcon for two years, mostly as a top, making his bottoming debut in Heaven to Hell (2005).[13] He later also worked for Colt.[14]
Patton announced his retirement from the adult film industry in 2007, but briefly returned for a non-sex cameo in Earthbound: Heaven To Hell 2 (2017).[15][16]
He had been featured in DNA magazine #77 in 2006.[17][18] And in 2011, J. C. Adams included him in his list of 100 most famous porn stars, in his book Gay Porn Heroes, in The Superhung category.[19][20]
In 2016, a hoax photoset of a picture of Mike Pence and a picture of Brad Patton, with the caption "Mike Pence – blast from the gay past.” went viral, purporting to show Pence as a young, gay porn star.[21][22]
Awards and accolades
Figure skating
| Year | Competition | Division | Medals | Ref. |
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| 1991 | Swedish Figure Skating Championship | Junior |  |
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| 1993 | Nordic Figure Skating Championship | Senior |  |
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| 1994 | Swedish Figure Skating Championship | Senior | |
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| 1995 | |
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| 2002 | Gay Games | |
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| 2006 | World Outgames |  |
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Personal life
Patton was based in Amsterdam throughout his adult film career, and continued to reside there after retirement.[2] Gay adult film star Brian Hansen— who was Patton's boyfriend at the time— also retired, and moved to the Netherlands with him, staying there till their breakup.[23][24][25]
Patton married DJ Kidd Madonny in 2014,[26] and moved to Miami where his husband lived.[27][16] The couple own a decor company called 3DX.[28]
References
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