Charles Dera (born December 21, 1978) is an American

pornographic actor A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dist ...

, stripper, and model.

Early life

Deraczunas
his real surname, was born in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

on December 21, 1978. He served in the

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before working as a

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dancer.

Career

In 2005, Dera was named ''

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'' magazine's Man of the Year. He has appeared in 313 films for the production company

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, as well as many

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movies. He has appeared in over 1,100 videos throughout his pornographic career. He also performed as "The Veteran" in the male strip troupe Men of the Strip. In 2016, he played the role of " Donald Drumpf" alongside Cherie DeVille as " Hillary Clayton" in the parody ''ZZ Erection'' for

. Dera received the

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for Best Actor in 2018.

Personal life

Dera resides in

Orange County, California Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, a ...

. Dera practices

jiu-jitsu Jujutsu ( ; ja, link=no, 柔術 , ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdu ...

, training on and off since the early 2000s. He trained under fellow Chippendales dancer and professional

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Mike Foland, and has an MMA record of five matches (two wins, two losses, one draw).

Filmography

Mixed martial arts record

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

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MixedMartialArts.com - Charles Dera
at

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