Greg Centauro (January 10, 1977 – March 26, 2011) was a French
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 ...
and
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''Di ...
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Career
Centauro came to notoriety in France during the early 2000s when he and his then-girlfriend
Clara Morgane
Clara Morgane (; born Emmanuelle Munos, 25 January 1981) is a French singer, media personality, television host and former pornographic actress.
Biography
Clara Morgane first became notable as a porn star : she started making movies with her b ...
became porn actors at the same time. Morgane, who performed most of her heterosexual scenes with Centauro, quickly became France's most popular adult actress. However, she retired from porn after two years, and Centauro wished to continue his career. The two eventually separated.
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'' Le Tag Parfait'', 26 March 2011 Centauro continued to perform in porn films in France, where he also started directing. He later moved to Budapest, the porn capital of Europe, where he became specialized in
gonzo pornography
Gonzo pornography is a style of pornographic film that attempts to place the viewer directly into the scene. Jamie Gillis is considered to have started the gonzo pornography genre with his ''On the Prowl'' series of films.
The name is a referenc ...
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He was the in-house producer for Paradise Film Entertainment.
Death
Centauro died in Budapest of a cocaine overdose on March 26, 2011 while he was in the shooting phase of ''Nut, Butts and Euro Sluts 2''.
Personal life
Centauro was married to Hungarian glamour model and pornographic actress Vera Versanyi from 2005 to 2011.
Centauro was a dedicated fan of the German rock outfit
Rammstein
Rammstein (, "ramming stone") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Berlin in 1994. The band's lineup—consisting of lead vocalist Till Lindemann, lead guitarist Richard Kruspe, rhythm guitarist Paul Landers, bassist Oliver Riedel, ...
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Partial filmography
* ''Anal History''
* ''Fucking Beautiful 7''
* ''Nuts, Butts, Euro Sluts''
* ''Pretty Chicks''
* ''Das Edelmodel''
* ''Sex Maniac Bitches''
Film labels
* Paradise Film Entertainment
*
Digital Sin
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* Platinum X Pictures
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Zero Tolerance
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Awards and nominations
* 2007
eLine Award, winner - Best International Series - ''Ass Drippers'' (Paradise Film)
* 2007 eLine Award, winner - Best International Actor
* 2008 eLine Award, winner - Best German Actor
* 2009
Erotixxx Award, winner - Best German Film - ''Black and White 4 U'' (Paradise Film)
References
External links
Paradise Film - official website*
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French pornographic film directors
French male pornographic film actors
French pornographic film producers
2011 deaths
1977 births
Mass media people from Marseille
Cocaine-related deaths
Accidental deaths in Hungary
Sex workers drug-related deaths