The first chapter of his autobiography, My Undoing: Life in the Thick of Sex, Drugs, Pornography and Prostitution (2006), begins: “ All I could see were pretty shapes and colours, my dick going in and out of his white cheeks.” From his days as an escort, his comment on how to have sex with men who repulse him: “Well, the thing is, very few men physically repulse me. Individual tracks are available on iTunes. Shaw wrote and produced two albums of music, performing lead vocals with his band "Whatever". He undertook formal studies in film, television, photography and video, subsequently taking post- college jobs directing and art directing music videos. Print modeling is merely his latest career turn. Shaw has worked in diverse fields, as an editor of an interior design magazine, a poet, an HIV activist, vocalist, producer, escort, composer and writer. That his present appearance renders him nearly unrecognizable from his days as a porn star is surely to his advantage, although the rose tattoo is an identity giveaway. He has modeled for GQ Magazine in Berlin, Le Figaro and El Pais, as well as in other print venues. He comes across as a confident, worldly man, the perfect type for promoting luxury goods. Nevertheless, it is difficult to reconcile his current appearance as a classically handsome, mature man with salt and pepper hair and a beard with his actual age – 52. Although a car accident brought a hiatus to his porn career – for a time he was paralyzed and in a wheelchair – he made a return with four more adult videos in 2003/2004.
He became one of the most popular global adult male stars before retiring from the porn industry in 1999 (he was diagnosed HIV positive in 1997). Peppermills, he says, "Waiter, may I please have a Rubirosa?" I kid you not. This day in Paris, if a restaurant patron wants one of those tall wooden *OK, I've received numerous E-mails about this, so here's a hint. Many of Shaw’s fans noticed a startling facial resemblance to Richard Gere (see photo below).
In fact, his penis was as much discussed in the 1990s as international playboy Porfirio Rubirosa’s(*) was in the 1930s (we're all of us too young to remember – just Goggle him). Shaw’s screen persona was that of a traditionally handsome natural man possessed of a spectacularly generous endowment (and a rose tattoo on his arm).
He was further distinguished by his British accent, although his porn roles required limited use of his speaking voice. Shaw didn’t shave his chest and obviously didn’t sunbathe in the nude – in fact, his sharply defined tan line became a trademark. He stood out from the pack of blonds and their smooth all-over-tanned bodies. Shaw made over 50 pornographic films, earning several industry awards along the way. What set him apart from his adult film peers was that he was a man of intellect. He came from respectability and has returned to it again, but there’s no ignoring that wild detour in the early 1990s when he established himself as a popular star of gay porn. 1966) had a traditional upbringing in England. British-born model, writer and former porn star Aiden Shaw (b.