Tom Byron (born Thomas Bryan Taliaferro April 4, 1961 in Houston, Texas) is an American pornographic actor and director. He is of Italian descent. He is sometimes credited as Tom Byrom, Tommy Byron, The Icon, or The Great White Hope. A member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame, he is one of the most recognizable actors in the porn business.
When Byron first started acting in hardcore films, in May 1982, he played mostly the young schoolboy or ...
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Tom Byron (born Thomas Bryan Taliaferro April 4, 1961 in Houston, Texas) is an American pornographic actor and director. He is of Italian descent. He is sometimes credited as Tom Byrom, Tommy Byron, The Icon, or The Great White Hope. A member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame, he is one of the most recognizable actors in the porn business.
When Byron first started acting in hardcore films, in May 1982, he played mostly the young schoolboy or "coming of age" roles due to the fact that he looked like a teenager even though he was in his early to mid 20s. He starred alongside Traci Lords in many movies including her first one in early 1984, What Gets Me Hot! He was also known to have had an ongoing off-screen relationship with Lords, who was underage at the time.
Although remaining quiet on his earlier gay porn appearances, Byron has confirmed the authenticity of a series of pictures which depict him performing oral sex on a transsexual.
He has appeared in small uncredited ...
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