Ron Jeremy. Ronald Jeremy Hyatt was born on March 12, 1953, in Queens, New York. A porn actor, film producer, actor, and stand-up performer.
AVN magazine ranked him No. 1 among the “Top 50 Porn Actors of All Time”.
Ron was born into a middle-class Jewish family. His ancestors came from Russia and Poland. His father was a doctor, and his mother was a book editor. He completed his studies at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School.
Career
Jeremy left his teaching career to start his acting career on Broadway.
Jeremy soon found a job. He posed in front of Playgirl’s cameras after his girlfriend submitted his photos to the magazine. Jeremy took the opportunity to get into the adult film industry. He thought of this as an excellent way to support himself.
Jeremy started using his two first names in porn after his grandmother, Rose, was flooded with calls. He received calls almost every hour from potential clients who saw his picture in Playgirl.
He even had to move out of his house for a month. “My father said, If you want to get into this naked, crazy business, do it, but if you use our last name again, I’ll kill you.” To protect his family, he quickly abandoned the name, referring to them in his films.
The nickname ‘hedgehog’
Jeremy quickly got the nickname for the hedgehog. William Margold, his porn colleague gave him this nickname in 1979 while shooting the Olympic Fever porn movie.
Jeremy flew from New York to the filming location. Because he was expecting warm California weather. So he only put on a T-shirt and shorts and didn’t put on any more clothes. As they rode for a long time to the filming site, Lake Arrowhead, in the California mountains, the weather got colder and colder. He was almost hypodermic. When they arrived on the scene, Jeremy immediately took a hot shower. Ron was done with the shower. His skin turned pink, and all her body hairs stood against the sky. Margold saw him, he said to him, “My friend, you are a hedgehog! A walking, talking hedgehog!” Contrary to popular belief, his nickname had nothing to do with his weight because he was physically fit at that time.
Jeremy is in the list of Guinness Book of Records as “Who starred the most in adult films.” There are more than 2,000 films under his name in the Internet Adult Film Database. In addition, he directed 285 similar-style films. By comparison, John Holmes, second on the list, was featured in 384 movies according to the IAFD. Rocco Siffredi stared in 1,300 films.
His accomplishments in the adult film industry show that he won several prizes, and he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame. In addition, in recognition of his work, he also received a place at the Adult Star Path of Fame in Edition, New Jersey.
Mainstream
In addition to the adult film industry, Ron Jeremy appeared in numerous films and series. For example, he worked as a “special consultant” for “Nine and Half week” American drama film in 1986. He was star in the 1996 horror film “They Bite.” And then he worked as a consultant in the film “Boogie Nights” in 1997. This film accompanied the rise of a fictional porn star, Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg). This film is based in part on the story of John Holmes, who works with Jeremy. He was also a consultant on the 1994 film The Chase. And as an extra character, he appeared in the Ghostbusters.
Jeremy starred as a playable character in the Celebrity Deathmatch video game. They used his face as a fairy in Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, in which he gives hints and tips to the protagonist. Ron Jeremy is also featured in Bonetown as king and sex god.
Private
The director Scott J. Gill made a documentary about him and his legacy. Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy, released in 2001. His own autobiography is ‘The Hardest (Working) Man in the Showbiz‘.
On February 15, 2008, Monique Alexander and Ron Jeremy represented the porn industry at a debate at Yale University against opponents of pornography, Craig Gross (founder of the XXX Church) and Donny Pauling (former porn producer).
The latest news is that more than a dozen women have publicly accused Jeremy of sexual violence over the years, most recently in August 2020. He is now on trial in these cases.