Brad Patton (pornographic actor)
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Brad Patton (born Joel Mangs; August 7, 1972) is an Australian-Swedish former gay pornographic actor and figure skater.[1]
Early life
[edit]Mangs was born in Melbourne to an Australian mother and a Swedish-Finnish father.[2] He spent his childhood in Australia, Finland, and Västerås, Sweden.[3]
He was raised in a religious family, and came out as gay at the age of 22.[4]
Career
[edit]Figure skating
[edit]Mangs started figure skating at the age of 9,[4] and won medals in Swedish Figure Skating Championships, and in Nordic Figure Skating Championship representing Sweden. After a knee injury put an end to his competitive career, he toured with Disney On Ice as a principal skater, starring as Hades from Hercules, Bagheera from The Jungle Book, and Scar from The Lion King.[5][6][3]
In 2007, he appeared (under his real name, Joel Mangs) on the Dutch TV show Dancing on Ice.[7][8]
He has participated and won medals in figure skating at the Gay Games and the World Outgames.[9][10] He has also worked as a trainer for young figure skaters in the Netherlands.[11][12]
Pornography
[edit]Patton made his pornographic debut in 2003 in Australia in a film directed by Chi Chi LaRue for Falcon Studios.[4] He worked exclusively for Falcon for two years, mostly as a top, making his bottoming debut in Heaven to Hell (2005).[13] He later also worked for Colt.[14]
Patton announced his retirement from porn in 2007, but briefly returned for a non-sex cameo in Earthbound: Heaven To Hell 2 (2017).[15][16]
He had been featured in DNA magazine #77 in 2006.[17][18] And in 2011, J. C. Adams included him in his list of 100 most famous porn stars, in his book Gay Porn Heroes, in The Superhung category.[19][20]
In 2016, a hoax photoset of a picture of Mike Pence and a picture of Brad Patton, with the caption "Mike Pence – blast from the gay past.” went viral, purporting to show Pence as a young, gay porn star.[21][22]
Awards and accolades
[edit]Figure skating
[edit]| Year | Competition | Division | Medals | Ref. |
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| 1991 | Swedish Figure Skating Championship | Junior | 
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| 1993 | Nordic Figure Skating Championship | Senior | 
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| 1994 | Swedish Figure Skating Championship | Senior |
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| 2002 | Gay Games |
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| 2006 | World Outgames | 
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Personal life
[edit]Patton was based in Amsterdam throughout his porn career, and continued to reside there after retirement.[2] Gay porn star Brian Hansen— who was Patton's boyfriend at the time— also retired, and moved to the Netherlands with him, staying there till their breakup.[23][24][25]
Patton married DJ Kidd Madonny in 2014,[26] and moved to Miami where his husband lived.[27][16] The couple own a decor company called 3DX.[28]
References
[edit]- ^ "Adult Star Brad Patton". gay.aebn.com. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ a b "Brad Patton". www.bradpatton.net. 2005-12-27. Archived from the original on 2005-12-12. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ a b "Svenske Joel världsstjärna i Disneys show". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2001-01-08. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ a b c "Brad Patton Interview & Photos | Mark's List". August 18, 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
- ^ M., Ivan (1999-03-18). "'Disney on Ice' fills 'Happily Ever After' with Herculean fun". Deseret News. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ Winn, Steven (1999-02-19). "Hercules Glides Along `Happily' / Gods, monsters, even skating in Disney show". SFGate.
- ^ "Pornomodel in Dancing on Ice". Radiowereld (in Dutch). 2007-01-13. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "Dutch presenter Marielle Bastiaansen with skating partner Joel Mangs..." Getty Images. 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ a b "Thanks for having us Sydney, say gays". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2002-11-10. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ a b Forman, Ross (2006-09-13). "Skate of the Union". Windy City Times. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "Kempen Trophy 2012 - Kunstschaatsvereniging Hoorn". kvhoorn.nl (in Dutch). 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "KVHoorn.nl Jaargang 4 nr. 3" (PDF). 2012.
- ^ "Heaven-To-Hell | Falcon Studios". www.falconstudios.com. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "Brad Patton - About". Entertainment.ie.
- ^ "Blake Riley, Dean Monroe, And Brad Patton Return To Gay Porn In Earthbound: Heaven To Hell 2 | STR8UPGAYPORN". str8upgayporn.com. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ a b Jansen, Brady (2017-05-02). "Chi Chi LaRue Is 'Earthbound' With Falcon AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "BRAD PATTON He's the latest Aussie porn sensation. So hung!". DNA. No. 77. 2006.
- ^ "DNA Magazine #77 gay men sexy BRAD PATTON SHERIF KANAWATI". eBay. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "GAY PORN HEROES: 100 MOST FAMOUS PORN STARS". print.gayeroticarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ Oui, Ann (2007-09-11). "Bruno Gmunder Publishes JC Adams' 'Gay Porn Heroes' AVN". AVN. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ People on Twitter are claiming to have unearthed VP elect Mike Pence’s gay porn past., Pink News
- ^ That Viral Photo Depicting A Young, Gay Mike Pence Is Not Actually Mike Pence, BuzzFeed News
- ^ "Brad Patton Dancing On Ice". QueerClick. 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "Bottom Boy Brian Hansen Is Returning To Gay Porn". QUEER ME NOW. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
- ^ Masters, Billy (2016-04-20). "Billy Masters". Windy City Times. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ Fagan, David [@Queer_America] (2013-12-18). "HE SAID YES! DJ KIDD MADONNY PROPOSES TO GAY SKATING MEDALIST JOEL MANGS (FORMER GAY ADULT STAR BRAD PATTON) #love" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Holland, Scott (2017-08-17). "Kidd Madonny Lights Up the DJ Booth | Hotspots Magazine". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ^ "3DX in Miami providing nights out on the town from your living room". WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale. 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2025-04-19.