Nacho Vidal

Nacho Vidal

Nacho VIdal at FICEB (2007)
Born Ignacio Jordà González
(1973-12-30) December 30, 1973
Mataró, Spain
Occupation Actor, director, producer, writer, editor, camera
Years active 1997–present
Children 3
Website http://www.nachovidal.com/
No. of adult films 543

Ignacio Jordà González,[1] aka Nacho Vidal (born 30 December 1973), is a Spanish pornographic actor, director, producer, writer, and camera operator.

Early life

Ignacio Jordà González was born in Mataró, Province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. When he was very young, González moved with his family to Valencia, where part of his family originated.[2][3] His family was wealthy, but ended up losing all their money in the 1987 stock market crash. His nickname, Nacho, is the common nickname for Ignacio. However, it has been reported he is referred by porn insiders as "Snatcho" and that he is a fan of nachos and dips, and has consumed them during some of his sex scenes, in order to bring some levity to the porn sets.[4]

Career

At age 14, Vidal quit school to start working to help his family.[4] As a young teenager, he used to have a punk band. He also was a boxer[4] and enlisted in the Spanish Legion in Melilla.[4] Later, he started working at the age of 21 in the live porn club Bagdad of Barcelona, where he performed live sexual acts in front of an audience with his girlfriend "Jazmine".[4] There, he met the director of the Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival, José María Ponce, who introduced him into the world of porn films.

Vidal is a protégé of Rocco Siffredi, who brought him to Hollywood in 1998. In his prolific career he has starred in more than 1500 movies; he has also produced and/or directed many others (since 2000, this has included gay titles for the Evil Angel video company). Although self-stated as heterosexual,[5] he has directed some gay porn films.[6]

Besides porn, Vidal has also starred in a few Spanish mainstream movies and TV shows including the Spanish TV series Los Simuladores[7] and the Spanish movies Va a ser que nadie es perfecto,[8] El Alquimista Impaciente[7] and Impávido.[9]

On October 16, 2012, Vidal and his sister María José Jordá González were arrested in Barcelona, suspected of involvement in money laundering and tax evasion on behalf of Chinese organized crime.[10] When Spanish police raided over 100 businesses in Madrid and Barcelona suspected of running money-laundering and tax evasion rackets in connection with the Chinese mob, Vidal and his sister were two of approximately 80 suspects detained.[11] Hundreds of police were involved in serving "warrants to search 120 properties belonging to those suspected of laundering money from prostitution and extortion."[12]

While Spanish prosecutors sought to hold Vidal in jail during the investigation and subsequent trial, on October 19, 2012, National Court Judge Fernando Andreu declined their request and instead accepted the defense's contention that, "Vidal is not a flight risk because he signed a contract to participate in a reality show for the next three months." Upon his no-bail release, Vidal announced, "Thanks to everyone for their support. I've gone without any charge."[12]

Despite personally avoiding detention during the investigation and trial, Vidal's movie studio Nacho Vidal Productions was implicated in the Spanish National Court led sting and charged with counts of flight of capital and tax evasion. The newspaper El País described Vidal as "one of the high[est]-profile suspects arrested" and explained that he was accused along with his sister of helping the ring "by issuing false invoices from his movie production company."[13]

Vidal claimed he was innocent.

Personal life

On 31 May 2005, Vidal announced his retirement from pornography and married Colombian pornographic actress Franceska Jaimes.[5] They moved to a mansion previously owned by his family, located in the small town of Enguera, in Valencia, recovering it after his family's financial losses. He and his wife started a family there.[4][8] However, the couple divorced six weeks later,[8] and Vidal returned to porn only a few months after announcing his retirement. He also has a daughter from an earlier relationship with Venezuelan Rosa Castro.[14]

Vidal has stated that he is very open-minded, but is heterosexual in his personal life.[15]

Awards and nominations

Nacho Vidal and Jewel De'Nyle holding their XRCO Award trophies for Best Male-Female Sex Scene in 2001

References

  1. ↑ Efemérides de espectáculos del 30 de agosto; Notimex, AOL Latino Entretenimiento, 29 December 2007
  2. ↑ "encuentro digital con Nacho Vidal" (in Spanish). www.elmundo.es. 2004-02-26. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  3. ↑ "» El pornstar Nacho Vidal sacará su libro Sexografías" (in Spanish). www.vanguardia.com.mx. 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Victor M. Amela (2004-03-10). "Interview with Nacho Vidal by Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia". La Vanguardia. Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  5. 1 2 EFE (2005-05-31). "Nacho Vidal article on Spain newspaper El Mundo". El Mundo. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  6. ↑ Nacho Vidal (2004-10-10). "Nacho Vidal official website". NachoVidal.com. Retrieved 2005-12-10.
  7. 1 2 IMDB. "Nacho Vidal IMDB page". IMDB. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  8. 1 2 3 Sandra Uve (2006-11-13). "Video interview with Nacho Vidal by Spain TV show Cuatrosfera". Cuatrosfera. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  9. ↑ "Impávido (2012)". FilmAffinity. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  10. ↑ "Sesenta personas fueron capturadas en operación contra lavado de activos y fraude fiscal en España.". El Tiempo. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  11. ↑ Ayala, Nelson (Oct 19, 2012). "Porn Star Nacho Vidal Charged With Tax Evasion". XBiz.com. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  12. 1 2 "Nacho Vidal Released on Bail". AVN Media Network. Oct 19, 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Alleged "Emperor" money-laundering kingpin imprisoned without bail". ElPais. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  14. ↑ Rosa Castro: "Si nos pasa algo, a mí o a mi hija, ha sido Nacho Vidal" (Rosa Castro: "If something happens to me or my daughter, it's Nacho Vidal's fault") (Spanish)
  15. ↑ "Interview with Nacho Vidal by Spanish newspaper El Mundo". El Mundo. 2004-02-26. Retrieved 2005-12-10.
  16. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners 2013, XBIZ, January, 2013
  17. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, January, 2012
  18. ↑ "Hot d'Or archives presse x, articles sur les Hot d'or". Hot-dor.fr. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  19. ↑ Paul Fishbein, "Pirates II, Evil Angel Big Winners at 2009 Hot d’Or Awards", AVN.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  20. ↑ "X Stars aux Ninfa Awards 2008: Les Gagnants!". 27 June 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  21. ↑ "Programación del Ficeb: más gorda que los miembros de sus actores". elmundo.es. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  22. ↑ "The FICEB Ninfa, Tacón de Aguja and HeatGay Awards". Web.archive.org. 2007-06-09. Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  23. ↑ 2004 Award winners & nominees
  24. ↑ Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival (2004)
  25. ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20050210190417/http://www.ficeb.com/ing/winners_ficeb_2003.htm 2003 FICEB Award winners & nominees]
  26. ↑ 2002 FICEB Award Winners & Nominees
  27. ↑ 2001 FICEB Award Nominees & Winners
  28. 1 2 "FICEB 2000 Awards". Web.archive.org. 2007-06-09. Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
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