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Michael Lucas (born in Moscow, Russia, on March 10 1972) is a pornographic actor (porn star), and founded Lucas Entertainment, a pornographic movie studio of which he is president.

Lucas was raised and attended college in Moscow. He graduated with a degree in law. In 1995, Lucas moved to Germany, then to France, where he began modeling and appearing on several European television programs and covers of many European magazines. In 1998, Lucas opened his own production company, Lucas Entertainment, in New York City. Later that year, he made his directorial debut with the well-received Back in the Saddle. This first production demostrated Michael Lucas's "renegade" vision that is strongly influenced by New York City. Basing his company in New York City, instead of Los Angeles, which is the main center for gay pornography, enabled Lucas to showcase the diversity of types and ethnicities found in the city.

Lucas started Lucas Distribution, Inc. in 2004, and LucasBlog.com in 2005, ventures in the competitive realms of adult video distribution and online media, respectively. In the summer of 2005, he released his most ambitious project to date, a high-budget adult film remake of Dangerous Liaisons
, featuring celebrity cameos from RuPaul, Boy George, Graham Norton, Bruce Vilanch, Lady Bunny, Amanda Lepore and Michael Musto.

Lucas has a reputation as an outspoken and controversial gay celebrity. A longtime advocate for safe-sex and against drug-use in both the porn industry and the gay community at large, he has taken out full-page public service announcements in several national publications. He was interviewed about his anti-drug campaign by his friend Harvey Fierstein in the August 17, 2004, issue of The Advocate.

On November 12, 2004, Lucas was sworn in as an American citizen. The same year, he appeared in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' book XXX: 30 Porn Star Photographs and the accompanying HBO documentary Thinking XXX.

In April 2005, Lucas was invited to speak at Yale University for a session. He spoke about his life history and his views on the porn industry in general.

In 2006, Lucas, through Lucas Entertainment, capitalized on or helped to manufacture headlines by signing John Paulus, a would-be porn artist who alleged that he had a sexual encounter with pop-star Clay Aiken.

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