Born in Germany but raised in France, he graduated in law after studying in France, Belgium and Greece. Among the many jobs he worked for some time as a personal trainer in London. He began his career as a pornographic actor in 2004 as an exclusive model from Lucas Entertainment, taking the film Manhattan Heat, Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons, Obsession and Kings of New York. Immediately got a nomination for Best Newcomer GayVN Awards 2005 and was voted "Hottest Porn Star of 2005" by the magazine Out Magazine.
In 2006 he acquired a good popularity outside of the pornographic industry, when some websites erroneously reported his participation in the video for Madonna Sorry.
After a pause, in which he had to fight against cancer, Knight was imposed on the hard scene as a prolific versatile performer, participating in more than 20 films for production companies such as Lucas Entertainment and Raging Stallion Studios. In 2010, after several nominations, won a GayVN Award for performer of the year.
On March 5, 2013 he took his own life, two weeks after the suicide of his husband, Jerry Enriquez, with whom he was legally married in Canada for seven years. Enriquez lead to the tragic gesture seems to have been the difficulty in finding a job in Canada and the impossibility of being able to return with his husband in the home country (immigration laws and the lack of recognition of their union by the United States would could lead to expulsion from the country of Knight). Knight, unable to bear the pain for the loss of his companion, killed himself in the hotel in Vancouver where they were married.
Wilfried Knight, stage name of Wilfried Chevalier ( February 19, 1975 - Vancouver , March 5, 2013 ) was a French pornographic actor born in Germany. On March 5, 2013 he took his own life, two weeks after the suicide of his husband, Jerry Enriquez, with whom he was legally married in Canada for seven years. Enriquez lead to the tragic gesture seems to have been the difficulty in finding a job in Canada and the impossibility of being able to return with his husband in the home country.
Source: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfried_Knight
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Kensington (May 29, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0758217501
ISBN-13: 978-0758217509
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