1. Quentin Elias was a French singer, actor and model.
29 Facts About Quentin Elias
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Quentin Elias worked as a model, acted in a number of feature films, television series and on stage and was featured in a number of advertisements.
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Quentin Elias took part in documentaries notably The Adonis Factor appearing on the documentary's promotional cover.
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Quentin Elias was active in body training, tattooing, in photography and in active blogging of his progress, all the while releasing more materials online.
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Quentin Elias was briefly involved in solo adult appearances on the Randy Blue gay male site under the pseudonym Q Quentin Elias made a comeback in France starting in 2011, appearing in a number of tours, made new releases for the French and European markets, including remakes of earlier Alliage hits and had a number of appearances on popular French reality television shows and on talk and entertainment shows talking candidly about his past.
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On 25 February 2014, Elias died at his home in New York City.
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Quentin Akacha Elias was born in Mende, Lozere, France to Algerian immigrants.
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Quentin Elias was born to Algerian and Malika Zeggour and had one sister Nina.
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In 1996, Quentin Elias auditioned and was selected as a member of Alliage and became its lead singer.
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However, later releases were lacklustre and Quentin Elias left Alliage in 1999 to pursue a separate solo career.
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Quentin Elias tried collaborating with the French producers, the Nacash brothers.
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Quentin Elias later relocated to New York City and began working with music producers such as Ernie Lake and Junior Vasquez.
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Quentin Elias relocated to New York in 2002 and released the single "Always the Last to Say Goodbye", produced by Christian Moeyaert.
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Quentin Elias performed at local gay venues and events such as Splash Bar, and Tom of Finland events.
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Besides performing some original songs, Quentin Elias has recorded some covers, like Madonna's song "Holiday", and "Shattered Dreams" by British pop group Johnny Hates Jazz.
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Quentin Elias made his theater debut starring in the role of Joe Kirwood in a production of "The Boulevard", a theater adaptation of the film "Sunset Blvd".
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Quentin Elias took on small roles as the cell mate of Bernie Madoff in the 2011 low-budget film Madoff: Made Off with America and in the 2012 thriller Azienda.
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In September 2007, Quentin Elias appeared in an episode of MTV's, My Super Sweet 16 hired to perform at a Sweet Sixteen birthday event.
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Quentin Elias made a special appearance on an episode of the television series The Things We Do for Love.
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Quentin Elias modeled for several fashion designers including; Giorgio Armani, Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler and Levi's.
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Quentin Elias served as a model for Nikos, a manufacturer of gay leather gear based in New York City.
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Quentin Elias worked as a model with a number of New York and California-based photographers, notably Carlos Arias, Ulrich Oehmen, Luis Raphael, Mike Ruiz, Michael Stokes, Scott Hoover and others.
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In 2008, Quentin Elias appeared on the pornography site "Randy Blue," performing in a solo video directed by Jeremy Lucido.
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Quentin Elias indulged in having a great number of tattoos including his Arabic name Akacha on his arm and the star and crescent to indicate his Algerian origin.
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Quentin Elias appeared in a great number of photoshots and video footage and actively kept an online blog and posted a huge amount of footage online about the progress of his career.
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Quentin Elias dispelled many rumors that he had cosmetically enhanced his lips, stating that they are natural.
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Quentin Elias died on February 25,2014, in his home on Staten Island, New York.
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Quentin Elias's body was sent to France where he was buried in Marseille, France.
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Quentin Elias was survived by his mother, Malika Zeggour and sister Nina Boileaux.