18 Facts About Tom Byron

Tom Byron continues to work as an editor for XPW TV.

Tom Byron is of Italian descent and was raised in Orange, Texas.

Tom Byron attended Stark High School and later West Orange-Stark high school where he graduated in 1979.

Tom Byron attended Houston Baptist University on a full scholarship, but dropped out after a semester and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of appearing in adult films.

Tom Byron first started acting in hardcore films in May 1982, and continued to perform mostly in roles portraying doctors or "coming of age" scenarios, as he resembled a teenager even though he was in his early to mid-20s.

Tom Byron performed with Ginger Lynn in her second-ever scene, and claims that experience convinced the actress to remain in porn after her first scene with Ron Jeremy had her contemplating quitting the business.

In porn's 1980s heyday, Tom Byron says that pills such as Viagra didn't yet exist to help male performers, and many including himself regularly smoked cannabis before filming as a means of getting in the mood.

Tom Byron did begin to turn to pills for help later in his career.

Tom Byron was rumored to have had an ongoing off-screen relationship with Lords in the mid-80s, though in the years since he has alternately downplayed their relationship and admitted that he had been in love with her.

Tom Byron says he "fell hard" in love with porn actress Jill Kelly in the early 90s after the suicide of her estranged husband Cal Jammer.

Tom Byron dated porn actress Tera Patrick early in her career.

Tom Byron has changed his image several times throughout his career, frequently portraying a clean-shaven, adolescent virgin in his early years in porn.

Tom Byron's late 1980s long-haired hard rock persona was no pretense, as Byron was a struggling hard rock musician in Hollywood with hopes of a career in music.

Tom Byron named Jada Stevens and Gia Derza as his favorite then-current performers, though he retired before he had an opportunity to work with either of them.

Tom Byron says that a return to performing in porn is extremely unlikely, as age has caught up with him and he currently has problems maintaining an erection.

In 2020, Tom Byron revealed that he is busy writing his autobiography with the help of author Mike Sager, whose work inspired the award-winning 1997 motion picture Boogie Nights.

Tom Byron has said there is already interest in turning his story into a major motion picture.

Tom Byron appeared in about 3,200 videos in his pornographic career, making him the most credited actor in the Internet Adult Film Database as of January 2013.