Danny Wylde

Career

Born Christopher Daniel Zeischegg, Wylde began performing at nineteen and won the 2012 AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene, Video. In April 2013, as the industry fought the newly passed Measure B condom mandate in Los Angeles County, he debated the ordinance on HuffPost Live against fellow performer Steven St. Croix. He left performing in 2013 and contributed the essay "Our Pornography" to The Feminist Porn Book, going on to publish three novels between 2013 and 2020 and front the band Chiildren.

Signature: Held a real AVN win, then used the exact moment the industry’s Valley-based production model was collapsing under Measure B to write the plainest first-person account of leaving that this category has produced.

Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0

Scores are normalised within a single ranking's field, so this breakdown is Danny Wylde's placement inside The Best American Pornstars, Ranked by Industry Impact — the largest field she appears in. Her rank on each of the other 1 ranking below was computed against that ranking's own field and is not the same measurement.

Full award record1 entries

• 2012AVN — Best Group Sex Scene, Video

Best known for

Mainstream credits

• The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure (essay, "Our Pornography")
• Three published novels (2013–2020)
• Chiildren (band)

Official links

Official siteX

Ranked alongside

• Buck Angel
• Lorelei Lee
• Joanna Angel
• Nina Hartley
• Tera Patrick
• Kayden Kross

Sources and verification2 sources

Last audited 25 August 2026 · Wikipedia — Danny Wylde · Newsweek — "Danny Wylde: Ex-Porn Actor Christopher Zeischegg on Why #MeToo Should Include Sex Workers"

Not yet confirmed:

• Total documented credit count
• Exact retirement date