Robert Van Damme
Career
Born Robert Kovařík, he played ice hockey in the 1990s before relocating to California and debuting in adult film in 2003 as a "gay-for-pay" power-top performer. His breakout came with The Hunted in 2005, the same year he signed an exclusive contract with Hot House Entertainment; in February 2009 he co-founded his own studio, RVD Films, releasing a directorial debut the following month and partnering with GayMovies.com for video-on-demand distribution in 2010. His performing and directing career ended abruptly in May 2010, when US immigration authorities arrested him; he was extradited to the Czech Republic in 2013 and sentenced to nine years for armed robberies committed in 1999–2000, before he entered the industry.
Signature: A Grabby Awards Hall of Fame induction (2009) built across performing, directing and founding his own label inside a seven-year window — the most complete performer-to-studio-owner run of any Czech-born performer in gay film, cut short by an unrelated criminal conviction rather than by industry conduct.
Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0
Full award record2 entries
- 2009Grabby Awards — Hall of Fame
- 2009Hard Choice Awards — Best New Director
Best known for
Studios
Beyond performing
- Co-founder, RVD Films (2009)
