Tom Judson is an American

United States

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 musical theatre actor and composer, particularly for off-Broadway and Broadway plays, and a former porn actor. His credits include writing music for the films Metropolitan

Metropolitan (film)

Metropolitan is the first film by director and screenwriter Whit Stillman. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.-Synopsis:...

, Good Money and The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love is a 1995 film, written and directed by Maria Maggenti, of the story of two very different high school girls who fall in love. It generated good notices and publicity at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. It also launched the film careers of Laurel...

, as well as performing on Broadway and in national stage tours of the musicals 42nd Street

42nd Street (musical)

42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production, directed by an ailing Gower Champion and orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit...

and Cabaret

Cabaret (musical)

Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....

Well into his forties, and with an established career in mainstream show business, he embarked on a career in gay pornography

Gay pornography

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 under the name Gus Mattox. He retired from porn in 2006 after only two years to concentrate on his career as an actor and musician.

As Mattox, he won Best Actor at the 2006 GayVN Awards

GayVN Awards

The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by AVN Magazine, the parent publication of GAYVN Magazine, and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998.The award recipients...

 for his part in Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons

Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons is a gay adult film directed by Michael Lucas and released by Lucas Entertainment in 2005. The film is a film adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, a novel written in 1782 by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos...

, which also won Best Picture.

Judson has written and is now performing his autobiographical one-man show Canned Ham.

Selected videography

• "Starrbooty: Reloaded", 2007
• Big Rig, 2006
• Bolt, 2004
• Bootstrap, 2005
• Brooklyn Meat Company, 1999
• FiveStar, 2003

External links

• Official site
• Featured article from the Village Voice
• Featured article from the New York Times
• Featured article from The Advocate
  The Advocate
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• Tom Judson's Canned Ham blog