About Tony Buff



Don’t let the youthful appearance and disarming smile fool you because when it comes to BDSM, this 38-year-old Italian-American is recognized as one of the heaviest players on the national scene. While he considers himself a power switch, it is his skill set as a top that brought him to the attention of the folks at TITAN. As the vice president of Titan Media, Keith Webb, says, “Tony is one of the world’s hottest and most experienced BDSM tops and brings a new level of performance to this genre.”

Born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1970, Tony was raised in southern California and joined the Marine Corps at age 17 after graduating high school then studied philosophy and political science at California State University, Long Beach.

Tony now lives in Seattle, WA where he works as a Trainer, frequently traveling to demonstrate and teach BDSM skills throughout the United States and Canada in addition to co-authoring a regular column for Instigator Magazine with his collared boy Derek da Silva. He began performing in what he refers to as ‘Art Films’ with the production of Soldiers of Misfortune, directed by GayVN Hall of Fame Director and leather/Sm community legend, Daddy Zeus in which Tony delivers one of the most intense beatings ever captured on film, to his collared boy Derek. His debut performance, however, came in the September 2007 release of Titan Media’s Fear, part of the ‘Titan/Folsom’ co-branded line of Leather/Sm features in association with Folsom Street Events.

As an exclusive performer with Titan Media, Tony quickly distinguished himself within the industry, earning 2009 GayVN Award nominations for Best Actor (Home Invasion) and Best Fetish Performer. A well-known player and leader within the Leather/Sm community, he brings a level of authenticity to hardcore fetish play like no other. From his signature suspended waterboarding scene in the GAYVN award-winning film Fear, to his breakout performance and codirecting of Blu-ray™ mega-hit Folsom Prison, Tony steals the screen whenever he appears. With less than two years in the industry Tony was tapped by Titan to continue his exclusive contract through the launch of a new line of R.A.C.K. (Risk Aware Consensual Kink) inspired films in which he will perform and co-direct with GayVN award winning videographer, Paul Wilde.

“We are very proud that Tony has chosen to sign with Titan Media,” says Bruce Cam, CEO of Titan Media. “Tony is the most exciting new fetish performer to come along in years. His natural abilities to direct became apparent over the past year of filming. We are very excited to transition this amazing performer into a director. I personally can’t wait to see the level of intensity he will bring to these films!”

But it’s his passion for the Sadomasochistic arts that has made him a recognized activist and leader in his local community. In addition to teaching workshops, performing demos and helping out with various fundraising events, Tony served as Washington State Mr Leather in 2002. He now servers as Chaplain to the Board of Generic Leather Productions of Washington and as a Board Member and Producer for the Washington Sate Mr|Ms Leather Organization. He is also a member of Seattle Men in Leather and an associate member of both the Chicago Hellfire Club and the Men of Discipline – San Francisco. Tony’s deepest connections are with the members of his leather family, the Dragon Clan and his collared boys.

For his involvement, Tony has been twice knighted by the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle; received the Leather Emerald Award in 2003; has been sainted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St Joan; adopted by Sandy Reinhardt into Mama’s Family as “Mama’s Big Screen;” and was most recently selected as NakedSword’s Dream Team Player for September 2008.

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