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My Take
What interests me about Derek Hay, who performs as Ben English, is not the nearly 800 films or even the AVN Hall of Fame nod, but the pivot. Plenty of performers simply retire; he built and ran LA Direct Models, moving from in front of the camera to the business side of the industry. That takes a kind of nerve and commercial sense most never develop. His is a polarizing field, and I understand why some will look away, but I find it hard not to respect someone from rural Lincolnshire who mastered one lane and then expanded into management on his own terms. That trajectory is genuinely uncommon.
Overview
Derek Andrew Hay (born 12 August 1964), also known by his stage name Ben English, is a British pornographic actor and the founder and owner of the adult talent agency LA Direct Models. He semi-retired from performing in the late 2000s after appearing in nearly 800 movies. However, he has since then appeared in several movies.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ben English
- Name (Japanese)
- ベン・イングリッシュ
- Reading
- べん・いんぐりっしゅ
- Born
- August 12, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- pornographic actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2014 AVN Hall of Fame
- 2004 XRCO Award
- 2004 AVN Award for Best Male Newcomer
- 2009 AVN Award for Best Supporting Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Pornographic actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.