Dane Cross, born October 3, 1983, in San Francisco, California, USA, is a retired American pornographic actor and director of half German and half Greek descent. Growing up in a politically divided household—his father a Republican police officer, mother a Democrat—their divorce in his early teens led to depression, school truancy, and immersion in internet porn, inadvertently training his ejaculatory control for his future career. He witnessed a school shooting on March 5, 2001, capturing it photographically due to his passion for journalism and film.
A former photography student at Brooks Institute, Cross freelanced news footage using a police scanner and worked at a San Diego TV station before entering adult entertainment in 2007 via Craigslist amateur scenes with his girlfriend. Joining LA Direct Models in 2009, he amassed over 1,000 titles by 2021, winning XRCO Best New Stud (2009), XBIZ New Male Performer of the Year (2010), and earning multiple AVN nominations. He directed 'Tosh Porn.Oh' (2011), music videos featuring stars like Faye Reagan (his three-year girlfriend), and appeared in Showtime's 'LOOK.' Afflicted by panic disorder early on, the left-handed Independent pursued diverse creative ventures.