Steven St. Croix, born Benjamin Banks on February 24, 1968, in Connecticut, USA, is an acclaimed American pornographic actor, director, painter, and author. Raised in a strict Jehovah's Witness household, he trained as a mason, worked in telemarketing, and sold adult videos before entering the industry in 1992. His debut was in *Deep Throat 6* as a last-minute replacement. Signing an exclusive contract with Vivid in 1995, he starred in hundreds of films, earning the AVN Hall of Fame induction in 2005 and NightMoves Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. He retired briefly in the late 1990s for mainstream roles in *Baywatch*, music videos, and *The Girl Next Door* (2004), returning in 2012. A Libertarian activist opposing condom mandates, he won the Free Speech Coalition's Positive Image Award in 2012. St. Croix authored *Porn Star* (2013) and *The New Century Man* (2016), and ran an art gallery in Cannes, France.