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{{short description|American pornographic actor (born 1970)}}
[[Image:Mr_Marcus_DSC_0267.JPG|thumb|Mr. Marcus]]
{{Infobox adult biography
|name = Mr. Marcus
|image = AN Mister Marcus 1.JPG
|caption = Marcus in 2007
|birth_name = Jesse Anthony Spencer<ref>{{cite web|last=Winton|first=Richard|title=Porn star pleads no contest to exposing another to disease|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=June 5, 2013|date=June 4, 2013|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-porn-star-syphilis-disease-20130604,0,1801778.story}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|9|4}}
|birth_place = [[Pomona, California]] [[U.S.]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|spouse =
|agent = Elayne Rivers
|height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name="twitter">{{cite web|title=Mr.Marcus Twitter|publisher=[[Twitter]]|url=https://twitter.com/akaMrMarcus/status/345235005108285440|access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref>
|alias = Mister Marcus, Mr. Marquis
}}
'''Mr. Marcus''' (born September 4, 1970) is the [[stage name]] of '''Jesse Spencer''', an American [[pornographic film actor]] and director known for acting in or directing over 1,800 [[pornographic film]]s.


In 2009, he was inducted into the [[AVN Award]]s Hall of Fame.<ref name="avn09"/>
'''Mr. Marcus''' (born '''Marcus Spencer''' on [[September 4]], [[1970]] in [[Oakland, California]]) is an [[American]] [[pornographic actor]]. He is particularly known for having sex with 101 different women in the film ''The World's Luckiest Black Man''.


== Biography ==
He also starred in [[Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle]] with [[Jade Marcela]] in an extremely long
[[File:Mr Marcus DSC 0267.JPG|thumb|upright|Marcus during shooting of film ''Black in White 2'' in 2004]]
anal scene.
Marcus was born Jesse Spencer in [[Pomona, CA]] on September 4, 1970. Before becoming a [[pornographic actor]], he worked as a truck driver.<ref name=SFgate1>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/Controversial-Porn-Star-Mr-Marcus-Tries-On-4058848.php|title=Controversial Porn Star Mr. Marcus Tries On Measure B, Announces Partnership to Promote Testing|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=2012-11-22|access-date=2012-11-24}}</ref> He started work in the pornography industry in 1994.<ref name=SFgate1/> He began his career as a director with the movie My Baby Got Back 7.<ref name="VibeMay1997">{{cite web |last1=Morales |first1=Robert |title=Sexy Motherfuckers |url=http://www.vibe.com/archive/may97/docs/porn1.html |website=Vibe.com |access-date=23 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980611143530/http://www.vibe.com/archive/may97/docs/porn1.html |archive-date=11 June 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He has been married since the early 1990s and has two children.<ref name=Married>{{cite news|url=http://theurbandaily.com/2010/08/06/porn-star-mr-marcus-speaks-about-challenges-of-married-life/|title=Porn Star Mr. Marcus Speaks About Challenges of Married Life|work=[[The Urban Daily]]|date=2010-08-06|access-date=2014-05-09}}</ref> He has been called the [[LL Cool J]] of porn.<ref name="VibeMay1997"/>


== Syphilis outbreak ==
He was raised by his mother, who was a single parent and on [[welfare (financial aid)|welfare]] when he was young; his father had abandoned them prior to his birth. At 16 he started lifting weights. He got his start in porn by simply getting numbers from the back of a couple of magazines.
In August 2012, Marcus was the central person in an outbreak of [[syphilis]] among porn-performers leading to a hold on filming.<ref name=xbizsyph1>{{cite web | title =APHSS: Two Confirmed Syphilis-Positive Performers | publisher = [[XBIZ]] | url =http://www.xbiz.com/news/153058 | date = 2012-08-22| access-date = 2012-08-24| first=John | last=Sanford}}</ref><ref name=bbc1>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19368744|date=2012-08-24|title=Porn actor says he's 'to blame' for syphilis outbreak|work=Newsbeat|publisher=[[BBC]]|first=Dan|last=Cairns|access-date=2012-11-24}}</ref> The investigation revealed that Mr. Marcus was the first infected with syphilis and that he had provided incomplete information to the producers.<ref name=bbc1 /><ref name=xbizsyph2>{{cite web | title =Syphilis-Positive Porn Performer Mr. Marcus Apologizes, Admits to Altered Test | publisher = [[XBIZ]] | url =http://www.xbiz.com/news/153050 | date = 2012-08-22| access-date = 2012-08-24| first=Dan| last=Miller}}</ref> Marcus first noticed evidence of the infection as a rash of brown spots on his hands. He attempted self-diagnosis by Internet searches and asking other people, with no success. He assumed it was due to stress or a vitamin deficiency and started taking vitamin supplements. On June 13, 2012, Marcus passed a medical test performed by Cutting Edge Testing because testing for syphilis was not standard at that time.<ref name=xbiz3>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/153477|title=Nica Noelle: The Curious Case of Mr. Marcus|date=2012-09-04|first=Nica|last=Noelle|work=[[XBIZ]]|access-date=2012-11-24}}</ref>


In May, a performer noticed marks on his penis and refused to work with him. Marcus believed this to just be a rough patch of skin or a reaction to a [[personal lubricant]]. On June 24, Marcus filmed a production for [[Bang Bros]] with noticeable white lesions on his penis. None of the other performers or production crew mentioned anything, and with the recent clean test, Marcus still believed it was due to vitamin deficiency.<ref name=xbiz3 /> Marcus was first diagnosed with syphilis on July 12, 2012, by his personal doctor and received a shot of [[penicillin]] the next day. On July 14, 2012, Marcus went for another routine medical test with Talent Testing Services (TTS), which had added syphilis to its standard tests two weeks previously. This test was positive but was only a day after the injection. He waited the recommended 10 days from the initial test and was retested by TTS on July 21. The test was still positive but his doctor informed him that it was safe, he was not contagious and that his body would always show a base level reading for the infection.
He divorced from his first wife when she found out about his [[porn]] career. Mr. Marcus had a long-term relationship with [[Silvia Saint]] that ended after he was allegedly physically and verbally abusive towards her.


Marcus returned to work on July 24, and due to his history and reputation in the industry he was not asked for the full test and just showed the producer a copy on his cellphone, enabling him to hide the [[rapid plasma reagin]] (RPR) section relevant to syphilis. For a different production, Marcus faked paper documentation by folding the page of the original to hide the RPR results and making a photocopy. This was noticed by Mark Blazing of Blazing Bucks on August 7, a week after filming. During this time Marcus had worked three times, although the female performers from these productions all subsequently tested negative. The outbreak had occurred before he was diagnosed and received the penicillin.<ref name=bbc1 /><ref name=xbizsyph2 /><ref name=xbiz3 /><ref>{{cite news|last=Kathleen Miles|title=Mr. Marcus Admits Starting Porn Syphilis Outbreak By Altering His Test Results|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/mr-marcus-admits-porn-syphilis-scare-alter-test_n_1826003.html|access-date=24 December 2012|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]]|date=23 August 2012}}</ref>
He is known for his group sex and interracial movies. His specialty is hardcore sex with petite white women. He was responsible for discovering [[Katie Morgan]], and had an affair with her. He is also known for having sex with [[Karrine Steffans]], a.k.a. "Superhead", a former music video model.


=== Jail sentence and civil suit ===
His second daughter was born [[August 12]], [[2002]]. He is currently being sued by the mother of his second child for lack of child support payments.
On June 4, 2013, Marcus was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 36-month probation for "knowingly exposing at least two co-stars to syphilis after testing positive for the disease days earlier"
<ref>{{cite news|last=Romero|first=Dennis|title=Porn's 'Mr. Marcus' Jailed for Exposing Co-Stars to Syphilis|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/06/mr_marcus_porn_syphilis_scare_jailed.php|access-date=4 June 2013|work=LA Weekly|date=4 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608193549/http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/06/mr_marcus_porn_syphilis_scare_jailed.php|archive-date=8 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2014 a $129,360 judgment was made in favor of Lylith LaVey, a costar who Marcus had exposed to syphilis.<ref name=2014Lawsuit>{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=Mr. Marcus Ordered To Pay LaVey $130,000 for Syphilis Exposure|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/legal/Mr-Marcus-Ordered-To-Pay-LaVey-130-000-for-Syphilis-Exposure-564981.html|website=AVN.com|publisher=Adult Video News|access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref>


==See also==
== Awards ==
* 1998 [[XRCO Award]] - Male Performer of the Year<ref name='XRCOPast'>{{cite news|title=XRCO past winners|url=http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/oldies.html |access-date=2008-02-11}}</ref>
*[[List of male porn stars]]
* 1999 [[AVN Award]] – Best Group Sex Scene, Film (''The Masseuse 3'')<ref name='AVN'>{{cite news|title=Past AVN Award Winners|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |access-date=2008-02-11}}</ref>
* 2001 XRCO Award – Best Threeway Sex Scene (''Up Your Ass 18'')<ref name='XRCOPast'/>
* 2003 AVN Award – [[AVN Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]], Film (''Paradise Lost'')<ref name='AVN'/>
* 2006 [[XRCO Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/22154 |title=Hillary Scott Big Winner at XRCO Awards|work=XBIZ|date=6 April 2007 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="XRCO 2006 listing">{{cite web|url=http://www.dirtybob.com/xrco/2006win/index.htm |title=XRCO 2006 AWARD CATEGORIES, NOMINATIONS, AND WINNERS|date=5 April 2007|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref>
* 2009 [[AVN Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref name=avn09>{{cite web|title=Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards |url=http://avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |date=2008-11-25 |access-date=2008-11-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203003734/http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2008 }}</ref>
* 2009 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (''Cry Wolf'')<ref name=avnwin09>{{cite web|title=2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced|publisher=AVN.com|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/34090.html |author=David Sullivan|access-date=2009-01-11|date=2009-01-11}}</ref>
* 2009 [[Urban X Award]] – Crossover Male<ref name=urban>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanxawards.com/Winners.html|title=2009 Award Winners|publisher=Urban X Awards|access-date=August 1, 2009|archive-date=July 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726165213/http://www.urbanxawards.com/Winners.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2009 Urban X Award – Male Performer of the Year<ref name=urban/>
* 2010 AVN Award – Best Double Penetration Sex Scene (''[[Bobbi Starr]] and [[Dana DeArmond]]'s Insatiable Voyage'')<ref name=avn10win>{{cite web|title=2010 AVN Award Winners Announced|publisher=AVN.com|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/37142.html |date=2010-01-10|access-date=2010-01-10}}</ref>


==External links==
== References ==
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*[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=16619861 www.myspace.com/mrmarcusakadaddy]
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Latest revision as of 17:53, 20 August 2024

Mr. Marcus
Marcus in 2007
Born
Jesse Anthony Spencer[1]

(1970-09-04) September 4, 1970 (age 54)
Pomona, California U.S.
Other namesMister Marcus, Mr. Marquis
AgentElayne Rivers
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]

Mr. Marcus (born September 4, 1970) is the stage name of Jesse Spencer, an American pornographic film actor and director known for acting in or directing over 1,800 pornographic films.

In 2009, he was inducted into the AVN Awards Hall of Fame.[3]

Biography

[edit]
Marcus during shooting of film Black in White 2 in 2004

Marcus was born Jesse Spencer in Pomona, CA on September 4, 1970. Before becoming a pornographic actor, he worked as a truck driver.[4] He started work in the pornography industry in 1994.[4] He began his career as a director with the movie My Baby Got Back 7.[5] He has been married since the early 1990s and has two children.[6] He has been called the LL Cool J of porn.[5]

Syphilis outbreak

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In August 2012, Marcus was the central person in an outbreak of syphilis among porn-performers leading to a hold on filming.[7][8] The investigation revealed that Mr. Marcus was the first infected with syphilis and that he had provided incomplete information to the producers.[8][9] Marcus first noticed evidence of the infection as a rash of brown spots on his hands. He attempted self-diagnosis by Internet searches and asking other people, with no success. He assumed it was due to stress or a vitamin deficiency and started taking vitamin supplements. On June 13, 2012, Marcus passed a medical test performed by Cutting Edge Testing because testing for syphilis was not standard at that time.[10]

In May, a performer noticed marks on his penis and refused to work with him. Marcus believed this to just be a rough patch of skin or a reaction to a personal lubricant. On June 24, Marcus filmed a production for Bang Bros with noticeable white lesions on his penis. None of the other performers or production crew mentioned anything, and with the recent clean test, Marcus still believed it was due to vitamin deficiency.[10] Marcus was first diagnosed with syphilis on July 12, 2012, by his personal doctor and received a shot of penicillin the next day. On July 14, 2012, Marcus went for another routine medical test with Talent Testing Services (TTS), which had added syphilis to its standard tests two weeks previously. This test was positive but was only a day after the injection. He waited the recommended 10 days from the initial test and was retested by TTS on July 21. The test was still positive but his doctor informed him that it was safe, he was not contagious and that his body would always show a base level reading for the infection.

Marcus returned to work on July 24, and due to his history and reputation in the industry he was not asked for the full test and just showed the producer a copy on his cellphone, enabling him to hide the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) section relevant to syphilis. For a different production, Marcus faked paper documentation by folding the page of the original to hide the RPR results and making a photocopy. This was noticed by Mark Blazing of Blazing Bucks on August 7, a week after filming. During this time Marcus had worked three times, although the female performers from these productions all subsequently tested negative. The outbreak had occurred before he was diagnosed and received the penicillin.[8][9][10][11]

Jail sentence and civil suit

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On June 4, 2013, Marcus was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 36-month probation for "knowingly exposing at least two co-stars to syphilis after testing positive for the disease days earlier" [12] In June 2014 a $129,360 judgment was made in favor of Lylith LaVey, a costar who Marcus had exposed to syphilis.[13]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Winton, Richard (June 4, 2013). "Porn star pleads no contest to exposing another to disease". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mr.Marcus Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). 2008-11-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
  4. ^ a b "Controversial Porn Star Mr. Marcus Tries On Measure B, Announces Partnership to Promote Testing". San Francisco Chronicle. 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  5. ^ a b Morales, Robert. "Sexy Motherfuckers". Vibe.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Porn Star Mr. Marcus Speaks About Challenges of Married Life". The Urban Daily. 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  7. ^ Sanford, John (2012-08-22). "APHSS: Two Confirmed Syphilis-Positive Performers". XBIZ. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  8. ^ a b c Cairns, Dan (2012-08-24). "Porn actor says he's 'to blame' for syphilis outbreak". Newsbeat. BBC. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  9. ^ a b Miller, Dan (2012-08-22). "Syphilis-Positive Porn Performer Mr. Marcus Apologizes, Admits to Altered Test". XBIZ. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  10. ^ a b c Noelle, Nica (2012-09-04). "Nica Noelle: The Curious Case of Mr. Marcus". XBIZ. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  11. ^ Kathleen Miles (23 August 2012). "Mr. Marcus Admits Starting Porn Syphilis Outbreak By Altering His Test Results". Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  12. ^ Romero, Dennis (4 June 2013). "Porn's 'Mr. Marcus' Jailed for Exposing Co-Stars to Syphilis". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  13. ^ Staff. "Mr. Marcus Ordered To Pay LaVey $130,000 for Syphilis Exposure". AVN.com. Adult Video News. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  14. ^ a b "XRCO past winners". Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  15. ^ a b "Past AVN Award Winners". Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  16. ^ "Hillary Scott Big Winner at XRCO Awards". XBIZ. 6 April 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  17. ^ "XRCO 2006 AWARD CATEGORIES, NOMINATIONS, AND WINNERS". 5 April 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  18. ^ David Sullivan (2009-01-11). "2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced". AVN.com. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  19. ^ a b "2009 Award Winners". Urban X Awards. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  20. ^ "2010 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN.com. 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
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