Brad Patton

Brad Patton (born Joel Mangs; August 7, 1972) is an Australian-Swedish former gay pornographic actor and figure skater.

Early life Mangs was born in Melbourne to an Australian mother and a Swedish-Finnish father. He spent his childhood in Australia, Finland, and Västerås, Sweden.

He was raised in a religious family, and came out as gay at the age of 22.

Career

Figure skating Mangs started figure skating at the age of 9,

He has participated and won medals in figure skating at the Gay Games and the World Outgames. He has also worked as a trainer for young figure skaters in the Netherlands.

Adult Film Career Patton made his adult film debut in 2003 in Australia in a film directed by Chi Chi LaRue for Falcon Studios. He later also worked for Colt.

Patton announced his retirement from the adult film industry in 2007, but briefly returned for a non-sex cameo in Earthbound: Heaven To Hell 2 (2017).

He had been featured in DNA magazine #77 in 2006. And in 2011, J. C. Adams included him in his list of 100 most famous porn stars, in his book Gay Porn Heroes, in The Superhung category.

In 2016, a hoax photoset of a picture of Mike Pence and a picture of Brad Patton, with the caption "Mike Pence – blast from the gay past.” went viral, purporting to show Pence as a young, gay porn star.

Awards and accolades

Figure skating Year Competition Division Medals Ref. 1991 Swedish Figure Skating Championship Junior 1993 Nordic Figure Skating Championship Senior 1994

1995 2002 Gay Games Patton married DJ Kidd Madonny in 2014, and moved to Miami where his husband lived.