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| Colton Ford | |
|---|---|
 Ford during the "That's Me" video shoot, October 2007 | |
| Born | Glenn Soukesian (1962-10-12) October 12, 1962 (age 62) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Website | www |
Glenn Soukesian, known professionally as Colton Ford, (born October 12, 1962) is an American singer and actor.
Career
Pornography
Colton Ford appeared in a dozen gay adult celebrated films. Notable performances include Conquered that earned him 2002 Grabby Awards for "Best Group Sex Scene", Gang Bang Café that nominated him for the 2003 GayVN Awards for "Best Performers" and his lead role in Colton for which he won "Gay Performer of the Year" during the 2003 GayVN Awards.
Film and television
In his first mainstream film appearance, Ford appeared in the 2005 documentary film Naked Fame directed by Christopher Long. The film follows Ford's transition from the world of adult films to mainstream club/dance music. It was released theatrically in 2005 in the United States and Canada.
On television, Ford co-starred for three seasons on the TV series The Lair playing the role of Sheriff Trout. The series was broadcast on here! TV. He was a featured panelist on here! TV's resident chat show Threesome.
Music
Ford became a club/dance house music singer-songwriter and actor. He released several singles. He released his first album, Tug of War, digitally in 2008. All tracks were written and composed by Ford and DJ/producer Quentin Harris. "That's Me" featuring Cazwell was the debut single from the album. He also was part of the True Colors Tour 2008. His second album, Under the Covers, an album of cover versions was released in 2009. In 2013, he released his third album The Way I Am and in 2015 his EP Next Chapter co-written with David Barratt including five originals.
Ford collaborated with Frankie Knuckles, Chris Willis, Nervo, Wawa and Redtop and others. He has had several hit singles and videos, including Billboard charting, "The Way I Am", "That's Me", "Let Me Live Again" and "Losing My Religion". His cover of Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" saw collaboration with Club/Dance singer-songwriter Pepper Mashay. The song peaked at No. 9 on the Hot Dance Club Play and No. 25 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales charts. Ford was featured in Cyndi Lauper's video, "Into The Nightlife" and also performed on Cyndi Lauper's 2008 True Colors Tour. Ford was named in AfterElton.com's "Top 50 Gay Male Musicians".
Theatre
Ford made his off-Broadway debut in 2011 playing a role in the musical theatre Little House on the Ferry, a modern gay love story set in the legendary summer resort of Fire Island, New York. The play included eleven original songs, also released as an album by the original cast, and the play included cameos by many members of New York City's LGBT community. "After Hours" (Original Cast Recording) was released as a single featuring vocals by Ford. The show ran in New York November 3–20, 2011 and featured (along with Ford), Seph Stanek, Chris Van Kirk, Matt Rodriguez, Kit Balcuns and Sean Luftus.
In 2014, Ford starred in a stage production of And All The Dead, Lie Down, co-starring with Kila Packett. The play ran from May 2 to June 6, 2014, in Los Angeles and was written by Harrison David Rivers, directed by John Coppola and produced by Michael Sonntag and Kila Packett. The play was a Studio C Artists production.
Videography
Pornographic
| Year | Title | Role | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Conquered | Gladiator | 2002 Grabby Awards "Best Group Sex Scene" |
| PornStruck 2 | |||
| 2002 | Aftershock: Part 1 | MSR's hottest | |
| Aftershock: Part 2 | MSR's hottest | ||
| Bearing Leather | |||
| Bringing Out Brother | |||
| Head Games | Jocker | ||
| Gang Bang Café | Nominated 2003 GayVN Awards "Best Performers" | ||
| Colton | Colton | 2003 GayVN Awards "Gay Performer of the Year" | |
| Closed Set: The New Crew | The key grip | ||
| Prowl 3: Genuine Leather | Nastiest leather | ||
| 2003 | Still Untamed | Untamer |
Non-pornographic
| Year | Title | Role | Note | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | Glen | Movie | |
| 2001 | Circuit | Video Circuit Man | Movie | |
| 2004 | Naked Fame | Himself | Documentary | |
| Hellbent | Nickname Band Member | Movie | ||
| 2008 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | Butch Hunk | Movie | |
| "Into the Nightlife" | Dancer in the club | Music video | ||
| 2007–2009 | The Lair | Sheriff Trout | TV series |
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Tug of War |
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| Under the Covers |
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| The Way I Am |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Next Chapter |
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| Let Me Live Again / The Music Always Gets You Back |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Remixed |
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Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance |
US Dance Sales | |||
| 2003 | "Everything" | – | – | Naked Fame |
| 2004 | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" (featuring Pepper Mashay) |
9 | 25 | |
| 2008 | "Tug of War" | – | – | Non-album singles |
| "That's Me" (featuring Cazwell) |
– | – | ||
| 2009 | "Trouble" | – | – | Under the Covers |
| "Losing My Religion" | – | – | ||
| 2011 | "Let Me Live Again" | – | – | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "All My Love" | – | – | The Way I Am |
Theatre
- 2012: Little House on the Ferry
- 2014: And All The Dead, Lie Down
See also
References
- "here! with Josh and Sara #101". here! (Podcast). Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
- "Tug of War - Colton Ford | Release Info". AllMusic.
- "Colton Ford Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
- CD Baby: Little House on the Ferry releases
- And All The Dead, Lie Down Wordpress page
- Lunn, Shawn (October 27, 2016). "TV Lover: My Review of Hellbent (2004)". shawnlunn2002. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
External links
- Colton Ford at IMDb
- Colton Ford Interview Archived August 15, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- Colton Ford Interview in Philadelphia (video) Archived August 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byMichael Brandon | GayVN Awards for Gay Performer of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded byJoe Foster |
| Preceded byOut of Athens/Echoes | Grabby Awards for Best Group Sex Scene for Conquered 2002 |
Succeeded byDeep South: the Big and the Easy |
- 1962 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- 21st-century American singers
- 21st-century American male singers
- American actors in gay pornographic films
- American house musicians
- American male pop singers
- American people of Armenian descent
- American gay actors
- American gay musicians
- Gay pornographic film actors
- American male pornographic film actors
- LGBTQ people from California
- American LGBTQ singers
- Male actors from Pasadena, California
- Pornographic film actors from California
- Singers from California
- 20th-century American LGBTQ people
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people