Julián Ríos or Julián Ruíz, most commonly known by the aliases Julian, Julian Andretti, Gorjan Kovacevic or Jordan Rivers, (born October 12, 1970 in West Covina, California) is a male pornographic actor. He was raised in Everett, Washington.
His ethnic origin is Lebanese and American Indian; he is the second of six brothers and sisters. Before embarking on his adult industry career, he was enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for six years (1988-1994). He is a veteran of the Gulf War. A dildo made in his name and said to be life-like measures 9 1/2″.
Julián Ríos entered the world of adult films at the age of 25, after serving as a Marine in the Gulf War and working as a personal trainer. Ríos’ early days in porn were marked by two separate scenes where he received oral sex from a male co-star in bisexual videos produced by Chi Chi LaRue including Fly Bi Night. Julian performed under the name Jordan Rivers. Rios has since concentrated exclusively on heterosexual porn.
In 2000, he was married to porn actress Jill Kelly. In 2002, he retired from performing to direct and be a partner and Manager of Operations at Jill Kelly Productions with his wife. They stopped having sex with other people, and wanted to start a family.
By 2003, Julian and Kelly had broken up, and he returned to performing and directing pornographic films for other companies. He married Canadian adult star Lanny Barby, on March 5, 2005.
From December 2002, from its inception, Julian hosted cable television program Spice Hotel, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings on Spice Live, which focused on porn star couples. He left in 2005, citing engagements outside pornography, such as real estate, and was replaced by Evan Stone.
In 2006, Julian became a co-owner of pornographic film production company Twisted Pink, and changed its name to Sudden Impact, after the founder, Lola, left to join website Naughty America.
Julian is one of the few male porn stars to be offered a production contract with a large adult production company and the only male performer to hold a dual contract with Vivid video and VCA pictures at the same time. In fact, he was under contract multiple times: with Metro Pictures, Vivid Entertainment and VCA Pictures. Jill Kelly Productions, New Sensations, Twisted Pink Video and his current company in which he is co-owner Pistol Whip Media/Sudden Impact Video.
