Tommy Pistol

• Name — Tommy Pistol • Birth Name — Aramis Sartorio • Born — 2 July 1976 • Birthplace — Queens, New York, U.S. • Other Names — DJ Tommy Pistol

Tommy Pistol started his career in Queens, New York, as a stage actor with sketch comedy group Cheese Theater, with whom he acted for more than a decade. He also appeared in several short and feature films. Pistol was also once a singer for the metalcore band AmoreA. He also played bass and rapped in the NYC Punk band Flemm. He entered the pornography business in late 2005, after meeting with Joanna Angel, founder of the alt-porn company Burning Angel; this led to Pistol becoming the first male performer on BurningAngel.com. Angel was also responsible for choosing the moniker Tommy Pistol, after nixing A-Mac, Pistol's original name idea. Within a year of being hired by Burning Angel, he had begun to branch out to other studios, including Bang Bros, Facial Abuse and Latina Abuse, VCA, and Vivid. Credited under his given name, Pistol wrote, directed, and portrayed the title role in the 2010 independent horror-comedy film The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol; he also performed as DJ Tommy Pistol on the film's soundtrack. Pistol continued to direct, and in 2013, he directed the feature horror-porn Beyond Fucked: A Zombie Odyssey. In 2014, Pistol won AVN's Best Actor Award for his role as Ash Williams in Burning Angel's Evil Head, the porn parody of the Evil Dead franchise. Pistol went on to star as The Joker in Axel Braun's Suicide Squad: An Axel Braun Parody, and other lead roles, including his 2018 AVN Best Actor Win for Ingenue. In 2015, Pistol became the first male performer in twenty years to host the annual AVN Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, alongside Alexis Texas. Pistol has made several appearances under his given name in independent films, including Bethany, Jurassic City, and the lead role in Frankie in Blunderland. Since 2016, he has participated in the annual WIH Massive Blood Drive PSA, a collaboration between the international grassroots initiative Women in Horror Month and Twisted Twin Productions. Pistol enjoyed mainstream recognition when his minor role as "The Cook" in Brazzers' Tatas Under Siege: An XXX Parody went viral on Twitter. Pistol has also been featured on BuzzFeed, Uproxx, and most recently, Elle.com, after a tweet mocking Donald Trump was liked by Trump's daughter, Ivanka. In September 2022, Canadian horror directors the Soska Sisters announced the premiere of their new film On the Edge, co-starring Pistol, to take place at the London FrightFest Halloween festival on October 29. The film was shot and produced in Canada and also co-stars Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska and Mackenzie Gray.

Pistol was born in Queens, New York.

• Webdreams (2008) • Silent Night, Zombie Night (2009) - Baseball Bat Fu Zombie • The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol (2010) - Tommy Pistol • Breath of Hate (2011) - Mike • Frankie in Blunderland (2011) - Frankie Bellini • Taxi Driver: A XXX Parody (2011) – Travis Bickle • A Wet Dream on Elm Street (2011) – Professor • Evil Head (2012) - Ashley J. Williams • Pee-Wee's XXX Adventure: A Porn Parody (2012) - Pee-Wee • Tatas Under Siege: An XXX Parody (2012) – The Cook • SpongeKnob SquareNuts (2013) – Patrick Star • Jurassic City (2015) - Prison Gate Guard • Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (2016) - The Joker • Another Yeti A Love Story: Life on the Streets (2017) - Ronaldo • Bethany (2017) – Carl Penicule • Ingénue (2017) - Dave Henderson • Diminuendo (2018) - Grayson • Shakespeare's Shitstorm (2020) - Orgy Person • Pleasure (2021) - Mike • On the Edge (2022) - Peter

Tommy Pistol is recorded as having received AVN Award for Best Non-Sex Performance, AVN Award for Best Actor — Featurette and AVN Award for Best Actor.