LAS VEGAS — Mark Spiegler, super agent to the porn stars, has just had lunch at the Pink Taco, and he’s lying on his side in bed at his hotel suite at the Hard Rock. He’s in town for the AVN Expo and AVN Awards show on Saturday, and if previous years are any indication, one of the “Spiegler Girls” will win a major award at the “Oscars of porn.” In the past two years, a Spiegler Girl has nabbed the top Performer of the Year prize: Asa Akira in 2013 and Bonnie Rotten last year.
The 56-year-old Spiegler, dubbed the “Ari Gold of porn” by L.A. Weekly, referring to the manic Hollywood agent in “Entourage” played by Jeremy Piven, may look relaxed, but by his own admission, he’s a workaholic. “I have to work all the time,” he said, reclining on the hotel bed, where he opted to conduct an interview. “I can’t just relax. I’m on 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. I answer the phone all the time because I don’t want the girls to miss any work.” He said that even with three moratoriums on porn shoots last year due to HIV scares, “Our business is up. We had a record year.”
Mark Spiegler with some of the Spiegler Girls
He credits this work ethic — one his clients try to emulate — as the secret to his agency’s success. Spiegler Girls include some of the porn world’s biggest names, including Asa Akira (whose worth was estimated by TheRichest at $1.5 million in 2013), Chanel Preston and Skin Diamond. In addition to securing jobs, negotiating terms and advising his clients on social media, Spiegler says he wants to help his performers create a successful career so they have something to go to after they leave the adult industry. “Not all agents care about that,” he said.
