LOS ANGELES—Vince Karter thought it would take longer—if it ever happened at all.
But just two years after arriving in America to continue his porn career, the French star reached the pinnacle of adult entertainment, winning the 2025 AVN Male Performer of the Year award on January 25 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
“I’m motivated since I’m here to really achieve all these different things,” Karter says. “I was thinking it would take me so long.
“This year was a surprise for me for AVN because so many big guys are here and they’ve been here since so long and I thought it was too early for me to get it. But it was really a super push for me, so it’s nice for people to recognize my job. It’s satisfying and it validates me—I feel like I’m legit.”
Legit is an understatement.
The world-class deal closer performed in 270-something sex scenes during the 2025 AVN Awards eligibility period—not to mention directed scores of others—and rolled into Sin City with an industry-leading 19 individual nominations at the 42nd annual AVN Awards Show. He left town with the top individual honor for a male performer and additional trophies for Best Tag-Team Sex Scene and Best Gangbang Scene.
Karter’s career-best year came on the heels of winning AVN International Male Performer of the Year in January 2024, along with Best Gangbang and Best International Anal Sex Scene; he also claimed the top international anal performing award in 2023.
Despite collecting seven AVN statuettes in the past three years, the former real estate project manager from Paris tells AVN the job is nowhere near done.
“I think I’m lucky because it’s not that easy to work consistently here,” Karter says humbly. “I’m going to continue to perform and focus a lot on my OnlyFans collabs, too… A big part of the business is to be in all the different important parts of the business.”
Indeed, directing also has become a key part of the Vince Karter brand, which is defined by high-quality, energetic, no-holes-barred hardcore.
“Half of my time is directing and this part of my job is growing up now, too,” Vince says. “It’s an important part of my career to be a director, too.”
Karter broke into the industry 13-and-a-half years ago but didn’t go full time until he got to Budapest in 2018. Now one of the busiest men in Porn Valley calls the shots in multiple scenes every month for sites such as PornWorld, Team Skeet and HerLimit.
And in another career milestone, this month Karter begins a collaboration with legacy studio Evil Angel to produce, direct and perform in content that he owns for the first time. In addition, Karter produces and directs all the productions for Fuel’s viral OnlyFans content that includes the “Massage Mistress” and “Massage Master” series.
“The key for what I realize about the business is it’s all viral, it’s how many views you can do and how to achieve that. It’s really something that so many people want and so many performers need,” Karter says. “I’m really confident and happy to be part of this project. I know the business is going this way.”
Karter directed for the first time about a decade ago, honing his craft as he gained more experience both in front of and behind the camera.
“During the first months you don’t feel legit, but very fast I realize I have my own eyes, I have years and years of knowing what I want and how to bring what I want, so I figure it out very fast,” Karter says. “And I’m super lucky because the performing and the acting are all still working very good.”
Karter, who at press time had amassed 1600-plus credits as a performer, has been working with PornWorld for seven years and directing for them for the past two, producing 70-plus scenes; he counts Team Skeet as a client for the past two years, too, shooting about 80 scenes each year. And since he got to the U.S., he has been the main man at the helm of HerLimit, which is part of the LetsDoeIt network, directing two scenes per month as well as performing.
“It’s definitely some crazy and hardcore scenes,” Karter says.
But he’s especially proud of his new deal with Evil Angel.
“That’s my next big step this year,” Vince says. “Evil Angel is really very famous and I always was waiting for the right moment to start with them. … I hope to finish my first movie before September.”
Meanwhile, Karter, who is represented by ATMLA, performs regularly for A-list studios such as New Sensations, Elegant Angel, Brazzers, Jules Jordan and LoveHerFeet.
“I really love our business, I think it’s really interesting,” Karter says. “Not just to perform, I’m really motivated to continue to learn more about directing. I’m 41 and in a few years I don’t want to shoot like a performer too late.”
Vince tells AVN that later this year he also plans to launch his official website with Elevated X, “where I will mix all my experience and make something of my own style.”
Photography by Jeff Koga & Toby Acuna
