Rocco Siffredi, byname of Rocco Tano is an Italian pornographic actor, now working as a director and producer of pornographic movies. In his choice of screen name, Siffredi was allegedly inspired by a character from the movie Borsalino (1970), "Roch Siffredi", played by Alain Delon. He is also known as 'the Italian Stallion', a name he was given in reference to the size of his penis. As of 2005, he has starred in over 1,300 pornographic films. He is credited with helping launch the careers of porn stars Nacho Vidal and Kelly Stafford.