Paul Thomas

Acting

Paul Thomas

Born 1947-04-17 · Winnetka, Illinois, USA

Philip Toubus (born April 17, 1947 - June 9, 2025), better known as Paul Thomas, was an American pornographic actor and director. Philip Toubus was born in Winnetka, Illinois, to a wealthy family. He was the nephew of Sara Lee Lubin, of the "Sara Lee" foods company. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison but turned to acting. He acted in Broadway theatre, playing a starring role in Hair. He also played Peter in the 1973 film version of Jesus Christ Superstar. Toubus signed with the William Morris Agency and went to Hollywood, where he appeared in several in television shows. Toubus started working in pornography in 1974. He met the porn producers the Mitchell Brothers while playing in a musical in San Francisco. He performed in several porn "loops" for them and, in 1976, appeared in his first porn feature, The Autobiography of a Flea. Toubus performed mostly using the stage name Paul Thomas, but he has also appeared under several other names. In 1982 Toubus was arrested for smuggling cocaine into the United States from South America. He served one year in jail. Following his release from prison, Toubus resumed his career and, in 1983, won the Adult Film Association of America Award for Best Actor in Virginia. He also played a starring role in the 1985 film series 'Taboo American Style'. Toubus started directing porn films in 1985, and has directed for Vivid Entertainment since 1986. He married porn actress and director Anita Rinaldi in 2001, after he divorced his longtime second wife. As of 2007 Toubus - as Paul Thomas - has acted in over 500 films and directed nearly 300 films, winning seven Adult Video News Awards and two X-Rated Critics Organization Awards for best director. He was inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2006 he was inducted into the Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the Adult Video News Hall of Fame.

Acting credits

X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time poster
6.4

The evolution of adult cinema through the most influential films in history, a journey that begins in the 1970s and ends nowadays. An in-depth analysis of the success of the most prestigious erotic films, their impact on industry and society, and their influence on cinema and contemporary culture.

X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time

2015

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time poster
6.7

Documentary sequel that offers a close-up look into the personal lives of the legendary porn stars who've survived the test of time and influenced popular culture. Blends rare interviews with erotic clips and additional appearances by Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Soderbergh and a host of adult stars, directors and trendsetters.

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time

2016

Jesus Christ Superstar poster
7.1

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973

Emanuelle Around the World poster
5.6

The increasingly politicised Emanuelle gets deeper into fighting an international trade composed of sex, violence and high profile players.

Emanuelle Around the World

1977

Cutter's Way poster
6.5

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.

Cutter's Way

1981

Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry poster
5.0

Noted celebrity photographer, Michael Grecco, sets out to capture the essence of the AVN Awards and Convention where the best in American Pornography is displayed, celebrated and honored.

Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry

2009

Trouble Bound poster
5.7

Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he roars off to find his future. Unfortunately, they forgot to get the key they need off the body, so they're chasing him. Meanwhile, a mafia kingpin's daughter is trying to kill the hitman that killed her father, but her grandmother is trying to make peace with the family that hired the hitman, so she and her thugs are trying to stop the daughter. The guy and the daughter get together and experience mayhem on the run from two directions.

Trouble Bound

1993

When Rated X Ruled the World poster
7.0

When _____ Ruled the World looks at pop culture phenomenona and explores why and how the subject of the show so effectively captured the imagination of the populace. Take a trip down memory lane and explore the zeitgeist of yesterday.

When Rated X Ruled the World

2004

Doctor Dracula poster
4.2

An evil hypnotist puts a beautiful woman under his spell.

Doctor Dracula

1978

Lucifer's Women poster
3.7

An acclaimed author has developed an interest in satanism and black magic. Hoping to manipulate him to suit his own perverse desire, his publisher convinces him to perform the ultimate black rite: a human sacrifice. Selecting a beautiful burlesque dancer to be their victim, he begins having doubts about his beliefs, as his publisher becomes more and more preoccupied with the black arts, and murder.

Lucifer's Women

1974

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Porn... It's a Living

1998

Scoring poster
4.6

Eric Lazlo is doing the musical score for a movie in which the female star tries to kill the male star using a variety of poisons, poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, etc. When Eric starts to see a prostitute, Abbey, he finds his life imitating art.

Scoring

1995

Tracie Lords poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Tracie Lords

1984

Breaking It poster
6.3

A narrator shows the first sexual experience of various people, from a teenage boy's encounter with an older woman to a high school student's seduction of her teacher.

Breaking It

1984

Nothing to Hide 2: Justine poster
7.0

Justine takes a lover, exploring her fantasies with him, never realizing that he's actually her boyfriend's father.

Nothing to Hide 2: Justine

1993

Seven Deadly Sins poster
6.5

Lust. Envy. Anger. Greed. Gluttony. Pride. Sloth. Three-ways, anal, freak shows, beautiful vixens, bizarre sex, halucinagenic eroticism, smoky corners. The dark world. Of a dark word. Sin.

Seven Deadly Sins

1999

Soft Places poster
7.8

Returning from the funeral of her very wealthy and prominent husband, the widow, accompanied by her family attorney, discusses the unusual will her husband has left. In order to inherit the full benefits of this "spoken will" it is required that the widow experience every known sexual activity. Through these outrageous activities, possibly her frigidity will fade, and a truly loving woman will be unleashed.

Soft Places

1978

V: The Hot One poster
7.1

Starring the stunning Annette Haven as V, the film follows her transition from housewife to a successful young attorney to high-priced call girl, to cheap street whore. From the penthouses, the Mercedes, the minks and the sparkling dinner parties, dingy skid row hotel rooms, V and her companions lead us through every facet of sensual perversion. You'll follow her from her home to a penthouse filled with 12 couples engaged in an elaborate orgy, to a stylish brothel for discreet millionares, and finally to a cheap hotel where anything with anybody goes.

V: The Hot One

1978

Dracula Sucks poster
5.7

Seward Sanitarium has been plagued by strange events, all following the takeover of a nearby abbey by Transylvanian Count Dracula. Visiting professor, Van Helsing, believes it to be the work of vampires, and when patients and staff begin turning up dead, realizes that he must act quickly to save the others.

Dracula Sucks

1978

The Ultimate Pleasure poster
4.7

A cab driver who is having marital problems with his beautiful but frigid wife finds a suitcase full of money left in his cab by a passenger, and realizes that he now has the means to fulfill all of his and his wife's sexual fantasies.

The Ultimate Pleasure

1977

Fade to Black 2 poster
NR

Trent Morgan was a successful director with all the trapping of fame, except for something to keep him interested. Until he finds himself an unsuspecting pawn in a dark and complex murder mystery that reveals nothing is as it seems.

Fade to Black 2

2006

Same Time Every Year poster
6.0

Three husbands have a routine every year, where they go away together, to what they tell their wives is a business convention, but is actually a sex resort. What they don't realize is that their wives aren't exactly sitting around doing nothing while they're gone.

Same Time Every Year

1981

Where the Boys Aren't 3 poster
9.5

Tori. Heather. Jamie. Cheri. And Kelly Royce. Six horny former showgirls stranded after their boat capsizes off the coast of who-knows-where. We call it "Shipwrecked Showgirls." You'll call it Tori Welles, Jamie Summers and Heather Hunter naked on your TV. But that's okay. These art films are meant for personal interpretation. Enjoy.

Where the Boys Aren't 3

1990

Where the Boys Aren't poster
7.0

It's all girls. It's bring-your-own-pajamas. It's the wettest, wildest slumber, bumper, rocking, rolling party on record. And even if you weren't invited, you can always drop in.

Where the Boys Aren't

1989

Behind the camera

Lover's Leap poster
4.8

An architect is struggling to get over his wife's death. He meets a young woman who brings him happiness only to find out she is his son's girlfriend.

Lover's Leap

1995

Lover's Leap poster
4.8

An architect is struggling to get over his wife's death. He meets a young woman who brings him happiness only to find out she is his son's girlfriend.

Lover's Leap

1995

Ultimate Taboo poster
4.5

A graphic artist and sex addict, Brad, is seduced by Lorelei, a rich married woman with ulterior motives and a lesbian lover on the side. His cute and sensitive girlfriend, actress Shannon, slowly falls for a more caring man from work.

Ultimate Taboo

1995

Killer Looks poster
4.5

A man gets turned on watching his wife with other men as long as she plays by the rules. When she brings home a a new stranger who likes to play his own games, the husband finds his marriage in jeopardy.

Killer Looks

1994

Killer Looks poster
4.5

A man gets turned on watching his wife with other men as long as she plays by the rules. When she brings home a a new stranger who likes to play his own games, the husband finds his marriage in jeopardy.

Killer Looks

1994

Body Language poster
4.5

A lawyer, defending a Mafia boss, falls for a beautiful woman with a sad story to tell. She says she's being abused by her brutal husband and she needs his help.

Body Language

1995

The Pamela Principle poster
4.5

Pamela is a young actress who has moved into New York City from the midwest. She meets up with Carl who is middle-aged tailor of women's clothings and is going through a "mid-life crisis". He sees his son's amourous escapades and longs for better relationship with his wife Anne who is distant at times. He has an affair with Pamela. But Pamela's lifestyle does not go well with him.

The Pamela Principle

1992

The Pamela Principle poster
4.5

Pamela is a young actress who has moved into New York City from the midwest. She meets up with Carl who is middle-aged tailor of women's clothings and is going through a "mid-life crisis". He sees his son's amourous escapades and longs for better relationship with his wife Anne who is distant at times. He has an affair with Pamela. But Pamela's lifestyle does not go well with him.

The Pamela Principle

1992

The Price of Desire poster
4.4

Mac and Monica want to add an element of sexual intrigue to their marriage so they begin picking up men and playing games with them. Monica gets to add a little spice to her life, while Mac can fulfill his voyeuristic desires. But when they make their indecent proposal to the wrong man, everything changes, and Mac and Monica find they may pay for their desires with their marriage.

The Price of Desire

1997

The Price of Desire poster
4.4

Mac and Monica want to add an element of sexual intrigue to their marriage so they begin picking up men and playing games with them. Monica gets to add a little spice to her life, while Mac can fulfill his voyeuristic desires. But when they make their indecent proposal to the wrong man, everything changes, and Mac and Monica find they may pay for their desires with their marriage.

The Price of Desire

1997

Stripper Wives poster
4.5

Nine women sign up for a class in striptease in order to enrich their lives.

Stripper Wives

1999

Stripper Wives poster
4.5

Nine women sign up for a class in striptease in order to enrich their lives.

Stripper Wives

1999

Scoring poster
4.6

Eric Lazlo is doing the musical score for a movie in which the female star tries to kill the male star using a variety of poisons, poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, etc. When Eric starts to see a prostitute, Abbey, he finds his life imitating art.

Scoring

1995

Other Men's Wives poster
3.8

Uncle Eddie writes children's books for a living. and he's very successful at it , but he's OBSESSED with women, and so little time is life's dilemma for him. Needless to say this leads to numerous close calls with jealous husbands and tight squeezes with flirtatious, unsatisfied wives.

Other Men's Wives

1996

A Portrait of Christy poster
8.0

A portrait of first desire! Christy Canyon is finally breaking out. After years at the edge of true sexual liberation, she's is ready to explore her deepest sensuality and delve into her wildest fantasies.

A Portrait of Christy

1990

Nothing to Hide 2: Justine poster
7.0

Justine takes a lover, exploring her fantasies with him, never realizing that he's actually her boyfriend's father.

Nothing to Hide 2: Justine

1993

Nothing to Hide 2: Justine poster
7.0

Justine takes a lover, exploring her fantasies with him, never realizing that he's actually her boyfriend's father.

Nothing to Hide 2: Justine

1993

Seven Deadly Sins poster
6.5

Lust. Envy. Anger. Greed. Gluttony. Pride. Sloth. Three-ways, anal, freak shows, beautiful vixens, bizarre sex, halucinagenic eroticism, smoky corners. The dark world. Of a dark word. Sin.

Seven Deadly Sins

1999

The Masseuse poster
7.8

Jenna Jameson plays a more buxom and hardcore version of 'The Masseuse' (1990), who gets paid for increasingly sexual requests from her client. Revealing she has a family, they meet one last time and finally go all the way.

The Masseuse

2004

Performance poster
8.0

Heather Hunter, the most exotic sex kitten in porn, shows off her dancer's body in this latest Judy Blue production with sultry red-haired jaqueline, pretty newcomer Kelly Royce and the smoldering Cameo, all in a story that'll dance your pants off. It's flashier than Flashdance, dirtier than Dirty Dancing and makes the lambada look like a sweet promenade. Look out Don Cornelius, the Performance is about to begin...

Performance

1990

Things Change: My First Time poster
7.7

Lisa has lived with Denise all her adult life- it is the only heated, sexual relationship she has known. Denise had always satisfied Lisa's every burning desire and need, but now things are changing. Lisa's curiosity is pulling her down an erotic path she must experience. Once she feels a man's touch, she knows she can never live without it again

Things Change: My First Time

1993

Sex poster
9.3

Sex. Power. Sex. Power. Oh, did we mention sex? Alvy has a crush on the office secretary Meghan, played by Nikki Dial. When a major promotion is in the offing, the office politics start and the sexual power plays flourish. Explore the world of corporate sexual intrigue in Sex.

Sex

1993

Sex poster
9.3

Sex. Power. Sex. Power. Oh, did we mention sex? Alvy has a crush on the office secretary Meghan, played by Nikki Dial. When a major promotion is in the offing, the office politics start and the sexual power plays flourish. Explore the world of corporate sexual intrigue in Sex.

Sex

1993

Sex poster
9.3

Sex. Power. Sex. Power. Oh, did we mention sex? Alvy has a crush on the office secretary Meghan, played by Nikki Dial. When a major promotion is in the offing, the office politics start and the sexual power plays flourish. Explore the world of corporate sexual intrigue in Sex.

Sex

1993