James Deen might have been a big deal in the adult film industry, but to the mainstream media, he was practically unknown until “Teen Mom” Farrah Abraham hired him to be her sex tape co-star. Nevertheless, things are looking up for this multi-awarded porn actor, with a feature film and a mainstream movie with Lindsay Lohan in the pipeline.

James, 27, first entered the porn industry at the age of 18. He has quickly gained attention due to his fresh, normal guy look, which is atypical of the usual porn actor look.

To date, he has made over 1,400 pornographic films, and has won multiple Male Performer of the Year titles at the AVN Awards and the XBIZ Awards.

He has certainly achieved a lot, but he was basically unheard of outside the porn film industry until he revealed that he was Farrah’s co-star in her infamous “Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom” sex tape.

Farrah wasn’t too happy with him admitting that she planned to distribute her porn film and pass it off as a leaked private sex tape, but James stood his ground, telling the media that he wasn’t going to pretend to date her.

“I’m a big believer in honesty and I don’t like weird media ploy, it’s just not my style. I told them that I am not a prostitute and I’m not going to go on fake dates with people for the tabloids. This was not going to be able to be leaked as a weird, boyfriend/girlfriend sort of thing,” he told Today.

“If you’re going to make a celebrity sex tape and try to pass it off as an amateur home video, you don’t hire a well-known porn star!”

He has a point, though, but Farrah didn’t see it that way. She claimed that James just made up stuff because he wanted to people to talk about him when Farrah’s name came up. And for good measure, she also said that he has a small penis.

But if Farrah just waited a few more months to release her tape, perhaps she wouldn’t be able to say James just wanted to ride her coattails.

James has an upcoming film with Lindsay Lohan titled “The Canyons,” which is slated to be released in August in the U.S. The small budget erotic thriller doesn’t look like it would earn millions at the box office, but it would possibly give James recognition just for starring in a film with a controversial actress.

He also has another project titled “Novel.” Written and directed by Samuel Gonzales Jr, the thriller-noir tells the story of a young struggling writer (James) who takes a job from the government to write the next classic novel, “The Catcher in the Rye.” But he unwittingly becomes involved in a conspiracy that will use his book to help murder influential American figures.

There was also a talk last year that he was in the running to star as Christian Grey in the film adaptation of the famous “mommy porn” novel series “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

It was just a rumour, though. All the same, while James seems to be ready to take on more mainstream roles, he swears that he’s not leaving the porn industry.

“I’m not going anywhere,” he told AVN.

James Deen’s “Novel” feature film:

NOVEL from Samuel Gonzalez Jr. on Vimeo.