Later in the American DVD release, the name Jeff Stryker was used as well. He also tried acting, starring in a 1989 Italian-produced horror film called After Death (Revenge of the Zombies), in which he was credited as Chuck Peyton. He has also said, 'I don’t define myself as anything.' He describes himself (in a somewhat joking fashion) as sexually 'universal'. Stryker is primarily known as a performer in gay pornography films, although Jamie Loves Jeff was one of the biggest selling heterosexual adult movies of all time for its producer, Vivid Entertainment. Jeff Stryker worked as a stripper and delivered balloon-o-grams before a local photographer sent shots of him to gay adult film director John Travis in California. At age 13, he was sent to military school by his parents, who got a divorce while he was away. His father was a car salesman and his mother was a nurse. Jeff Stryker grew up in Springfield, Illinois.