In 2003, Masi completed a
Master of Science (MSc) degree in computer engineering
Pornography In 2004, after being contacted by a
Colt Studio Group (CSG) recruiter, he made his debut in the
gay pornography industry participating in his first porn movie, ''Big N 'Plenty''. In 2006, he was selected to appear on the cover of
COLT 40, a coffee table book published to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the production company. In 2007, Masi and his future husband, Adam Champ (), were selected to appear on the cover of the ''Damron 2007 Men's Travel Guide''. In 2008, reportedly, CSG and Calaexotic released a
dildo reproduction of Masi's penis. That same year, he was named the first and only Colt Man Emeritus and his contract was extended to a lifetime one. In 2008, Masi and Champ, were selected to appear on the cover of
Adam Gay Film & Video Directory Magazine. During his porn career, he was a guest on national Italian TV shows such as ''
, L'Infedele and ''. Moreover, he was featured in several tours across America, Mexico and Europe to promote the CSG brand. His porn career lasted six years (from age 28 to 34). Following a disagreement with Colt in 2009, Masi retired from the pornography industry. In the essay
Pornage. Viaggio nei segreti e nelle ossessioni del sesso contemporaneo (, 2018), the author devotes a passage to Ruggero Freddi, citing him as an example of a former pornographic actor who transitioned into academia. In 2011, he was included in the anthologies
Porn from Andy Warhol to X-Tube and
Gay Porn Heroes: 100 Most Famous Porn Stars. In 2013, he was interviewed for the documentary
HUSTLABALL BERLIN - A Documentary That Bares All. In 2014, he was included in the coffee table book produced by Colt entitled
Hairy Chested Men.
Theatre In 2009, he made his theatre debut with Senzaparole, a reinterpretation of
Samuel Beckett's
Act Without Words I, directed by and staged in
Bologna with the theatre company. and later in Rome at the . The production is documented in
Non io nei giorni felici. Beckett, Adriatico e il teatro del desiderio ( , 2010), a volume on Adriatico’s Beckett cycle that also highlights Masi’s role as co-protagonist.
Academia After working in the theatre, Masi decided to return to the
Sapienza University of Rome. There he earned a
Bachelor of Science degree (cum laude) in mathematics, with a score of 110/110 and then a Master of Science degree (cum laude) in mathematics with a score of 110/110. In 2020, he completed a Ph.D. in Mathematical Models for Engineering, Electromagnetism and Nanosciences at Sapienza University of Rome focusing on the application of
Morse theory to a
Dirichlet problem traced back to
Poisson equations. His doctoral advisors were
Angela Pistoia and . and Analysis 2 courses at the Faculty of Engineering at the Sapienza University of Rome. His works have been published in peer-reviewed journals indexed in major scientific databases, including
Analysis in Theory and Applications,
Scientific Reports, and
Journal of Neural Engineering. In 2020, Freddi was dismissed from Sapienza University of Rome. He stated that he believed the dismissal was related to his past career in the adult film industry. In 2023, an Italian labor court ruled in his favor, condemning the university for
vexatious litigation (“
lite temeraria”) and ordering it to pay damages and unpaid wages. Freddi continues to work in the field of artificial intelligence research. ==Media attention==