In 1994, at the age of 19, Ribas saw an ad in the newspaper
Segunda Mano about working for actors in pornographic productions and he entered the
casting. At the audition, he was selected to be part of the cast of
Venganza sexual, directed by José María Ponce, who hired Ribas in the Spanish-language video production of
Club Privado, which premiered on TV on 1 December 1995. For three years, Ribas worked at the
Sala de Fiestas Bagdad porn club in
Barcelona, where he met
Nacho Vidal and his then-girlfriend Jazmine. After appearing in ''Amanda's Diary 4'' (1999), Ribas came to the United States for the first time. In 2000, Ribas made his directorial debut with the group
Elegant Angel In 2001, for his performance in
Gothix (2000), directed by José María Ponce, Ribas was nominated for an award at the
Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival in the "Best Spanish Actor" category. In 2002, two films in which Ribas participated were awarded the Ninfa Award. The first film was a full-length porn parody of
Gladiator: Private Gold 54: Gladiator 1 (2002), directed by Antonio Adamo and starring
Steve Holmes (Senator Falcus), Rita Faltoyano (Domitilla), Mandy Bright (Syria), Frank Gun (
Commodus), Karl Ben (Jailer) and David Perry (Marcus). That film won the award in the "Cinematic Value" category, and Toni Ribas as the main lead in Maxximus was nominated in the "Best Spanish Actor" category. In 2009, Ribas was nominated for the AVN Award in two categories: "Best Foreign Performer of the Year" and "Best Trio Sex Scene - Girl/Boy/Boy" in
Slave Dolls 3 (2008), directed by Mason along with the actors Jandi Lin and Mr. Pete. On 5 January 2010
Private premiered the film
The Private Life of Toni Ribas. In 2010, Ribas received the
AVN Award for "Best Foreign Performer of the Year" and he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame and earned three nominations in the categories: "Best Group Sex Scene" in
Rocco Ravishes LA (2009) alongside Jamie Elle,
Rocco Siffredi and
Bobbi Starr; "Best Double Penetration Sex Scene" in
Jenna Haze: Nymphomaniac (2009) opposite
Jenna Haze and Mr. Pete; and "Best Group Sex Scene" in
Evil Anal 10 (2009) opposite Andi Anderson,
Michael Stefano, Adrianna Nicole, Madison Parker, and
Bobbi Starr. In 2016, Ribas was nominated for the AVN Award in the "Best Actor" category and participated in a photo shoot with
Terry Richardson. In December 2017, Ribas took sixth place in the "Favorite Porn Actor" ranking (
My Favorite Porn Actors), announced by the Spanish portal
20minutos.es. In 2018, for the production of
Evil Angel Stepdad Seduction 3 (2017), Ribas was nominated for
XBiz Awards in two categories: "Best Taboo Performance" and "Best Taboo Sex Scene" with Gina Valentina. He also earned two 2018 Inked Awards nominations in the "Sex Scene" category in
Evil Squirters 3 (2017) with
Riley Reid and
Darker Side of Desire 2 (2018) with Katrina Jade. In 2019, he was nominated for the XBiz Awards for his production of
Stepdad Seduction 4 (2018) in the "Best Taboo Sex Scene" category with Carolina Sweets. Ribas was ranked 6th and was the first European in the Top 30 Hottest and Best Pornstars of 2019. ==Personal life==