Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler is a fictional character in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 film Boogie Nights, played by Mark Wahlberg. Diggler's first appearance was in Anderson's short film "The Dirk Diggler Story". The character is very loosely based on the life of porn star John Holmes. In 1988's "The Dirk Diggler Story", Michael Stein plays the role of Diggler. Stein makes a cameo appearance in Boogie Nights, playing the customer to whom Don Cheadle's character "Buck" tries selling a stereo. In the film, Diggler, whose given name was Eddie Adams, is discovered in the San Fernando Valley as a teen by adult movie director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). At the time, Adams is working as a busboy, and moonlighting as a hustler. He quickly moves in with Horner,...