Vidal has starred in over 1,500 movies he has also produced and/or directed many others (since 2000, including gay titles for the Evil Angel video company). Vidal became a protégé of Rocco Siffredi, who brought him to Hollywood in 1998. There, he met the director of the Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival, José María Ponce, who introduced him to porn films. In 1994, Vidal started his porn career doing live sex shows with his girlfriend, Sara Bernat (born 1976), at the Sala Bagdad in Barcelona. He also was a boxer and enlisted in the Spanish Legion in Melilla. At 14, Vidal quit school to work to help his family. His family was wealthy, but ended up losing their money in the 1987 stock market crash. When he was young, Jordà moved with his family to Valencia, where part of his family originated. His nickname, Nacho, is the common nickname for Ignacio.
Ignacio Jordà González was born in Mataró ( Barcelona) in Catalonia, Spain.
