Brian Yates is the adult film stage name for actor Jon Powell. Yates was active in teh gay adult cinema in the early 1990s and appearred in at least four credited roles in the movies Rings (with Danny Sommers), Dirty Pictires, Prince Charming and Bedroom Eyes. Accroding to gay gossip columnist Billy Master's, Yates (Jon Powell) is the partner of gossip columnist Ted Casablanca.