Before his pornography career, he worked as a deejay at the Foxy Lady strip club in Providence. He was spotted by Britt Morgan, who was performing there at the time, and shot his first porn scenes with her in 1990.

He starred in over 1400 films between 1990 and 2006, and co-directed one, Late Night Sessions With Tony Tedeschi, with Bud Lee, in 2004. He was married to fellow porn star Tina Tyler from 1993 to 1994.

He appeared in the 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson film Boogie Nights. He was also a contestant on Win Ben Stein's Money (taped in December 2000, aired in April 2001).

In 2003, Tedeschi was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.