Peter North (actor)

In a 1996 interview published in North's hometown newspaper, The Chronicle Herald, he stated that he was "discovered" while modeling athletic wear at a private party in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. A man within the adult film industry, whom North did not name, attended the party, was impressed by North's physique and gave him his business card.

North began his adult film career in 1983.[1] Initially, North performed in gay pornography under the name Matt Ramsey.[2][3] He later transitioned to straight pornography. North has appeared in over 2,000 adult films and also directed more than 70 movies (notably, his North Pole and Anal Addicts series), most of them between 1998 and 2007. He also produced over 20 movies, including 15 in the North Pole series. In 2001, he successfully launched his own production company, Northpole Entertainment. According to North's official website, he chose his stage name because "Your penis is also referred to as your Peter and when you are erect, it faces North. Plus, I am from the North."[4]

North became involved in the U.S. government's 1986 investigation of Traci Lords' underage involvement in the industry. Lords was underage when she made most of her movies, including several sex scenes with North. The government eventually dropped the investigation. In a 1996 interview in Details magazine, North commented on his involvement in the scandal by saying: "Traci Lords didn't do much for me. She reeked sex, looked good and young. But I didn't know that she was that young. When the scandal broke, I thought it was a lot of baloney on her part. She knew what she was doing and she deceived a lot of people. She was sexually aggressive off camera to many people, so the whole 'innocence corrupted' scenario she came up with was a total farce."[5]

In 1994 he published a guide to meeting and bedding beautiful women entitled Penetrating Insights.[6]

North is a member of the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) and the Adult Video News (AVN) Hall of Fame.[7] In 2004 North was featured in a book and film project, Thinking XXX by photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, who took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. The film of the same name, which was made for HBO, chronicled Greenfield-Sanders' photography of his subjects and includes interviews with them.

Peter and Nadia North married in the summer of 2014; the couple have performed together in several adult videos.[1]

On July 15, 2019 TMZ reported that Nadia North was granted a restraining order against Peter following two episodes of domestic violence in June of that year, one of which left her with a concussion. She alleges that there have been about 20 violent incidents in total.[8]

• 1990 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite[9]
• 1991 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite[9]
• 1992 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite[9]
• 1998 AVN Best Group Scene - Video for Gluteus to the Maximus[10]

• List of male performers in gay porn films

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peter North.

• Official website
• Peter North at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Peter North at the Adult Film Database
• Peter North on IMDb