Peter North (born Alden Brown on May 11, 1957 ) is a Canadian-born American pornographic actor, director and producer of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s . He is one of the most famous male performers in pornography . North is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and moved to California in 1982 . Thousands of dollars in debt, he entered the porn business at age 24 to make money.

Like many pornographic stage names, North's name is a pun: "Peter" is a common slang term for a penis , so "Peter North" most likely refers to an erection . The name "North" may also refer to his Canadian or northern roots .

Sir Peter North QC was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1984-2005 and Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, England from 1993-1997. He is an internationally renowned legal scholar.

Sir Peter chaired the Review Body of the Independent Review on Parades and Marches in Northern Ireland, whose final report (published on 29 January 1997 and widely known as "The North Report") led to the establishment of the Parades Commission which regulates potentially controversial parades in Northern Ireland.

Sir Peter was also chair of a University of Oxford inquiry, established to review the running of the University. The report, published on 29 January 1998 (precisely one year after the Parades and Marches report), was also known as "The North Report".

For over 20 years Canadian-born Peter North has been one of the most reliable performers in porn, with youthful good looks and a body sculpted almost to perfection from long hours spent in the gym. His career began in the days when porn movies were take-offs of legit films; they had plots, dialogue, (relatively) hefty budgets and were meant to be seen in theaters. He is still going strong today, a holdover (but not a "relic") from the "good old days" in the era of straight-to-video, low-budget rush jobs with no acting, no plot and actors and actresses covered in tattoos. Few porn actors have (or most likely ever will have) a resume as extensive as Peter's. Fewer actors can boast that they have been intimate on screen with as many of the superstars of porn as he has, such women as Trinity Loren, Jill Kelly (I), Christy Canyon, Keisha (I), Taylor Wayne, Rebecca Wild, Kim McKamy (aka Ashlyn Gere), Victoria Paris, 'Jewel DeNyle, and even (on several occasions) the legendary - and, at the time, underage - Traci Lords (I). North's enduring popularity has spanned generations of porn fans, both male and female, and even after all these years he still continues to impress and amaze both fans and co-workers with his "range".