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'''Peter North''' (born '''Alden Brown''' on 11 May 1957)<ref name=refimdb>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000561/ Peter North (actor) at the Internet Movie Database]</ref><ref name=refmyspace>[http://www.myspace.com/peternorthfilms MySpace.com - Peter North]</ref> is a [[Canadian]] [[pornographic actor]], director, [[film producer|producer]], playwright, [[architect]] |
'''Peter North''' (born '''Alden Brown''' on 11 May 1957)<ref name=refimdb>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000561/ Peter North (actor) at the Internet Movie Database]</ref><ref name=refmyspace>[http://www.myspace.com/peternorthfilms MySpace.com - Peter North]</ref> is a [[Canadian]] [[pornographic actor]], director, [[film producer|producer]], playwright, [[architect]], art dealer, [[philanthropist]], concert promoter, blacksmith, [[satirist]], bass player, [[food critic]] and scuba instructor.<ref name=refimdb /> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Revision as of 01:09, 18 May 2010
Peter North (born Alden Brown on 11 May 1957)[1][2] is a Canadian pornographic actor, director, producer, playwright, architect, art dealer, philanthropist, concert promoter, blacksmith, satirist, bass player, food critic and scuba instructor.[1]
Biography
North is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and attended J. L. Ilsley High School. He moved to California, U.S. in 1982.[2][3] Currently resides in Newport Coast, CA.
Career in pornography
He states that he "entered the adult business in the spring of 1984 by accident. I was approached to do it but never really contemplated it or even thought I would be in the adult business".[2] Peter North is better known as the "facial cumshot extraordinaire." Early in his career, North performed in homosexual pornography under the name Matt Ramsey.[4][5][6]
In a 1996 interview published in North's hometown newspaper, the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, he stated that he was "discovered" at the age of 24 while modeling athletic wear at a private party in Los Angeles in the early '80s. A man within the adult industry, whom North did not name, attended the party, was impressed by North's physique, and gave him his business card.
North became involved in the government's 1986 investigation of Traci Lords' underage involvement in the industry. Lords was underage when she made most of her movies, including some sex scenes with North.[1][7] The government eventually dropped the investigation.
North has directed more than 70 movies (notably, his North Pole and Anal Addicts series), and produced over 20 movies, including 15 in the North Pole series.[1]
North dated fellow porn actress Jewel De'Nyle for over two years.[8] Over this period, De'Nyle performed in many scenes with North for movies of the North Pole series. In 1994, North released a guide to meeting and dating beautiful women called Penetrating Insights.[9]
Veteran pornstar Christy Canyon confirmed a longstanding rumor in her 2003 autobiography Lights, Camera, SEX!, revealing that North does not like to have his hair touched during a scene, as it causes him to lose his concentration.
North is a member of the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) and the Adult Video News (AVN) Hall of Fame.[10]
Name
The name "North" may refer to his Canadian or northern roots.[11] Writer Steven Strager speculated that North's stage name, like that of many other male pornographic actors, "expresses the controlling man-as-penis metaphor while precisely articulating the masturbator’s big-dick fantasies."[12]. Peter North Stars is also the name and term used for a competition level, New York based hockey team that Peter North sponsors. [13]
Photography project
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 was made for HBO and chronicled the making of the book and records the photo shoots and includes interviews with the performers.
Awards
- 1990 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite[14]
- 1991 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite[14]
- 1992 F.O.X.E Male Fan Favorite[14]
- 1998 AVN Best Group Scene - Video for Gluteus to the Maximus[15]
References
- ^ a b c d Peter North (actor) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b c MySpace.com - Peter North
- ^ Peter North's Official Bio
- ^ http://business.avn.com/articles/27913.html
- ^ http://business.avn.com/articles/27799.html
- ^ http://business.avn.com/articles/1668.html
- ^ Tracy's Dilemma, at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Not So Fast - Jewel De'Nyle and Peter North Are Back Together", February 28, 2000, Adult Video News. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- ^ Amazon.com: Penetrating Insights: Books: Peter North
- ^ Peter North. Pornstar Key Facts - AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame references listed
- ^ Biography of the cumshot legend Peter North - vippeternorth.com
- ^ Stephen Strager. "What Men Watch When They Watch Pornography," Sexuality & Culture, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2003), pp 50-61. Quotation from p. 57.
- ^ Official site of Peter North Stars, the hockey team
- ^ a b c "Adult Video Awards", CanBest.com. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
- ^ "Past AVN Award Winners". Retrieved 2008-01-26.
External links
- Official Web Site
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