Peter Van Norden is an actor, known for Gigli, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, The Accused, and Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. Other film credits include Hunky Dory, West Virginia Stories, Hitting the Cycle, Universal Remote, Little John, Don't Call Me Frankie, An Innocent Man, The Accused, and Headin' for Broadway.

Theatre credits include his Broadway debut as Friar John/Friar Laurence/Others in Romeo and Juliet, Artémii Filípovich Zemlyaníka/ Stepán Illyích Ukhovyórtov/Others in The Inspector General, and Bertrand de Poulengey/The Executioner/Others in Saint Joan (Circle in the Square Theatre), Anthony Anstey in Little Johnny Jones (Alvin Theatre), and Doctor/Murderer/Others in Macbeth (Vivian Beaumont Theatre) and regionally, as Don Reyo in Serrano (Matrix Theatre), Brabantio in Othello (Odyssey Theatre), Geronte in The Liar, Ponthinus in Caesar and Cleopatra, and Harry in A Delicate Balance (Antaeus Theatre), and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray and Don Quixote in Don Quixote (San Diego Repertory).