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Daran Norris
Born	Daran Morrison Nordland November 1, 1964 (1964-11-01) (age 45) Ferndale, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Actor/Voice actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (1988-present)

Daran Norris (born November 1, 1964) is an American actor, principally known for his voice work. He is better known for providing the voice of Cosmo, Jorgen von Strangle, and Timmy Turner's dad on The Fairly Odd Parents.

Biography

Norris has voiced more than 80 movies, video games, and TV shows. He had a recurring role as public defender Cliff McCormack in the live-action television series Veronica Mars. He also played the part of "Gordy" on the Nickelodeon Show Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. He also appeared in the movie Hobgoblins, which was featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. He also provides the voice of Cosmo, Jorgen von Strangle, and Timmy Turner's dad on The Fairly OddParents.

Norris was born Daran Morrison Nordlund in Ferndale, Washington. He graduated from Ferndale High School in the class of 1983. In 1988, he married Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.

Notable credits

Anime roles

• Bastard!!: Dark Schneider
• Cowboy Bebop: Cowboy Andy Von de Oniyate, Morgan, Vincent Volaju
• Digimon: Digital Monsters: Mercurymon (Frontier)
• Fushigi Yūgi: Tasuki
• Gate Keepers: Fiancé
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (credited as Darin Norris): Ai Nanao
• Hyper Doll: Detective Todo
• Howl's Moving Castle:Additional voices
• Gundam 0083: Chap Adel
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team: Yuri Kellarney
• Mon Colle Knights: Gabriolis the Dark Angel
• Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow: Sandayu Asama
• Dragon Ball Z: King Cold (Android Saga)
• Transformers: Robots In Disguise: Heavy Load
• Fist of the North Star: Rei

Cartoon roles

• American Dad!: Jack Smith
• American Dragon: Jake Long: Additional Voices (Season 2)
• Ben 10: Female Diamondhead, Female Fourarms
• Brandy and Mr. Whiskers: Anonymous voices
• Chowder: Additional Voices
• Class of 3000: Salieri
• Codename: Kids Next Door: Count Spankulot, Mr. White, Additional Voices
• Dexter's Laboratory: Additional Voices (Season 4)
• El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera: Emiliano Suarez, Mr. Aves
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Imaginary Man in "Challenge of the Super friends"
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons: Various voices (including Mr. Turner, Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle, Narrator in "Super Santa", Gingerbread Men, and Slap T. Pooch)
• Powerpuff Girls: Various characters
• Samurai Jack: X-49 in Episode L: "Tale of X-49" (Singular voice actor in this episode)
• Star Wars: Clone Wars: Durge, Additional Voices
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: Various voices
• The Fairly OddParents: Mr. Turner, Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle, Anti-Cosmo, Additional Voices
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee: Steven the Sandman, Additional Voices
• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: The Dock Hag, Additional Voices
• The Replacements: Dick Daring, Additional Voices
• The Spectacular Spider-Man: J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson
• Time Squad: Announcer, Davey Crocket, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jack the Ripper, Joseph Stalin, Louie Pasteur, Master of Ceremonies, Phileander Knox / Vampire, Samuel Adams, Simon, Soldier, Turkey Guy, William Shakespear, Winston Churchill, XJ5
• W.I.T.C.H.: Tynar
• WordGirl: Seymour Orlando Smooth, a smarmy narcissitic game show host who tries to steal the contestants' money.
• Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast: Cosmo

Live-action roles

• Ben 10: Race Against Time: Diamondhead
• Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Gordy, the school janitor
• Veronica Mars: Cliff McCormack: a public defender.
• NYPD Blue: Drake Patterson: a lawyer. (uncredited)
• CSI: Miami: Eddie Roberts: a police officer. (uncredited)
• The OC: Greg Harland: a bartender. (uncredited)
• "Party Down" Episode 104.
• Big Time Rush He plays as the grounds maintenance man on the January 29, 2010 episode.
• Imagination Movers Captain Terrific in the episode "Captian Terrific"

Movie roles

• Invisible Dad: Andrew Baily
• Comic Book: The Movie: Commander Courage/Bruce Easly
• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie: Vincent Volaju, Various voices (English dub)
• Hobgoblins: Club Scum M.C.
• Howl's Moving Castle: Additional Voices (uncredited)
• John Tucker Must Die: Announcer ("Questionnaire" Movie Trailer)
• Naruto The Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow: Sandayu Asama
• Operation: Z.E.R.O.: Count Spankulot, Janitor
• Team America: World Police: Spottswoode
• The Cat in the Hat: Announcer
• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour: Cosmo, Mr. Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle
• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide: Cosmo, Mr. Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle, Anti-Cosmo
• The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators: Cosmo, Mr. Turner
• Ben 10: Race Against Time: Diamondhead

Video game roles

• Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction: Polaris Compendium of Historical Importantness: IRIS Supercomputer (Narrator)
• .hack: Piros
• .hack//G.U.: Piros the 3rd, Salvador Aihara
• Codename: Kids Next Door Op. VIDEOGAME: Count Spankulot
• Death by Degrees: Soldiers (uncredited)
• Drakengard: Manah Evil Voice (uncredited)
• Dynasty Warriors 5: Lu Meng/Pang De (uncredited)
• Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires: Lu Meng/Pang De (uncredited)
• Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends: Lu Meng/Pang De (uncredited)
• Final Fantasy XIII: Additional voices
• Front Mission 4 - : Dieter Bosch (Uncredited)
• God Hand: Belze, Old Samurai, Various Villains
• Grandia III: Lai-Ilim
• Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring: Aragorn
• Metal Arms: Glitch in the System: Dr. Exavolt
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja: Gato
• Nicktoons Unite!: Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle
• Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island: Cosmo
• Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots: Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle
• Ninja Gaiden II: Volf
• Radiata Stories: Genius (uncredited)
• Ratchet: Deadlocked: Dallas
• Resistance: Fall of Man: Captain Winters
• Spider-Man: Venom, Mysterio, Scorpion, The Punisher, Johnny Storm and Captain America.
• Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro: Shocker, Sandman, Public Address, Professor X
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time: Biwig (uncredited)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: GO-TO / additional voices
• Tales of Symphonia: Rodyle, Shadow
• Tales of Legendia: Vaclav Bloud (uncredited)
• The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules: Cosmo, Mr. Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle, Crimson Chin, Comic Book Anchorman
• The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown: Cosmo, Mr. Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle, Crimson Chin, Mr. Turner's Robot
• Transformers: Red Alert / Cyclonus (voice) (as Darren Norris)
• Warriors Orochi: Lu Meng (uncredited)

External links

• Daran's MySpace
• Daran Norris at the Internet Movie Database