Daran Norris

Daran Morrison Nordland, professionally known as Daran Norris, is a venerated American actor. Born around 1964, Norris has created a vast portrayal of characters within the industry since starting his acting career in 1988. He boasts a repertoire of over 400 roles across films, video games, and television programs. He's best known for voicing Cosmo, Mr. Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle, and Anti-Cosmo in The Fairly OddParents franchise and for his live roles like Gordy in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Cliff McCormack in Veronica Mars. He also dabbled in anime, famously rendering characters like Tasuki and Mercurymon in English dubs of Fushigi Yûgi and Digimon Frontier. Norris transitioned from television commercials into film, television, and voice work by the 1990s, with his first film titled Hobgoblins in 1988. The actor is notable for his recurring roles in series such as Big Time Rush and iZombie. In 2015, he's been chosen to portray Phil Hartman in a film directed by Jason Priestley. Norris's active career extends beyond the screen; he has been training future thespians at a performing arts school he operates in Texas.