Daran Norris

Daran Norris
Biography
Full name	Daran Morrison Nordland
Birthday	November 1, 1964 (age 59)
Birthplace	Ferndale, Washington, United States
The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder/A New Wish
Role	Cosmo/Anti-Cosmo
Seasons	1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 1 (Fairly Odder) • 1 (A New Wish)
Credited in	185 episodes
First credit	"The Fairly OddParents!" (original series) • "Cake, Dance, & Solid Gold Pants" (live action series) "Fly" (A New Wish)
Final credit	"Fancy Schmancy" (FOP) "Beast of Friends" (Bunsen is a Beast) "Fairies Away! Part 2" (live action series) "Mind the Gap" (ANW)
External links
IMDB	IMDB
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

Daran Morrison Nordland, known professionally as Daran Norris, is an American actor. He has appeared or voiced characters in more than 400 films, video games, and television programs, including: Gordy in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide; Cliff McCormack in Veronica Mars; the voices of Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle, Anti-Cosmo, and Mr. Turner in The Fairly OddParents; Buddha Bob in Big Time Rush; and Knock Out in Transformers Prime.

He reprises his role as Cosmo and Jorgen Von Strangle in The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder and A New Wish.

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 Declasified School Survival Guide. He also portrays the recurring role of Buddha Bob, the Palm Woods hotel's lumberjack type janitor, on Nickelodeon TV series, Big Time Rush, another show of Scott Fellows and Knock Out in Transformers: Prime. He also provides the voice of Cosmo, Mr. Turner and Jorgen Von Strangle on The Fairly OddParents. In A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, he voices the CGI form of Cosmo, and plays Mr. Turner in live-action.

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. They divorced in 2012. As of 2021 however, he is happily married to his current husband, Ray Garcia.

Roles in The Fairly OddParents

• Mr. Turner (animated in all episodes and animated movies, live action in A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!)
• Cosmo (animated in all episodes and movies including The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder)
• Jorgen Von Strangle
• Anti-Cosmo
• The Crimson Chin (only in Super Humor)
• George Washington
• Pappy Turner
• Papa Cosmo
• Nana Boom Boom
• Crash Nebula
• The April Fool (after Christmas Everyday!)

External links

• Daran Norris at the Internet Movie Database