Daran Norris
Daran Morrison Nordland (born c. 1964),[1] 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, Mr. Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle, and Anti-Cosmo in The Fairly OddParents franchise; Buddha Bob in Big Time Rush; Spottswoode in Team America: World Police and Knock Out in Transformers: Prime. In anime, he is best known for his roles as Tasuki and Mercurymon in the English dubs of Fushigi Yûgi and Digimon Frontier respectively.
Daran Norris
Actor
1988–present
Personal life[edit]
Born in 1964 in Ferndale, Washington,[1] Norris graduated from Ferndale High School in 1983, and married voice actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in 1988. They divorced in 2012.
Norris currently operates a performing arts school in Texas with his husband, Ray Garcia, who is also an actor whom he wed in 2021.[13] They live in Bay City, where he is a board member and director of the Community Actors of South Texas.[14]