Personal life

Born in Ferndale, Washington, Norris graduated from Ferndale High School in 1983, and married voice actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in 1988. They divorced in 2012. He is a Christian.

Career

Norris has been an actor since 1988, beginning such work in television commercials, and moving into film, TV, and voice work in early-mid 90s.

Live-action

His first film was Hobgoblins in 1988. Afterwards he moved to television.

Norris is known for the role as Gordy in 44 episodes of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. Gordy is the "school's lazy, wacky janitor" who always goads Ned into rash actions while acting as Ned's go-to guy for advice.

He portrayed Cliff McCormack, a Public Defender and Mars family friend, in 17 episodes of Veronica Mars. The character of McCormack served as an ally to Keith and Veronica Mars and a client of Mars Investigations.

Most recently, Norris recurs as Buddha Bob in the 2010 series Big Time Rush.

In 2015, it was announced that Norris will star as Phil Hartman in the film biopic, directed by Jason Priestley.

Voice acting

Among his voice projects, Norris voiced characters in 22 episodes of Codename: Kids Next Door from 2002 through 2007, and 18 episodes of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack from 2008 through 2009. He is noted for voicing the lead Dick Daring in 71 episodes of The Replacements from 2006 through 2009, and for voicing Mr. Turner, Cosmo, and Jorgen Von Strangle, for The Fairly OddParents franchise from 2001 to present, including 126 episodes of the television series, six specials, and seven TV movies, as well as voicing these same chararacters in the related Jimmy Timmy Power Hour trilogy: The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide, and The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators. In October 2010, Norris voiced the Decepticon 'Knock Out' in The Hub TV network original series, Transformers: Prime. He has also been a voice over in the popular anime show Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Most recently, Norris recurs as the voice of The Chief and The Chameleon in the 2010 series T.U.F.F. Puppy. He also does the voices of Barnyard Dawg and Wile E. Coyote in the new TV series, The Looney Tunes Show. Norris also played Mr. Turner in the special live-action television film A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!. He has recently done commercials for Burger King.

Filmography

Live action roles

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1988	Hobgoblins	Club Scum MC
1989	Vice Academy	Laundromat John
1991	Earth Angel	Flat Top	TV film
1995	Meltdown	The Doctor	Voice (American dub, 2001)
1995-1996	MADtv	Waiter, Passbyer
1998	Billy Frankenstein	George	Credited as Daran W. Norris
	Invisible Dad	Andrew Baily	Direct-to-video
	The Souler Opposite	Young Man
1999	Becker	Man	Ep. Choose Me
	The Jersey	Counselor	Ep. Heroes
2001	In the Bedroom	Red Sox Replay	Voice
2002	Son of the Beach	Karoke Emcee	Ep. Empty the Dragon
2004	The Greatest Short Film Ever!!!	Director	Short film
	Comic Book: The Movie	Commander Courage, Bruce Easly
2004-2007	Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide	Gordy, Cosmo (episode "Daydreams")
	Veronica Mars	Cliff McCormack
2005	Grounded for Life	Glamourous Man	Ep. Tom Sawyer
2007	Ben 10: Race Against Time	Diamondhead	Voice; TV film
	Jekyll	Emcee
2008	El Sonoma	Janitor Smithson
	Gym Teacher: The Movie	Announcer	TV film
2009	Imagination Movers	Captain Terrific	Ep. Captain Terrific
	Party Down	Tony Carolla	Ep. Investors Dinner
	State of the Union	Larry King	Ep. 2.1
2009-2013	Big Time Rush	Buddha Bob
2011	A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!	Cosmo/Mr. Turner	TV film
	Desperate Housewives	Phil	Ep. The Art of Making Art
2012	A Fairly Odd Christmas	Cosmo/Mr. Turner	TV film
2013	I Know That Voice	Himself	Documentary
2014	Veronica Mars	Cliff McCormack
2014	A Fairly Odd Summer	Cosmo/Mr. Turner	TV film
2015-present	iZombie	Johnny Frost	3 Episodes
2015	Dog with a Blog	Colonel Fink	Episode: Stan's Secret is Out
2016	Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything	Jefferson Landry	Episode: The Cabin

Voice roles

Animation

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1998	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle, Mr. Turner	The Fairly OddParents shorts
2000	Rocket Power	TV Reporter	Ep. Snow Day/Welcome to the Club
2001	Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus	Dracchus
2001-02	Time Squad	XJ5, Samuel Adams, Sinon, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Louis Pasteur, Davey Crockett, Jack the Ripper, William Shakespeare, Phileander Knox / Vampire
2001-present	The Fairly OddParents	Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle, Mr. Turner, Anti-Cosmo, Additional voices
2001-04	Samurai Jack	X-49, Ra, Rama, Spartok, Gentleman, Barber, Chartman, Pirate Captain, Max
	Oswald	Egbert
2002	Chalkzone	Additional Voices
2002-04	The Powerpuff Girls	Voodooric, Additional Voices
2002-05	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Nanobot #1
2002-07	Codename: Kids Next Door	Count Spankulot, Big Brother
2003	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Ugo DiRinaldi, Shopkeeper, Camel Sam, Tourist Dad, Sheriff, Additional voices
	Dexter's Laboratory	Additional Voices
2003-05	Star Wars: Clone Wars	Durge, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Tarr Seirr, Daakmen Barrek, Even Piell
2003	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Shop Teacher, Mopey, Old Lady #2	Ep. Attack of the 5 1/2 Ft. Geek/Doom with a View
2004	Megas XLR	Gynok, Brock
2005	Stroker and Hoop	Santa Claus, Elf, Mall Cop
	Danny Phantom	Bullet, Newscaster	Ep. Public Enemies
	Duck Dodgers	Fox Bounty Hunter, Cyborg#1, Hungortus	Ep. Good Duck Hunting/Consumption Overruled
	The Batman	Brent	Ep. Meltdown
	The Buzz on Maggie	Dr. Electric, Flynator
	Loonatics Unleashed	Ralph Runner, Alien Dad
2005-present	American Dad!	Jack Smith
2005-06	The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	Mr. Radcliff, Camel, Steven the Sandman, Mr. Rosskins
2006-09	The Replacements	Dick Daring, Emile Zupleck, Henchman 1
2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Tynar	Ep. B is for Betrayal
	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	Imaginary Man	Ep. Challenge of the Superfriends
2007	Random Cartoons	Conrad	Ep. SamSquatch
	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	Emilliano Suarez
	Chowder	Bubble Gum Vendor, Screaming Vendor	Ep. Grubble Gum/The Cinnamini Monster
2008-09	The Spectacular Spider-Man	J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson, Colonel Jupiter
	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	Dock Hag, Dashing Danny, Additional Voices
2009	The Fairly Oddparents in Wishology	Cosmo, Anti-Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle, Mr. Turner, Additional voices	TV film
2009-11	WordGirl	Seymour Smooth, Nocan the Contrarian
2010	DC Super Friends	Batman	Short
	Handy Manny	Jack	Ep. Big Construction Job
2010-15	T.U.F.F. Puppy	The Chief, The Chameleon, Jack Rabbit, Bad Dog, Additional voices
2010-12	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Bjorgen
2011	Generator Rex	Coach, Burly Jock	Ep. Without A Paddle
	Dan Vs.	Colby	Ep. Dan Vs. The Family Camping Trip
	Fish Hooks	Scientist	Ep. Parasite Fight
	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Skipper's Brother	Ep. The Sirens Song
2011-13	Transformers: Prime	Knock Out
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Police Chief	Ep. Along Came a Spider
2013	Phineas & Ferb	Additional Voices	Ep. Backyard Hodge Podge; Ep. Bully Bust
2013-present	Turbo F.A.S.T.	Mel Shellman	Netflix series
2014-present	Wander Over Yonder	Additional Voices
2015-present	Mixels	Snoof, Waka, Spugg, Tiketz, Mixapod	Two episodes
2015	Wabbit	Sir Littlechin	Ep. St. Bugs and the Dragon
2015-present	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Knock Out
2016-present	The Loud House	TV announcer	Ep. Sound of Silence

Anime

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1993	Doomed Megaopolis	Astronomy Teacher	English dub
1996	Hyper Doll	Detective Todo
	Giant Robo	Zangetsu the Mid-day	English dub (Animaze dub)
1997	Black Jack	Tokio Umetani	English dub
	Street Fighter II V	Narrator, Additional Voices	English dub (Manga Ent. version)
	El Hazard: The Wanderers	Villager	English dub
1998	Fushigi Yûgi	Tasuki	English dub
	Bastard!	Dark Schneider
1999	Fist of the North Star	Rei	English dub
	Cowboy Bebop	Cowboy Andy Von de Oniyate, Morgan
	Battle Athletes Victory	Lahrri's Coach, Exercise Voice
2000	Dinozaurs	Dark Dragon	English dub
2001	Mon Colle Knights	Gabriolis, Redda	English dub
	Gate Keepers	Fiance
2001-02	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Heavy Load	English dub
2001	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team	Yuri Kellarney	English dub
2002-03	Digimon Frontier	Mercurymon, Sakkakumon	English dub
2003-05	Lupin III Part II	Marcal Daran/George Marshall, H. Von Meyer	English dub
2004	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Nanao	English dub
2005	Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG	Sergeant Rod	English dub
2005	Naruto	Sangorou	English dub
2010	Stitch!	Peter (ep 18), Goodman (ep 24)	English dub
2011	Marvel Anime: Iron Man	Editor Nomura	English dub
2013	Tiger & Bunny	Alexander Lloyds, Mario	English dub

Films

Title	Year	Role(s)	Notes
They Were Eleven	1996	Doctor, Instructor #1	English dub
Ninku: The Movie	1998	Touji
Black Jack: The Movie	1999	Additional Voices
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie	2001	Hikozaemon Ohtaki
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	2002	Vincent Volaju
The Little Polar Bear	2003	Brutus
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3		Kiichi Goto
Team America: World Police	2004	Spottswoode
Asterix and the Vikings	2006	Vitalstatsisx	English dub
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow	2007	Sandayu Asama
Bolt	2008	Louie
Naruto Shippuden the Movie	2009	Mouryou	English dub
Escape from Planet Earth	2013	Orientation Film Host
Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning		Alexander Lloyds, Mario	English dub
Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising		Knock Out
Untitled Phil Hartman biopic	TBA	Phil Hartman

Video games

Title	Year	Role(s)	Notes
Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu	1998	Koris, Kikinak
King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity	1998	Ice Lord, King Graham, Weapons Dealer Gnome
Bushido Blade 2		Additional Voices	Credited as James Penrod
Ground Control	2000	Squad Voices, Dropship Voice #13
Spider-Man		Venom, Captain America, Human Torch, Mysterio, Punisher, Scorpion, Eddie Brock
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro	2001	Shocker, Beetle, Sandman, Charles Xavier
SkyGunner	2002	Ventre	English version, uncredited
The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian		Hammet, Set
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring		Aragorn, Tom Bombadil, Barliman Butterbur	Credited as Darren Norris
Star Wars: The Clone Wars		Dark Acolyte, Engineer, Old Obi-Wan
The Mark of Kri		Rongo, Additional Voices
Minority Report		Roy Verhaegen
.hack//Infection	2003	Piros	English version
.hack//Mutation
Command & Conquer: Generals		Additional Voices	Credited as Darren Norris
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic		Zelka Forn
Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour		Additional Voices	Credited as Darren Norris
True Crime: Streets of LA
The Hobbit		Gollum	Credited as Darren Norris
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System		Additional Voices
Armed & Dangerous		Henry, 01-12, Shrub Patrol 1	Credited as Darren Norris
.hack//Outbreak		Piros	English version
Front Mission 4	2004	Additional Voices	English version, uncredited
Onimusha Blade Warriors		Osric	English version
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time		Biwig, Croswell
.hack//Quarantine		Piros
Tales of Symphonia		Rodyle, Shadow
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege		Soldier
Transformers		Red Alert, Cyclonus
Drakengard		Manah (Evil voice)	English version
Doom 3		Additional Voices
EverQuest II		Generic Amygdalan Enemy, Generic Dragon Enemy, Generic Centaur Enemy
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines		Chunk, Milligan, Cal, Bum
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II		G0-T0
Nicktoons Unite	2005	Cosmo
Dynasty Warriors 5		Pang De	English version, uncredited
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil		Sergeant Kelly	Credited as Darran Norris
Rise of the Kasai		Additional Voices
Death By Degrees		Soldiers	English version
Madagascar		Announcer, Sailor, Construction Worker
Kingdom of Paradise		Uzo	English version
Radiata Stories		Genius Weissheit	English version, uncredited
Urban Reign		Various Gang Members
Ratchet: Deadlocked		Dallas
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War	2006	AWACS Eagle Eye	English version, uncredited
Steambot Chronicles		Comfrey, Commander Ferguson, Dino, Mayor Marlow
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja		Gatou, Kaji	English version
.hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth		Piros the 3rd, Grein, Salvador Aihara
God Hand		Belze, Great Sensei, Villains, Narrator
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island		Cosmo
Resistance: Fall of Man		Additional Voices
Grandia III		La-Ilim	English version, uncredited
Tales of Legendia		Commander Vacalv Bloud
.hack//G.U. vol.2//Reminisce	2007	Piros the 3rd, Grein, Salvador Aihara	English version
Project Sylpheed		Additional Voices	English version, uncredited
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction		Narrator
.hack//G.U. vol.3//Redemption		Piros the 3rd, Grein, Salvador Aihara	English version
Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots		Cosmo, Jorgen von Strangle
Bee Movie Game		Honex
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation		Additional Voices
Ninja Gaiden II	2008	Volf	English version
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows		J. Jonah Jameson
Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors		Gorilla Boss, Yak Minon #1
Monsters vs. Aliens	2009	Additional Voices
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2		Volf	English version
Final Fantasy XIII	2010	Additional Voices (Cocoon Inhabitants)	English version, as Darren Norris
Star Wars: The Old Republic	2011	Gault Rennow
Final Fantasy XIII-2	2012	Additional Voices	English version
Transformers: Prime - The Game		Knock Out
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	2013	Additional Voices	English version
Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe	2014	Wile E. Coyote

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