Daran Norris
Daran Norris (born Daran Morrison Nordland on November 1, 1964) is an American screen and voice actor. He has had several prominent roles, such as Spottswoode in Team America: World Police, Cosmo and Mr. Turner on The Fairly OddParents, Durge and Ki-Adi-Mundi on Star Wars: Clone Wars, Mercurymon and Sakkakumon in Digimon, Jack Smith in American Dad!, J. Jonah Jameson in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Alexander Lloyds in Tiger and Bunny, Diamondhead in Ben 10: Race Against Time, Batman in DC Super Friends, Vincent Vajiu in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, and Venom in the 2000 Spider-Man game.
In the realm of live action, he is familiar to fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 as the Club Scum MC in Hobgoblins, had a regular role in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as Gordy the janitor, reprised his role as Mr. Turner for the live-action Fairly OddParents TV movies, and is known to Veronica Mars devotees as Cliff McCormack.
He is sometimes credited as Darran Norris, and now operates at a performing arts school in Texas alongside serving as a board member and director of the Community Actors of South Texas in Bay City.[1][2]
