SouthEast Raised Me

The voice behind Cosmo, Jorgen J. Jonah Jamesond and More, Daran Norris Marks 62! 🎙️🎉 Norris has spent decades creating wildly different personalities across animation, anime dubbing, games, and live action. He is especially beloved as Cosmo, Timmy’s Dad, and Jorgen Von Strangle in The Fairly OddParents, while roles like Knock Out in Transformers: Prime, J. Jonah Jameson in The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Vincent Volaju in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie show just how broad his range can be. Some of his most notable roles include: • Cosmo (The Fairly OddParents) • Mr. Turner / Timmy’s Dad (The Fairly OddParents) • Knock Out (Transformers: Prime) • J. Jonah Jameson (The Spectacular Spider-Man) • Venom / Eddie Brock (Spider-Man) • Jorgen Von Strangle (The Fairly OddParents) • Vincent Volaju (Cowboy Bebop: The Movie) • Gordy (Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide) • Spottswoode (Team America: World Police) • Count Spankulot (Codename: Kids Next Door) • Buddha Bob (Big Time Rush) • Jack Smith (American Dad!) • Dick Daring (The Replacements) • Cliff McCormack (Veronica Mars) • Mercurymon / Sakkakumon (Digimon Frontier) • Durge (Star Wars: Clone Wars) • Johnny Frost (iZombie) • G0-T0 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II) • Tasuki (Fushigi Yûgi) • Gault Rennow (Star Wars: The Old Republic) His career stands out for how effortlessly he can switch between absurd comedy, intimidating villains, eccentric authority figures, and dramatic characters while keeping each performance distinctly recognizable. Celebrating Daran Norris at 62 and a remarkably varied career that has taken him through The Fairly OddParents, Transformers, Spider-Man, Star Wars, anime, games, and live-action television. 🎂✨