Fans of Boy Meets World, as well as Girl Meets World, will remember Lee Norris as the actor who played Minkus. Fans of One Tree Hill will remember him as Marvin "Mouth" McFadden. Mouth was one of the good guys on the series and according to his co-stars, Norris is a great guy in real life as well. Fans of the series might be wondering what Norris has been up to these days since he doesn't have much of a presence on social media.
Norris keeps a public Facebook fan page up as a way to communicate with his fans, but other than that, the actor leads a pretty private life. Those who haven't been keeping up with the actor's fan page may be surprised to know that Norris is a father now, becoming one of the latest One Tree Hill stars to have kids. Yep, he's got a little boy. Let's find out what Norris has been up to since One Tree Hill ended in 2012.
9 Lee Norris Had A Son
Norris and his wife, Andrea, welcomed a son around the end of 2019. Not much is known about the toddler, but Norris did mention his kid on the Drama Queens podcast in 2021 and has also mentioned him on his Facebook fan page. Norris was scheduled to attend the Friends With Benefit charity event in November 2021 but stated that he had to pull out of the event due to him not feeling safe attending until his two-year-old could be vaccinated. He was honest with his fans and said that he struggled with the decision to pull out of the event because he didn't want to let anyone down.
8 Lee Norris Acted Alongside Tom Hanks
Norris spoke on the Drama Queens podcast in 2021 about getting the opportunity to act alongside Tom Hanks in the AppleTV+ film, Greyhound. He had a small role, but just getting to act alongside a personal hero of his was more than enough for him. He played Messenger #2 and Norris was asked to audition for the role. He joked that he didn't care if the role was for Messenger 47 if he got to hang with Tom Hanks for two months. He said that "it was like a master class to just stand five feet from him and watch him day in and day out." He said that he didn't even care if the movie never went anywhere or ever made any money, because just the experience alone made him feel very lucky.
7 Lee Norris Makes Family Trips To North Carolina
On the Drama Queens podcast in 2021, Norris said that he had recently spent time in Wilmington with his wife and kid on a family vacation in North Carolina. He visits North Carolina with his family quite often, because it's where his parents live, and it's also where he is from. He said that he and his family had a beach day at Wrightsville Beach in Wilmington.
6 Lee Norris Was On 'The Walking Dead'
Norris is a huge fan of The Walking Dead, which his friend and former co-star Hilarie Burton's husband was on, so he was thrilled to get to play the role of Todd in a couple of episodes of the series in season eight. The episodes aired in November of 2017. Norris told SkyBound that he "had the opportunity to audition a couple of times for a few different roles over the years. Unfortunately, nothing really came through there, but I got an email from my agent one day asking if I'd be interested in this little arc for two episodes and I said, 'Absolutely. How quickly can I get to Atlanta?'"
5 Lee Norris Made A Movie With Hilarie Burton
Norris appeared in the Lifetime movie A Christmas Wish, which starred his former One Tree Hill castmates, Hilarie Burton and Tyler Hilton. Barbara Alyn Woods, Antwon Tanner and Colin Fickes also made appearances in the film, making it a full-blown One Tree Hill reunion.
4 Lee Norris Appeared On 'Girl Meets World'
Norris got to play the role of Minkus once again on the reboot of Boy Meets World. He appeared in five episodes during the series' three-season run on the Disney Channel, including the series finale episode. Norris told E! that he had "had a great time being back on set with some of my old friends."
3 Lee Norris Was In 'Gone Girl'
Norris had a small role as an officer in the 2014 film Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher, whom Norris also worked with on the film, Zodiac. The women on the Drama Queens podcast stated that his getting to work on all those David Fincher movies made them super jealous. Ha!
2 Lee Norris Has Appeared On Podcasts
Norris recently made an appearance on the Drama Queens podcast in 2021 and has also appeared on his former co-star Jana Kramer's Whine Down podcast with her and her former husband, Mike Caussin. He appeared in an episode in early 2020 with his former One Tree Hill co-stars Antwon Tanner, James Lafferty, Stephen Colletti, and Robert Buckley.
1 Lee Norris Attends 'One Tree Hill' Fan Conventions
Norris has attended most One Tree Hill fan conventions and charity events over the years, such as the Friends With Benefit charity events as well as the EyeCon conventions in Wilmington throughout the years. He loves being able to meet and interact with fans and reunite with his former cast-mates.