Dead End: Paranormal Park cast: What the voice actors look like in real life
By Mads Lennon
Dead End: Paranormal Park is about to become your new animated obsession! This endearing animated fantasy horror show is about a haunted theme park and the teenagers who end up working there.
Based on the graphic novel series DeadEndia by Hamish Steele and Cartoon Hangover’s Too Cool! Cartoons web short Dead End, the new show is hilarious and a great time for all. Steele also created the series so you can trust that it stays true to its roots!
The 10-episode first season drops tomorrow, June 16, on Netflix. Before then, meet the talented Dead End: Paranormal Park cast below!
Meet the Dead End: Paranormal Park cast
Dead End: Paranormal Park cast: Zach Barack as Barney
Zach Barack voices Barney, a teenage transgender boy who gets a job working at Phoenix Parks along with his new friend Norma and his pet dog Pugsley.
Where have you seen him before? Zach is best-known for appearing in Spider-Man: Far From Home, where he is credited as Marvel’s first openly trans actor in a Marvel film. He also appeared in L.A.’s Finest, Transparent and The College Tapes.
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Dead End: Paranormal Park cast: Kody Kavitha as Norma
Kody Kavitha is a talented actress and voiceover artist who plays Norma, a character who struggles with anxiety and works with Barney at Phoenix Parks. You can see a photo of her via her Instagram, right here.
Where have you seen her before? She is best known for lending her voice to the character of Sunita in Nickelodeon’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Turtles, Cocoa Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom and Samosa in the Cartoon Network series Apple & Onion.
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Dead End: Paranormal Park cast: Alex Brightman as Pugsley
Alex Brightman voices Pugsley, Barney’s magical pet dog who starts being able to talk as a result of being possessed by a powerful demon early in the first season.
Where have you seen him before? Alex is a talented singer, writer and actor. He has done a lot of musical theater and is known for playing the title character in Beetlejuice the Musical and Dewey Finn in the musical adaptation of School of Rock.
He earned Tony Award nominations for his roles in both musicals. Outside of theater, Alex has mostly done guest appearances on live-action and animated series like Teen Titans Go!, The Good Fight, The Blacklist and Law & Order: SVU.
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Dead End: Paranormal Park cast: Emily Osment as Courtney
Actress Emily Osment lends her voice to the thousand-year-old demon Courtney, who lives inside the haunted house at Phoenix Parks.
Where have you seen her before? Emily has been acting in Hollywood since she was kid, starting out in movies like Spy Kids 2 and The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It before getting her breakout role in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana as Lily Truscott.
More recently, Emily has starred in shows like Almost Family, Young Sheldon, Mom and Young & Hungry. She also starred the in Netflix series The Kominsky Method and Pretty Smart.
What’s next? Emily was promoted to a series regular on the CBS sitcom Young Sheldon for the show’s sixth season and since it has been renewed for a seventh season, too, we can probably expect to see her sticking around there for a while. The show recently wrapped its fifth season and season 6 is expected to debut this fall.
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Dead End: Paranormal Park cast: Miss Coco Peru as Pauline Phoenix
Clinton Leupp is a talented actor and comedian known for his drag persona Miss Coco Peru. Miss Coco Peru voices the character of Pauline Phoenix in the animated series. Phoenix Parks is sort of like Dollywood in that its based on the in-universe actress and icon Pauline Phoenix and her many films.
Where have you seen her before? Miss Coco Peru has appeared in numerous television shows, typically in supporting and guest star roles, but is best known for her role in the 1999 film Trick and her many live theatrical performances. She also starred in Girls Will Be Girls and the original stand-up comedy series from Logo called Wisecrack. Coco has done many one-woman shows across the world and hosted many LGBTQIA+ events.
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Dead End: Paranormal Park cast: Kenny Tran as Logs
Here’s an adorable photo of voice actor Kenny Tran with Dead End: Paranormal Park creator Hamish Steele! Kenny voices one of the Phoenix Parks employees/Barney’s crush Logs in the show.
Kenny is a relative newcomer to the acting scene. Before Dead End, he appeared in a few short films. We’re excited to see what he does next!
Social media: Instagram
Dead End: Paranormal Park cast: Kathreen Khavari as Badyah
Kathreen Khavari is an actress, writer, and producer who voices Phoenix Parks employee Badyah in the series.
Where have you seen her before? Kathreen has been in the industry for a while, first gaining notoriety when she created the viral sketch Brain of Terror and played 11 different characters in it. You might recognize her as Patricia on the hit HBO show Insecure or Samantha from HBO’s Big Little Lies. She has also voiced Ms. Marvel in several animated shows and video games.
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Dead End: Paranormal Park starts streaming this Thursday, June 16, on Netflix.