True Blood Season 3: Who Is Calvin Norris?
Welcome to the sixth in a series of features about the new characters coming to True Blood in season 3. We’ll be taking a look at these new characters using both information from casting calls and from the novels on which the show is based. Beware, spoilers ahead!
Who is Calvin Norris?
Gregory Sporleder will play Calvin Norris / photo courtesy Mr. Sporleder's management
This season on True Blood we’ll be introduced to Calvin Norris, a character who will play a large role in the lives of both Stackhouse siblings as the series progresses. Although he is first introduced in the fourth Sookie novel, Dead to the World
The book describes Calvin as a small man, about 5’7″, in his late forties. He has green-gold eyes, short hair, and a trim beard salted with gray. His short stature is offset by an agile build and muscular arms. He is employed as a crew leader at Norcross, a local lumber mill, in addition to his duties as leader of Hotshot.
Sookie becomes involved with Hotshot thanks to Jason and his interest in Crystal Norris, Calvin’s niece. Per the book, years of inbreeding in Hotshot has weakened the shifters’ powers. In order to bring fresh blood into the community, and knowing about her gift, Calvin offers Sookie his protection and suggests that they procreate. She turns him down but does remain friends with him and in contact with the werepanthers, leading to further exposure of the hierarchy and rules the community lives by.
Gregory Sporleder will play Calvin Norris on True Blood.
Calvin Norris In Brief
Sex: Male
Species: Werepanther
Age: 40-something
Status: Single
Relatives: Niece, Crystal Norris
Occupation: Crew leader at lumber mill; community leader of Hotshot
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