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Jess Harnell | |
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Biographical | |
Full Name | Jess Q. Harnell |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | December 23, 1963 |
Birthplace | Teaneck, New Jersey |
Occupation | Voice actor, Singer |
Website | https://twitter.com/JessHarnell |
Role | Texas |
Jess Q. Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor and singer, best known for voicing Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and Ironhide in the Transformers film series. Harnell has been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998. He voices Texas in DisneyXD's Motorcity.
History[]
Harnell is originally from Teaneck, New Jersey. Harnell's father was the composer Joe Harnell.
Career[]
Harnell started his career with minimal experience. In 1989, he provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox in the then-new Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland Park, reviving the roles last played in 1946 by Johnny Lee and James Baskett, respectively, in the film Song of the South. Harnell also recorded some new character dialogue for the subsequent Walt Disney World version of the attraction. He was later called in to reprise these roles once again for the 2001 television series Disney's House of Mouse and the 2011 video game Kinect Disneyland Adventures.
In 1993, he went on to voice his most popular roles, Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and Secret Squirrel on 2 Stupid Dogs. From 1994 to 1996, he supplied the voice of Sewer Urchin in the animated series The Tick. In the late 1990s, he first recorded the voice of Bluebeard in the English dub of the 1994 Trickompany film, Felidae but was replaced by Kiefer Sutherland.
Also in 1996, he was Hunter on Road Rovers. Harnell's next appearance was as the principal stormtrooper in the 1997 Star Wars fan film Troops, a parody of the Cops TV series set in the Star Wars universe. Harnell voiced Joe Tabootie on the Nickelodeon show ChalkZone, Petrol on Firehouse Tales, Crash Bandicoot in Crash Tag Team Racing, Crash of the Titans, and Crash: Mind over Mutant, Lo-Lo in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Spyro the Dragon in Spyro: A Hero's Tail and Spyro: Shadow Legacy, Marlin and Bruce in Finding Nemo (video game) Jerry in Totally Spies, Linguni in Pucca, and Doctor Finklestein in The Nightmare Before Christmas's video game spin-offs, as well as in the Kingdom Hearts series replacing the late William Hickey who voiced him in the film. In 2005 he voiced Buzz Blister in Tom & Jerry: Blast off to Mars. He also voiced wild and energetic Cro Magnon Doubledome from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts for Cartoon Network's Big Pick (also starring Daniel Davis as Longhair).
In 2001, he was the singing voice of Buster on Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure. He also voiced Captain Hero on Comedy Central's animated comedy Drawn Together and he also does the voices of Wooton Bassett, and Bennett Charles on the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey, as well as playing the lead role of Finnian Jones for the Lamplighter Theatre Radio Drama. He also made a few appearances on Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, both on-screen and voice-over. His voice also made an appearance in NASCAR Rumble, and is credited for in-game commentary in the follow-up game Rumble Racing. Jess also replaced Brad Garrett as the voice of Fatso during season 3 of The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper. He also played a small role in Samurai Jack as he voiced Ringo and a waitress in the episode "Jack Under the Sea". In 2007 he replaced Neil Flyn as the voice of The Plumber in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. He also voiced the Smuggler in that series.
In that same year, he voiced the characters of Ironhide and Barricade in the Michael Bay-directed Transformers, making him the only voice actor to play both an Autobot (Ironhide) and a Decepticon (Barricade) in that film. He returned to voice Ironhide once again in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen[1][2][3] and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
He also voiced a character in the popular animated film Up, which Ratchet & Clank co-star David Kaye was also in. He replaced Brad Garrett as the voice of Professor Buffo in Special Agent Oso. [1][2]Wakko from Animaniacs==Music career== As a musician, Harnell released his only solo album in 1995 called The Sound Of Your Voice. He is the lead vocalist in the Pop/Metal mashup rock band, Rock Sugar, which evolved from his previous band, Loud & Clear. With Loud & Clear/Rock Sugar, Harnell released four albums: 2003's Disc-Connected, 2007's self-titled demo album, 2008's Festival Of Fire, and 2010's Reimaginator.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Benny Dimase | |
1994 | Yakko's World: An Animaniacs Singalong | Wakko Warner (voice) | (Direct-to-video) |
Pom Poko | Gyobu (voice) | (1995 English dubb) | |
1995 | Felidae | Additional Voices | (1996 English version), Uncredited |
Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Additional Voices | (Direct-to-video), Uncredited | |
Casper | Arnold (voice) | ||
1997 | Casper: A Spirited Beginning | Fatso (voice) | (Direct-to-video) |
1998 | Casper Meets Wendy | Fatso (voice) | |
A Bug's Life | Additional Voices | ||
1999 | We Wish You a Merry Christmas | Santa / Man #1 / Man #2 (voice) | (Direct-to-video) |
Our Friend, Martin | Reporter #1 / Demonstrator (voice) | ||
O' Christmas Tree | Man in House / Skunk / Santa (voice) | (Direct-to-video) | |
Wakko's Wish | Wakko Warner (voice) | (Direct-to-video) | |
Toy Story 2 | Additional Voices | ||
2000 | Lion of Oz | Singer (voice) | |
Joseph: King of Dreams | Issachar / Lead Trader (voice) | (Direct-to-video) | |
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus | Wagif Knook / Giant / Additional Voices (voice) | ||
Little Nicky | Gary the Monster (voice) | ||
The Emperor's New Groove | Additional Voices | ||
2002 | Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring | Additional Voices | |
Scooby-Doo | Creatures (voice) | ||
Lilo & Stitch | Additional Voices | ||
The Country Bears | Long-Haired Dude | ||
2004 | Comic Book: The Movie | Ricky (voice) | (Direct-to-video) |
Clifford's Really Big Movie | Dirk (voice) | ||
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Major General (voice) | (Direct-to-video) | |
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! | Dude #2 (voice) | ||
2005 | Racing Stripes | Additional Voices | |
Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars | Major Buzz Blister Martian General Worker #3 (voice) |
(Direct-to-video) | |
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry | Buzz Blister / Film Director (voice) | (Direct-to-video) | |
2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Additional Voices | |
Cars | Sven 'The Governator' (voice) | ||
Asterix and the Vikings | Cacofonix (voice) | (English version) | |
The Wild | Additional Voices | ||
Tales from Earthsea | Additional Voices | (English version) | |
2007 | TMNT | Additional Voices | |
Surf's Up | Additional Voices | ||
Transformers | Ironhide / Barricade (voice) | ||
Underdog | Astronaut (voice) | ||
Jekyll | Guy #1 | ||
2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | Another Who (voice) / Additional Voices | |
Dragon Hunters | Gildas (voice) | (English version) | |
WALL·E | Additional Voices | ||
Space Chimps | Additional Voices | ||
Ponyo | Additional Voices | (English version) | |
Igor | Announcer / Royal Guard #2 (voice) | ||
2009 | Up | Nurse AJ (voice) | |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Ironhide (voice) | ||
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto | Uncle Carl (voice) | ||
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Additional Voices | ||
2010 | Toy Story 3 | Additional Voices | |
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Pan / Brett Jeremy (voice) | (Direct-to-video) | |
2011 | Cars 2 | Additional Voices | |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Ironhide (voice) | ||
2012 | The Lorax | Additional Voices |
Television[]
Year | Television | Role | Notes/Awards |
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1987 | Throb | Member of The Playthings | Episode: The Spa |
1990 | Wake, Rattle & Roll | Droop-A-Long Coyote Hardy Har Har |
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1991 | Darkwing Duck | Additional Voices | |
1992 | Camp Candy | Additional Voices | Episode: When It Rains... It Snows |
Goof Troop | Additional Voices | Episode: E=MC Goof | |
1993 | The Pink Panther | Additional Voices | Episode: Pilgrim Panther / That Old Pink Magic |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1978) |
Captain Zorax Wolf Jaxon |
Episode: Night of the Dark Turtle | |
Problem Child | Additional Voices | ||
Bonkers | Toon Bomb Charlie the Toon Pig Heckler Additional Voices |
Episodes: Color Me Piquel Tune Pig Fall Apart Bomb Squad Going Bonkers When the Spirit Moves You | |
2 Stupid Dogs | Secret Squirrel Scirocco Mole |
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1993-1995 | Biker Mice from Mars | Evil Eye Weevil Honka Lougie |
Episodes: Garbage Wars Villain of the Year Motocross Trap Test of Friendship We Don't Need No Stinkin' City |
1993-1998 | Animaniacs | Wakko Warner Walter Wolf Alvey Humphrey BogartCabby Additional Voices |
All 99 Episodes |
1994 | Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | Additional Voices | |
Red Planet | Additional Voices | ||
The Legend of Prince Valiant | Additional Voice | Episode: The Gathering Storm | |
Tiny Toons Spring Break | Michael Molten-Lava Rank Additional Voices (voice) |
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Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad | Man on Street Radio Nerd Rock n' Roll Virus |
Episodes: Loose Lips Sink Microchips The Taunt Heard Round the World Rock n' Roll Virucide | |
1995 | Empty Nest | Vince | Episode: Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend |
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Additional Voices | ||
Timon & Pumbaa | Bugs | Episodes: Rocky Mountain Lie/Amazon Quiver | |
1996 | Fantastic Four | Impossible Man Super-Skrull |
Episode: Hopelessly Impossible |
Road Rovers | Hunter | Episodes: Where Rovers Dare A Hair of the Dog That Bit You Let's Hit the Road | |
Quack Pack | Additional Voice | Episode: Recipe for Adventure | |
1997 | Rugrats | Guide Singer Voice |
Episode: Vacation |
Extreme Ghostbusters | Additional Voice | ||
I Am Weasel | French Prime Minister Workman |
Episode: This Bridge, Not Weasel Bridge | |
Recess | Episode: Parents' Night Swing on Thru to the Other Side | ||
The Weird Al Show | Dr. Legume | Episode: One for the Record Books | |
Jungle Cubs | Toucan | Episode: Old Green Teeth/The Elephant Who Couldn't Say No | |
Kyûketsuki Miyu | Takashi Kashiwabara | Episode: The Red Shoe's | |
2000 | Yu-Gi-Oh! | Additional Voices | Minor |
2012 | Motorcity | Texas |