Jess Harnell

Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963 the son of Joe Harnell (a jazz composer) and his wife Alice (née Penslar) Harnell.

Career In 1989, Harnell provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and many other critters for the Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland Park. Harnell also recorded some new character dialogue for the subsequent Walt Disney World version of the attraction. He has continued to reprise the role of Brer Rabbit in new Disney projects when needed, such as in the 2011 video game Kinect: Disneyland Adventures.

In 1990, Harnell served as a casting director on DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp. In 1993, he went on to voice Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and Secret Squirrel on 2 Stupid Dogs. That same year, he became the singing voice of father in the current version of Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. From 1994 to 1996, he supplied the voices of Sewer Urchin, the Human Bullet and Chief Louder in the animated series The Tick.

Also, in 1996, Harnell voiced Hunter in Road Rovers. One of Harnell's next appearances was as the principal stormtrooper in the 1997 Star Wars fan film Troops, a parody of Cops set in the Star Wars expanded universe. Harnell voiced Rudy's father, Joe Tabootie and Chalk Dad on the Nickelodeon show ChalkZone, Crash Bandicoot in Crash Tag Team Racing, Crash of the Titans, Crash: Mind over Mutant, and Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy, Lo-Lo in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Rodney Copperbottom in the Robots video game, Spyro the Dragon in Spyro: A Hero's Tail and Spyro: Shadow Legacy, Marlin, Bruce and Crazy Drivers in the Finding Nemo video game, Jerry in the first two seasons of Totally Spies!, Linguni in Pucca and Dr. Finkelstein in The Nightmare Before Christmas''' video game spin-offs, as well as in the Kingdom Hearts series. In 2005, he voiced Buzz Blister in Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars and numerous other characters in subsequent Tom and Jerry features. 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, Harnell 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 appearances on Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. 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 guest starred in Samurai Jack as he voiced Ringo and a waitress in the episode "Jack Under the Sea". He also produced the 2004 film Comic Book: The Movie along with Billy West, Mark Hamill, Eric Mittleman, Scott Zakarin and Roger Rose as well as playing the character Ricky. In 2006, he worked as a voice director on Pet Alien. In 2007, he replaced Neil Flynn 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 popular series.

In that same year, Harnell 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 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon as well as Barricade in Transformers: The Last Knight.

Harnell voiced a character in Up and replaced Brad Garrett as the voice of Professor Buffo in Special Agent Oso. He also voiced Flip Wreck, Blast Zone and Bucko in the Skylanders reboot of the franchise and The Cowardly Lion and Reegull in Lego Dimensions (the former role he would reprise in the 2017-2020 Boomerang show Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz). Harnell also provided the voice of Cedric in Sofia the First from 2013 to 2018.

Music career

Harnell released his only solo studio album, The Sound of Your Voice, in 1995. 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 or Rock Sugar, Harnell released five albums: Disc-Connected (2003), self-titled demo album (2007), Festival of Fire (2008), Reimaginator (2010), and Reinventinator'' (2021).

Personal life Harnell is a Christian. On November 8, 2019, Harnell proposed to his girlfriend Cara Leanne, and the couple married on November 19.

Filmography Film + List of voice performances in feature and direct-to-video films Year Title Role Notes Reference(s) 1994 Yakko's World: An Animaniacs Singalong Wakko Warner Direct-to-video film Pom Poko Gyobu (2005 English dub) 1995 Casper Casper's Arnold Schwarzenegger impression 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Frollo's Soldiers Aladdin and the King of Thieves Fat Thief Direct-to-video film Mostly In Toon: An Animaniacs Singalong Wakko Warner Direct-to-video film 1997 Casper: A Spirited Beginning Fatso Direct-to-video film 2021 History of Swear Words Grandpa 2024 Megamind Rules! Izzy Iggy Episode: "Too Much Chum" 2026 Sofia the First: Royal Magic Cedric

Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes Reference(s) 1994 Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness Franz 1997 Animaniacs Game Pack Wakko Warner Heroes of the Storm E.T.C. Lego Dimensions The Cowardly Lion, Reegull Disney Infinity 3.0 Marlin Grouped under "Featuring the Voice Talents" 2023 Sea of Thieves LeChuck, Pirate Leader I, Store Keeper, Bill Fettuccini Disney Dreamlight Valley Maui

Live-action + List of acting performances in feature films and television shows Year Title Role Notes Reference(s) 1987 Throb Member of The Playthings Episode: "The Spa" 1988 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Benny Dimase 2002 The Country Bears Long-Haired Dude 2007 Jekyll Guy #1 2012 Big Time Rush Babylace Episode: "Big Time Babysitting" 2013 I Know That Voice Himself Documentary

Theme parks + List of voice performances in theme parks Year Title Role Notes Reference(s) 1989, 1992 Splash Mountain Br'er Rabbit, Mr. Bluebird, Geese, Vultures, Owl, Alligator, Brer Turtle, Porcupine, Safety Spiels 1994 Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin Roger Rabbit 2007 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage Marlin 2011 Transformers: The Ride 3D Ironhide

Radio + List of voice performances in radio series Year Title Role Notes Reference(s) 2001–present Adventures in Odyssey Wooton Bassett, Bennett Charles, Additional voices 148 episodes

Soundtrack appearances Year Film Role Song Artist/Writer Reference(s) 1991–95 Taz-Mania Theme song vocalist "Come to Taz-Mania" Jess Harnell & Jim Cummings 1993–99 Animaniacs Wakko "Theme Song""French Theme Song""Sing-Along Theme""The Monkey Song""I Am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual""Wakko's America""Be Careful What You Eat""The Senses Song""John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt""The Twelve Days of Christmas""Hello Nurse""The Presidents Song""Yakko's Universe""Macadamia Nut""I'm Mad""Variety Speak""The Anvil Song""At the Big Wrap Party Tonight""The Ballad of Magellan""Bones in the Body""The Etiquette Song""Hungarian Rapsody""I'll Take an Island""I'm Cute""I've Got a Ha'Penny""If I Could Have My Wish Then I'd Be Happy""L.A. Dot""Lake Titicaca""Make a Gookie""Noel""Let the Anvils Ring""Our First Day of School""Never Give Up Hope""A Quake! A Quake!""Schnitzelbank""Several Drops of Rain""The Studio Shrink""There's Only One of You""Traveling Animaniacs""Twinkle, Twinkle""U.N. Me""Video Revue""What Are We""When You're Traveling""The Wishing Star""Yes, Brothers Warner We" Richard Stone, Steve Bernstein, Julie Bernstein & Gordon Goodwin 1996 Aladdin and the King of Thieves Additional voices "Are You In or Out?" David Friedman 1997-98 Pepper Ann Mik Snott Band Member/various voices Multiple episodes Disney Toonimation Studios 2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Buster "Junkyard Society Rag" Melissa Manchester & Norman Gimbel 2004 The Powerpuff Girls Additional voices "Give Something to Me""Sai Lai lufti de santra mekidu""Sunshine, Sunshine, Down on Me""Thank You""This is the Best Day of My Life Today""Real Good""Sai Lai lufti de santra mekidu 2" Manda Rin, Steven Clark, John Disco, James L. Venable, Thomas Chase & Stephen Rucker 2005 The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge Dr. Finkelstein "Dr. Finklestein's Song" Danny Elfman 2006 Codename: Kids Next Door Singer "Don't Pee in Your Pants If You Wanna Victory Dance" 2008 Chowder Singer "Fireheart" 2009 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Singer "The Bloo supersede and the Great Creator of Everything's Awesome Ceremony of Fun That He's Not Invited To" 2011–14 The Looney Tunes Show Tosh Gopher "Be Polite""You Like / I Like""Drifting Apart""Christmas Rules" Andy Sturmer 2012 Doc McStuffins Chilly "You Can Do It""Chillin' in the Snow" Michelle Lewis & Kay Hanley 2013 Sofia the First Cedric All 2014 Special Agent Oso Professor Buffo "The Doc with the Golden Bed" 2019 Muppet Babies "Kick It Up A Notch" 2021 History of Swear Words "TBA"