Jesse "Jess" Harnell (December 23, 1963, Englewood, New Jersey, USA) is an American voice actor and singer, who is known for voicing Wakko Warner in Animaniacs, Ironhide in the Transformers film series, Chilly in Doc McStuffins, and Crash Bandicoot in the video game franchise of the same name.
Harnell has been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998.
In 1989, Harnell provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox for the 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 for 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. 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, he was Hunter on Road Rovers. One of Harnell's next appearances 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 expanded universe. Harnell voiced Joe Tabootie on the Nickelodeon show ChalkZone, 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, Bruce and Crazy Drivers in the Finding Nemo video game, Jerry in Totally Spies, Linguni in Pucca and Doctor Finklestein 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).
| Year | Image | Character | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 
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Scuttle | Once Upon a Studio |
| 2016 | 
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Crash Bandicoot | Skylanders: Imaginators |
| 2013 | 
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Blast Zone | Skylanders: Swap Force |
| 2013 | 
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Trenton Hicks | Monsters University |
| 2013 | 
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Javier Rios | Monsters University |
| 2013 | 
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Percy Boleslaw | Monsters University |
| 2012 | 
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Don | Wreck-It Ralph |
| 2010 | 
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Soldier 1 | Toy Story 3 |
| 2010 | 
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Garbage Truck Driver | Toy Story 3 |
| 2009 | 
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Nurse AJ | Up |
| 2004-2007 | 
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Captain Leslie Hero | Drawn Together |
| 2002-2008 | 
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Joe Tabootie | ChalkZone |
| 2006 | 
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Murray Clutchburn | Cars |
| 2006 | 
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Floyd Mulvihill | Cars |
| 2006 | 
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Todd Marcus | Cars |
| 2003-2006 | 
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Jorge | Clifford's Puppy Days |
| 2003-2006 | 
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Nina's Dad | Clifford's Puppy Days |
| 2001 | 
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Guard 1 | The Emperor's New Groove |
| 2000 | 
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Wagif | The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (2000) |
| 2000 | 
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Giant | The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (2000) |
| 1999 |  
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Toy Maker / Santa | Jingle Bells |
| 1999 | 
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Aged Elf | Jingle Bells |
| 1998 | 
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Bug Bus | A Bug's Life |
| 1996-1998 | 
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Fatso | The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper |
| 1993-1998 | 
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Wakko Warner | Animaniacs |
| 1997 | 
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Admiral Bullets | I Am Weasel |