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Jess Harnell

Born December 23, 1963 · Teaneck, New Jersey, USA (age 62)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jess Q. Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor and singer, best known for voicing Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and Hunter on Road Rovers. Harnell has been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jess Harnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Minions & Monsters

Minions & Monsters · 2026

Minions & Monsters

MovieAdventureAnimation

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 · 2010

MovieAnimationFamily

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 · 1999

MovieAnimationComedy

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.

WALL·E

WALL·E · 2008

MovieAnimationFamily

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo · 2003

MovieAnimationFamily

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.

MovieAnimationComedy

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.

Cars

MovieAnimationAdventure

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.

The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove · 2000

The Emperor's New Groove

MovieAdventureAnimation

When the self‑absorbed Emperor Kuzco is accidentally transformed into a llama, he must rely on a humble villager to survive the jungle and reclaim his throne.

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Minions & Monsters

Minions & Monsters · 2026

Minions & Monsters

MovieAdventureAnimation

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

Additional Voices (voice)

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 · 2010

MovieAnimationFamily

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

Additional Voices (voice)

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 · 1999

MovieAnimationComedy

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.

Additional Voices (voice)

WALL·E

WALL·E · 2008

MovieAnimationFamily

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Additional Voices (voice)

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo · 2003

MovieAnimationFamily

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.

Additional Voices (voice)

MovieAnimationComedy

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.

Nurse AJ (voice)

Cars

MovieAnimationAdventure

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.

Additional Voices (voice)

The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove · 2000

The Emperor's New Groove

MovieAdventureAnimation

When the self‑absorbed Emperor Kuzco is accidentally transformed into a llama, he must rely on a humble villager to survive the jungle and reclaim his throne.

Additional Voices (voice)

Monsters University

Monsters University · 2013

Monsters University

MovieAnimationFamily

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

Additional Voices (voice)

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown · 2006

Ice Age: The Meltdown

MovieAnimationFamily

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.

Additional Voices (voice)

Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2 · 2013

Despicable Me 2

MovieAnimationComedy

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

Additional Voices (voice)

Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph · 2012

MovieFamilyAnimation

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.

Don (voice)

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch · 2002

MovieAnimationFamily

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.

Additional Voices (voice)

Hotel Transylvania 2

Hotel Transylvania 2 · 2015

Hotel Transylvania 2

MovieAnimationComedy

When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool.

Additional Voices (voice)

A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life · 1998

MovieAdventureAnimation

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

Additional Voices (voice)

Sing

MovieAnimationComedy

A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.

Additional Voices (voice)

The Grinch

The Grinch · 2018

MovieAnimationComedy

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a certain little who might change things.

Additional Voices (voice)

The Lorax

The Lorax · 2012

MovieAnimationFamily

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Additional Voices (voice)

Minions

Minions · 2015

MovieFamilyAnimation

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

Additional Voices (voice)

Migration

Migration · 2023

MovieFamilyComedy

After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip, from New England, to New York City, to tropical Jamaica.

Additional Voices (voice)

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 · 2017

Despicable Me 3

MovieActionAnimation

Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.

Additional Voice (voice)

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight · 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

MovieActionAdventure

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

Barricade (voice)

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania · 2022

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

MovieAnimationComedy

When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy.

Additional Voices (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs · 2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

MovieAnimationComedy

Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?

Additional Voices (voice)

The Simpsons

The Simpsons · 1989

SeriesAnimationComedy

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

Pancho (voice)

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty · 2013

SeriesAnimationComedy

Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.

Scary Terry / Dog Soldier 2 (voice)

Rugrats

Rugrats · 1991

SeriesFamilyAnimation

Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.

Singer / Guide (voice)

The Drew Carey Show

The Drew Carey Show · 1995

The Drew Carey Show

Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.

Elvis performer

The Fairly OddParents

The Fairly OddParents · 2001

The Fairly OddParents

SeriesAnimationComedy

The zany, fast-paced adventures of a 10-year-old boy and his fairy godparents, who inadvertently create havoc as they grant wishes for their pint-sized charge.

Singer (voice)

Kim Possible

Kim Possible · 2002

SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure

If there's danger or trouble, Kim Possible is there on the double to save the world from villains... and still make it home in time for cheerleading practice! Luckily, Kim has her sidekick Ron Stoppable and his pet naked mole-rat Rufus by her side.

Man 1 / Pirate (voice)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

DC's Legends of Tomorrow · 2016

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

Elvis Vocal Impersonator (voice)

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Star vs. the Forces of Evil · 2015

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation

Intergalactic warrior Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diaz family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still confuses her.

Old Songstrel (singing voice)

Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter's Laboratory · 1996

Dexter's Laboratory

SeriesAnimationComedy

Dexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, constantly battles his sister Dee Dee, who always gains access despite his best efforts to keep her out, as well as his arch-rival and neighbor, Mandark.

Boy Band Germ #2 / Boy Band Germ #4 / Boy Band Germ #5 (voice)

Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack · 2001

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

Ringo / Waitress (voice)

Hey Arnold!

Hey Arnold! · 1996

SeriesAnimationComedy

The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.

Cow and Chicken

Cow and Chicken · 1997

Cow and Chicken

SeriesAnimationComedy

Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.

French Prime Minister / Admiral Bullets / Workman (voice)

Animaniacs

Animaniacs · 1993

SeriesAnimationKids

The two Warner Brothers Yakko and Wakko and their Warner sister Dot had been (supposedly) created in the 1930's, but their cartoons were too screwy for the general public to handle. The three Warners were locked up in the studio water tower until they escaped in the 90's. There, they run wild, causing chaos everywhere!

Wakko (voice)

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy · 2001

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

SeriesAnimationComedy

The exploits of the Grim Reaper, who has been forced into being the best friend of two children. A spin-off of the show Grim & Evil.

Doc McStuffins

Doc McStuffins · 2012

SeriesAnimationKids

A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.

Chilly (voice)

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Star Trek: Lower Decks · 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAnimation

The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.

K'orin (voice)

Ben 10

SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

When 10-year-old Ben Tennyson discovers a mysterious device, he gains the power to change into ten different alien heroes, each with uniquely awesome powers. With such abilities at his disposal, Ben realizes a greater responsibility to help others and stop evildoers, but that doesn't mean he's above a little superpowered mischief now and then.

Band Member #1 / Announcer (voice)

The Cleveland Show

The Cleveland Show · 2009

The Cleveland Show

SeriesAnimationComedy

The bizarre adventures of Cleveland Brown and his family.

Tim (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys

The Wild Thornberrys · 1998

The Wild Thornberrys

SeriesAnimationComedy

Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan, flash floods in Siberia, Egyptian burial chambers, a runaway hot air balloon, a rock slide on the Karakoram Highway and more!

Tortoise / Marsh Deer (voice)

Solar Opposites

Solar Opposites · 2020

Solar Opposites

SeriesComedyAnimation

A family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth.

Hammerhead Computer (voice)

Uncle Grandpa

Uncle Grandpa · 2013

SeriesComedyAnimation

The adventures of Uncle Grandpa who is out to help every child and adult in the world through the power of imagination. With his mystical R.V. and eternal optimism, Uncle Grandpa is always ready to greet the day - and everyone he meets - with his signature, "Good Mornin'."

Additional Voices (voice)

Sofia the First

Sofia the First · 2013

Sofia the First

SeriesFamilyAnimation

Set in the storybook world of Enchancia, this is the story of Princess Sofia, an adventurous little girl who is learning how to adjust to royal life after her mom marries the king and she becomes a princess overnight.

Cedric / Additional Voices (voice)

Animaniacs

Animaniacs · 2020

SeriesAnimationComedy

Yakko, Wakko and Dot return for all-new big laughs and the occasional epic takedown of authority figures in serious need of an ego check. Joining the Warners are Starbox & Cindy on their latest play date while Pinky and the Brain's ideas for world domination lead them to all new adventures.

Wakko Warner (voice)

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command · 2000

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

SeriesKidsAnimation

Buzz Lightyear’s adventures as he patrols the galaxy with his team of Space Rangers, battling evildoers “to infinity and beyond.”

Bartender Heads / Gramps Munchapper / Bomb Vendor (voice)