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Jess Harnell

Biography

Jess Harnell is an American voice actor and singer who grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and got his start in 1989 supplying voices for Disneyland's Splash Mountain ride, including Br'er Rabbit. Among his early roles were Wakko Warner in Animaniacs and Secret Squirrel in 2 Stupid Dogs, and he became the voice of Crash Bandicoot in that video game franchise. He has also played Captain Hero in the animated comedy Drawn Together, Ironhide in three Transformers movies directed by Michael Bay, and Chilly in Doc McStuffins. He produced and acted in Comic Book: The Movie (2004), voiced a character in Up (2009), and he has announced America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998. He released a solo album, The Sound of Your Voice, in 1995 and sings lead for the band Rock Sugar.

62years old

Turns 63 on December 23in 42 days

  • Born Teaneck
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
40
Career span
21 years1996 to 2017

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  1. A first

    In the Michael Bay-directed Transformers, Harnell voiced Ironhide and Barricade, making him the only voice actor in that film to play both an Autobot and a Decepticon.

  2. Behind the camera

    Jess Harnell worked as a producer on the 2004 film Comic Book: The Movie, sharing those duties with Billy West, Mark Hamill, Eric Mittleman, Scott Zakarin and Roger Rose. He also played Ricky in the film.

Jess Harnell movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Up2009 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Nurse AJvoice

    IMDb rating 8.31.3M votes

  2. WALL·E2008 Adventure, Animation, Familyas Additional Voicesvoice

    IMDb rating 8.41.3M votes

  3. Wreck-It Ralph2012as Donvoice

    IMDb rating 7.7506K votes

  4. The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!2010as Captain Hero / King / Wile E. Coyotevoice

    IMDb rating 6.14.9K votes

  5. Aladdin and the King of Thieves1996as Additional Voice Talentsvoice

    IMDb rating 6.341K votes

  6. Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish1999as Wakko Warnervoice

    IMDb rating 7.12.2K votes

  7. Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry2005as Buzz Blister / Film Directorvoice

    IMDb rating 6.83.8K votes

  8. Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory2017as Grandpa Joe / Bill, the Candy Shop Ownervoice

    IMDb rating 5.01.8K votes

Most often with

Spike Brandt directed five of these films, Tony Cervone three and Robert C. Ramirez two. Jeff Bennett appears in ten of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Jess Harnell's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.1 billion

11 of the 40 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 40 films: 11 worldwide figure; 12 never in cinemas; 17 figure not found.

  • 11Worldwide figure
  • 12Never in cinemas
  • 17Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Up2009as Nurse AJ (voice)
    $735M35.8% of the total
  2. 2
    WALL·E2008as Additional Voices (voice)
    $521M25.4% of the total
  3. 3
    Wreck-It Ralph2012as Don (voice)
    $471M22.9% of the total
  4. 4
    $136M6.6% of the total
  5. 5
    The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature2017as Animal Control Guy 1 / Additional Voices (voice)
    $69M3.3% of the total
  6. 6
    Space Chimps2008as Additional Voices (voice)
    $65M3.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Igor2008as Announcer / Royal Guard #2 (voice)
    $31M1.5% of the total
  8. 8
    Dragon Hunters2008as Gildas (voice)
    $12M0.6% of the total
Deep (2017), $11.0 millionClifford's Really Big Movie (2004), $3.3 millionThe Hero of Color City (2014), $32,188

$14.3 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total