Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor and singer. His roles include Wakko Warner in Animaniacs, Captain Hero in Drawn Together, Taxicrab in Jungle Junction, Chilly in Doc McStuffins, Cedric in Sofia the First, Texas in Motorcity, Grim Gloom in The 7D, Jerry in the first two seasons of Totally Spies!, Ironhide in the first three Transformers films directed by Michael Bay, Wooton Bassett in the Christian radio program Adventures in Odyssey, and the titular character in the Crash Bandicoot franchise. Harnell has also been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998.
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Early life
Harnell was born on December 23, 1963, at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Teaneck, 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.
