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This is from Wiki so take it lightly but the lead singer does a lot of voice over work...
Jess Harnell

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Jess Harnell http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Replace_this_image_male.svg/150px-Replace_this_image_male.svg.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Replace_this_image_male.svg) Born Jess Q. Harnell
December 23, 1963 (1963-12-23) (age 46)
Teaneck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey), New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey), U.S. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) Occupation Voice actor/Singer Years active 1988–present Jess Q. Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) voice actor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_acting), best known for voicing Wakko Warner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakko,_Wakko,_and_Dot) on Animaniacs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animaniacs) and Hunter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%28character%29) on Road Rovers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Rovers). Jess has been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos) since 1997.
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jess_Harnell&action=edit&section=1)] Life and career

Harnell is originally from Teaneck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaneck,_New_Jersey), New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey). He started his career with minimal experience. But in 1993, he voiced his most popular role, Wakko Warner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakko,_Wakko,_and_Dot) on Animaniacs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animaniacs), and the Secret Squirrel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Squirrel) on 2 Stupid Dogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Stupid_Dogs). From 1994 to 1996 he supplied the voice of Sewer Urchin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_Urchin) in the animated series The Tick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tick_%281994_TV_series%29). Meanwhile in 1996 he was Hunter on Road Rovers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Rovers). Harnell voiced Joe Tabootie on the Nickelodeon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_%28TV_channel%29) show ChalkZone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChalkZone), Crash Bandicoot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot_%28character%29) in Crash Tag Team Racing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Tag_Team_Racing), Crash of the Titans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_of_the_Titans), and Crash: Mind over Mutant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash:_Mind_over_Mutant), Spyro the Dragon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_the_Dragon) in Spyro: A Hero's Tail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro:_A_Hero%27s_Tail) and Spyro: Shadow Legacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro:_Shadow_Legacy), Jerry in Totally Spies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_Spies) and Doctor Finklestein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Finklestein) in The Nightmare Before Christmas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas)'s video game spin-offs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas#Video_games), as well as in the Kingdom Hearts series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hearts_%28series%29) replacing the late William Hickey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hickey_%28actor%29) who voiced him in the film. In 2007, he replaced Neil Flynn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Flynn) to voice The Plumber in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_Future:_Tools_of_Destruction) and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_Future:_A_Crack_in_Time). In 2001, he was the singing voice of Buster on Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_and_the_Tramp_II:_Scamp%27s_Adventure). He also voiced Captain Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Hero) on Comedy Central's animated comedy Drawn Together (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawn_Together) and he also does the voices of Wooton Bassett and Bennett Charles on the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Odyssey), plays the lead role of Finnian Jones for the Lamplighter Theatre Radio Drama, as well as Br'er Rabbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%27er_Rabbit) on the Disney TV show House of Mouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Mouse) as well as in the Disney attraction, Splash Mountain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Mountain) (both at Disneyland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland) and Walt Disney World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World)). He also made a few appearances on Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhuman_Samurai_Syber-Squad), both on-screen and in voice-over. His voice also made an appearance in NASCAR Rumble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR_Rumble), and is credited for in-game commentary in the follow up game Rumble Racing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_Racing).
He voiced the characters of Ironhide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironhide#2007_Transformers_film) and Barricade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barricade_%28Transformers%29#2007_Transformers_fil m) in Michael Bay's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay) Transformers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_%28film%29), released on July 2, 2007, making him the only voice actor to play both an Autobot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobot) (Ironhide) and a Decepticon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decepticon) (Barricade). He returned to voice Ironhide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironhide#2007_Transformers_film) once again on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Harnell#cite_note-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Harnell#cite_note-1)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Harnell#cite_note-2)
He also was in the short film Star Wars Cops: Troops (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troops_%28film%29) as a Stormtrooper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Stormtroopers) and in 2009, he voiced a character in the popular animated film Up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_%282009_film%29).
Harnell's father was composer Joe Harnell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Harnell).
Currently, he is the lead vocalist in the Pop/Metal mashup rock band, Rock Sugar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Sugar_%28band%29).

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