In 1990, Harnell served as a casting director on DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp. 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. Harnell also recorded some new character dialogue for the subsequent Walt Disney World version of the attraction.
In 1989, Harnell provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and many other critters for the Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland Park. Harnell was born on Decemat 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. Harnell has also been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998. His roles include Wakko Warner in Animaniacs, Captain Hero in Drawn Together, Jerry in the first two seasons of Totally Spies, Ironhide in the first three Transformers films directed by Michael Bay, the titular character in the Crash Bandicoot franchise, and Wooton Bassett in Adventures in Odyssey. Jess Harnell (born Decem) is an American voice actor.