The Elemental cast features an impressive group consisting of newcomers and seasoned veterans playing characters representing the elements of nature for Pixar's 27th feature film. The animated movie tells the touching story of two young anthropomorphic elemental beings — one is fire, and the other is water — who fall in love despite the prejudices that exist between their people (and obvious practical barriers that come with being made out of fire and water). Like many of the studio's crowning achievements, Pixar's Elemental features a simple plot that is counterbalanced by the studio's amazing storytelling craft and unique visual language.
The unique plot and premise of Elemental is all supplemented by a stellar ensemble of voice talent. Though the cast of Elemental doesn't necessarily jump off the page as a roster of A-list names, many of the actors involved in the movie are experts at their craft and have lent their voices to many famous animated characters. While newer names like Leah Lewis represent the next generation of Disney and Pixar stars, familiar figures like Catherine O'Hara are also on hand to anchor the extremely diverse Elemental cast.
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Leah Lewis As Ember Lumen
Heading up the cast, Leah Lewis's Elemental character is Ember Lumen, a hot-headed but very intelligent fire elemental who falls in love with Wade Ripple while working at her parent's store. Despite her relatively young age, Leah Lewis has amassed an impressive resume before the Elemental cast that includes a 50-episode stint on The CW's mystery TV series Nancy Drew where she played Georgia Fan. Lewis also turned heads when she played the starring role of Ellie Chu in Netflix's 2020 film The Half of It.
Mamoudou Athie As Wade Ripple
Mamoudou Athie plays Wade Ripple in the Elemental cast, a sappy and overly sentimental water elemental who falls in love with Ember Lumen while working as an inspector for the city. Athie is best known for his supporting roles in feature films, and his biggest break came as part of the cast of Jurassic World: Dominion in 2022 when he played Ramsay Cole. Before being cast in Elemental, Athie also played supporting roles in the movies Black Box and The Circle, and he landed a Primetime Emmy nomination for his turn as Jerome in the miniseries Oh, Jerome, No in 2019.
Ronnie Del Carmen As Bernie Lumen
Bernie Lumen joins the Elemental cast as Ronnie del Carmen and is the father of Ember who owns a convenience store and harbors a deep resentment toward all non-fire elementals. Ronnie del Carmen is a unique member of the cast of Elemental because the bulk of his career has been spent behind the camera and not as an actor. In addition to working in the animation department on such features as Up and Soul, del Carmen co-wrote and co-directed Pixar's 2015 hit Inside Out. Among his few acting credits, he voiced the character Windstar in Soul.
Shila Ommi As Cinder Lumen
Just as prejudiced against the other elements in Elemental as her husband Bernie, Shila Ommi plays Cinder Lumen in the Elemental cast. The actress's list of credits includes her most famous role as Yasmin in a single episode of the Apple TV+ original series Little America. Ommi also appeared as Sara in the well-regarded indie film The Illegal in 2019 and co-starred as Nahid in 13 episodes of the gripping Apple TV+ original series Tehran.
Mason Wertheimer As Clod
One of the younger actors in Elemental, Mason Wertheimer's Elemental character is Clod, a street-smart earth elemental who lives next door to Ember and secretly has a crush on her. Elemental is Wertheimer's first major role of any kind, and the young actor's only other credit came when he lent additional voices to the 2022 podcast series Past My Bedtime, which starred David Harbor, Whoopi Goldberg, and Zach Galifianakis among many others.
Wendi McLendon-Covey As Gale
Wendi McLendon-Covey joins the Elemental cast as the air element Gale, Wade's boss at the city inspector's office who is known for her larger-than-life personality. McLendon-Covey's long and accomplished career as a comedic actor famously took off when she starred as Deputy Clementine Johnson in the hilarious police parody series Reno 911! starting in 2003. McLendon-Covey followed up that iconic part with her leading role as Beverly Goldberg in the sitcom The Goldbergs starting in 2013, and she made a splash in feature films like 2011's Bridesmaids when she played Rita.
Catherine O'Hara As Brook Ripple
Comedic actor Catherine O'Hara plays Brook Ripple in the Elemental cast, Alan's mom who is more than welcoming to Ember despite their differences. Though the Canadian comic legend is perhaps best known to younger viewers as Moira in the cast of Schitt's Creek, O'Hara's recognizable credits go back to the 1980s. She co-starred as Delia in 1988's Beetlejuice and as Kevin's mom in the Home Alone movies, but her turns in the Christopher Guest films Best in Show and A Mighty Wind allowed her to truly show her comedic range. O'Hara also famously voiced Sally in Disney's A Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993.
Joe Pera As Fern Grouchwood
Appearing in a supporting role, Joe Pera's Elemental character is the grumpy earth elemental Fern Grouchwood, who works as a bureaucrat for the city. Pera is a comedian best known for his Stentorian voice and deliberate manner of speaking, and besides working as a writer behind-the-scenes, he starred as himself in every episode of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks With You. Pera has also lent his voice to various animated shows like Bob's Burgers, and he performed a six-episode stint as Ed on F is for Family.
Matthew Yang King As Alan Ripple
Matthew Yang King joins the Elemental cast as Alan Ripple, Wade's older brother. Alan is married to a character named Eddy (Krysta Gonzales), and they have two sons together named Marco and Polo. King's career has seen him lend his voice to dozens of animated characters and video games, but his most famous role came when he voiced various characters in the Netflix anthology science fiction series Love, Death, & Robots. King also appeared in seven episodes of Riverdale when he played Marty Mantle. Wade's younger brother, Lake, is played by Ava Kai Hauser, although only credited as an "Additional Voice".
Innocent Ekakitie As Marco & Polo Ripple
Young Innocent Ekakitie pulls double duty in the Elemental cast by playing both Marco and Polo Ripple, Wade's young and rambunctious nephews. Adding yet another credit to his impressive early career, Ekakitie was first seen as Danny in the Disney Channel series Bunk'd, but soon landed the recurring role as Shine on Good Trouble. Ekakitie starred as Leo in the 2022 Netflix special Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance in 2022.
Supporting Character Voice Actors In Elemental
Elemental is a big Pixar movie introducing a brand-new universe and the company fills it with some very interesting and unique characters. With Element City, Pixar offers up some of the company's greatest inventions, and with them comes some great actors in Elemental to bring the characters to life. From fire elements and water elements to everything in between, Elemental brings Pixar fans not only a great romantic comedy story that kids and adults alike can enjoy, and much of that is thanks to the cast of Elemental.
This includes the supporting characters, and even if they only have small roles, and in some cases, additional voice roles that don't even have names, the actors in Elemental do a great job of conveying the emotion and humor of the story. This is thanks to the supporting cast having a massive body of work behind them, much of it in animated movies and TV shows.
Ronobir Lahiri is Harold, Wade's uncle, in the Elemental cast. He is in touch with his emotions, like other members of his family. On top of being an actor, Lahiri is also a musician. His past movie roles include appearances in You've Got Mail and Ted 2. He also appeared in four episodes of 9-1-1.
Wilma Bonet as Flarrietta in the Elemental cast. She is one of the customers who come into Bernie's shop, and she usually hangs out with Flarry in front of the store. Bonet also did additional voices in Coco, but her main live-action roles came in the 1990s with movies like 8MM and What Dreams May Come.
Jeff LaPensee is a Sparkler Customer in the Elemental cast. The joke with him is that he is the customer who is always right. LaPensee also voiced roles in Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Jonathan Adams is Flarry in the Elemental cast He is a regular customer of The Fire Place and spends a lot of time with Flarrietta in front of the store. Fans might remember Adams from his role as Pastor Falade in Bob Hearts Abishola and as Chuck Larabee in Last Man Standing. He also voiced Martian Manhunter in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and as Atrocitus on Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
P.L. Brown is the doorman in the Elemental cast. Fans might remember Brown from TV shows like Black-ish, Arrested Development, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Assaf Cohen performed additional voices in the Elemental cast. His movie roles are limited to small appearances in big-budget releases like Fast & Furious and American Sniper. However, he has a lot of one-shot TV appearances in shows like JAG, 24, CSI: Miami, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Magnum P.I.
Jessica DiCicco performed additional voices in the Elemental cast. She has a lot of experience in animated voice roles. She voiced Gwen Wu in The Mighty B!, Selina and Miele in Winx Club, and also had roles in The Loud House, and It's Pony.
Austin Madison performed additional voices in the Elemental cast. Madison is a long-time Pixar voice actor and has worked with the studio since 2007 when he worked as an animator on Ratatouille. He also performed additional voices on 2018's Incredibles 2.
Scott Menville performed additional voices in the Elemental cast. Menville has enjoyed a long career voicing characters in movies, TV shows, and video games. His credits include work on Teen Titans as Robin and Jonny Quest on The New Adventures of Jonny Quest. He also had a live-action role in Full House and Fuller House as Duane, Kimmy's boyfriend. He was also Wayne's best friend Wart in The Wonder Years.
Fred Tatasciore performed additional voices in the Elemental cast. Comic book fans might recognize his voice from Marvel animation, where he voiced Beast and Hulk in various cartoons for over 15 years. He also has voiced characters on Family Guy since the show premiered in 1999.
Kari Wahlgren performed additional voices in the Elemental cast. She has a massive body of work, with voices in animated shows like Wolverine and the X-Men, Phineas and Ferb, Ben 10, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, and in 2023 joined the cast of Velma. Before Elemental, she also voiced roles in Pixar movies Onward, Frozen II, and Hotel Transylvania 2.
