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Steve Purcell
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American cartoonist, animator, film director and game designer
Film & TV
Northern California, USA
Steven Ross Purcell (born July 30, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer, and voice actor. He is the creator of the media franchise Sam & Max and received an Eisner Award in 2007 for working on the show. The series has expanded to an animated television series and several video games. A graduate of the California College of Arts and Craft in San Francisco, Purcell began his…
Known for
- Hoppers — Amphibian King (voice)2026
- Inside Out 2 — Deep Dark Secret (voice)2024
- Cars on the Road — Randy (voice) / Wraith Rod #2 (voice)2022
- Toy Story 4 — The Dummies (voice)2019
- Borrowed Time — (voice)2015
- The Radiator Springs 500½ — Sandy Dunes (voice)2014
- Toy Story That Time Forgot — The Cleric (voice)2014
- The Legend of Mor'du — The Crow (voice)2012
- Brave — The Crow (voice)2012
- Mater Private Eye — Additional Voice Talent (voice)2010
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Key facts
- Born
- Steven Ross Purcell , ( 1961-07-30 ) July 30, 1961 (age 64)
- Alma mater
- California College of Arts and Crafts
- Occupations
- Cartoonist, animator, game designer, voice actor, director, writer
- Years active
- 1984–present
- Employers
- LucasArts (1988–1997) Nelvana (1997–2000) Pixar Animation Studios (2000–2023)
- Notable work
- Sam & Max
- Spouse
- Collette Michaud ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 )
- Website
- Personal blog
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steve
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Northern California
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Educated at
- California College of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- spudvisionblog.blogspot.com
- Image
- Steve Purcell GDC 08.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1961-00-00
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- Steve Purcell
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Steven Ross Purcell (born July 30, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer, and voice actor. He is a co-creator of the comic book series and media franchise Sam & Max and received an Eisner Award in 2007 for working on the comic books. The franchise has expanded to an animated television series and several video games.
A graduate of the California College of Arts and Craft in Oakland, California in 1982, Purcell began his career creating comic strips for the college newsletter. He performed freelance work for Marvel Comics and Fishwrap Productions before publishing his first Sam & Max comic in 1987. He was hired by LucasArts as an artist and animator in 1988 and worked on several LucasArts adventure games, including the first two Monkey Island games, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Sam & Max Hit the Road.
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