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Steve Purcell
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 Ei…
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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 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. Purcell collaborated with Nelvana to create a Sam & Max television series in 1997, and briefly worked as an animator for Industrial Light & Magic after leaving LucasArts. At Pixar, he co-wrote and co-directed the 2012 film Brave and developed a miniseries for the Cars franchise, Cars on the Road. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Purcell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Hoppers
Movie Amphibian King (voice)
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2024
Inside Out 2
Movie Deep Dark Secret (voice)
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2022
Cars on the Road
TV show Randy (voice) / Wraith Rod #2 (voice)
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2019
Toy Story 4
Movie The Dummies (voice)
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2015
Borrowed Time
Movie (voice)
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2014
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Movie The Cleric (voice)
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2014
The Radiator Springs 500½
Movie Sandy Dunes (voice)
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2012
The Legend of Mor'du
Movie The Crow (voice)
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2012
Brave
Movie The Crow (voice)
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2010
Moon Mater
Movie Additional Voice Talent (voice)
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2010
Mater Private Eye
Movie Additional Voice Talent (voice)
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2010
Heavy Metal Mater
Movie Additional Voice Talent (voice)
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2010
Monster Truck Mater
Movie Additional Voice Talent (voice)
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2009
Tracy
Movie Larry Meijer
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2009
Unidentified Flying Mater
Movie Additional Voice Talent (voice)
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2009
George and A.J.
Movie Carl Fredricksen (voice)
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2008
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
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2007
Sam & Max Nearly Save Christmas
Movie Writer
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2006
Cars
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
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1997
The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
TV show Writer
