Alex Hirsch

Alex Hirsch
Alex Hirsch at San Diego Comic-Con International 2013
Born	Alexander Robert Hirsch June 18, 1985 Piedmont, California, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles
Nationality	American
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupation	Storyboard artist, producer, screenwriter, voice actor
Years active	2008–present

Alexander Robert "Alex" Hirsch^[1] (born June 18, 1985) is an American animator, storyboard artist, voice actor, and television producer. He is best known as the creator of the Disney XD animated television series Gravity Falls, where he voices some of the characters. He has previously worked as a storyboard artist on the Cartoon Network series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and the Disney Channel series Fish Hooks.

Career

Hirsch is most known for creating the series Gravity Falls for the Disney Channel. He provides the voice of Grunkle Stan, Soos, Old Man McGucket and Bill Cipher, as well as many other minor characters featured throughout the show.

Hirsch first started out as a writer and storyboard artist for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, where he worked alongside and befriended fellow animators J. G. Quintel (who would go on to create Regular Show) and Pendleton Ward (who would go on to create Adventure Time).

Hirsch later moved on to be the writer, storyboard artist and creative consultant for Fish Hooks, which he also developed for television alongside Maxwell Atoms, where he portrays Clamantha, her father, Fumble, one of the fish police and a Ferret.^[2]

In 2013, Hirsch provided the voice of Officer Concord the Juice Time Juice Box Flavor Cop in the "Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror" episode of Phineas and Ferb, also on Disney Channel.^[3]

In late 2015, Hirsch provided a cameo in the music video for "Dance Bitch" by Allie Goertz.^[4]

On January 6, 2016, Variety revealed that Hirsch signed a development deal with Fox Broadcasting Company to make a new animated series.^[5]

Personal life

Gravity Falls was inspired by Hirsch's own childhood experiences with his twin sister during their summer vacations. He places many of his real-life experiences in the show, like living in Piedmont and trick-or-treating with his sister as kids.^[6] Mabel Pines, one of the lead characters of Gravity Falls, was inspired by his twin sister, Ariel Hirsch.^[2] In the series Mabel gets a pet pig, just like his sister had always wanted when she was a kid.^[7]

Hirsch is a graduate of Piedmont High School. In 2002, as a junior, he won the high school's annual bird-calling contest and appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, demonstrating the call of the blue heron.^[8][9]

He is dating Dana Terrace, a storyboard artist on Gravity Falls.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes
2006	Off The Wall[11]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Additional voice	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Producer	Writer	Storyboard artist	Actor	Role	Notes
2008–2009	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	No	Yes	Yes	No
2010–2014	Fish Hooks	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Clamantha Fumble Additional voices	Also creative consultant
2012–2016	Gravity Falls	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Grunkle Stan Soos Ramirez Old Man McGucket Bill Cipher Additional voices	Creator, writer and executive producer
2013	Phineas and Ferb	No	No	No	Yes	Officer Concord	Episode: "Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror"
	Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Grunkle Stan Soos Old Man McGucket Additional voices	TV shorts Also creator
2014	Mabel's Guide to Life	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Fixin' It with Soos	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Soos Grunkle Stan
	Mabel's Scrapbook	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Grunkle Stan Soos Additional voices
2015	Rick and Morty	No	No	No	Yes	Toby Matthews	Episode: "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez"
2016	Gravity Falls: Between the Pines	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Host
	Wander Over Yonder	No	No	No	Yes	Old Man Soosy Du Additional voices	Episode: "The Cartoon"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2014	Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes	Additional voices
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0	Additional voices[12]

References

1. According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461
2. "Disney Channel Medianet". Disney Channel Medianet. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
3. "Alex Hirsch - Voice Actor Profile at Voice Chasers". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
4. Katz, Jessie (January 6, 2016). "'Rick and Morty' Cartoon Now Has Its Own Dance Concept Album". Billboard.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
5. Littleton, Cynthia (January 6, 2016). "‘Gravity Falls’ Creator Alex Hirsch Developing Animated Series at Fox (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
6. Adams, Erik. "Gravity Falls’ Alex Hirsch previews the show’s new season by recapping its first". AV Club. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
7. Larsen, Peter. "'Gravity Falls' brings quirky comedy to Disney Channel". The Orange Country Register. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
8. "Alex Hirsch on Twitter". Twitter.
9. "Alex Hirsch post on message board". CSSSA Sublevel Message Board.
10. "Alex Hirsch on Twitter". Twitter.
11. "Disney Channel Medianet".
12. Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.

External links

• Alex Hirsch at the Internet Movie Database
• Alex Hirsch on Twitter