Steve Purcell

Also known as Steve Ross Purcell, Steven Ross Purcell

American cartoonist, animator, film director and game designer

Person · Open Library

Works: 7

Top works

Gutterpunk
Gumby Classics Volume 1
Shipwrecks
Des Lynam
The collected Sam & Max

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Film & TV

Acting · 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

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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.