Steve Purcell

Born: 1961-10-01

Steve Ross Purcell is an American cartoonist, animator and game designer. He is most widely known as the creator of Sam & Max, an independent comic book series about a pair of anthropomorphic animal vigilantes and private investigators, for which Purcell received an Eisner Award in 2007. The series has since grown to incorporate an animated television series and several video games. A graduate of the California College of Arts and Craft, 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. Purcell was hired by LucasArts as an artist and animator in 1988, working on several titles within the company's adventure games era. 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. He is currently employed in the story development department at Pixar. His main work for the animation studio has been with the 2006 film Cars and spin-off materials such as shorts and video games. Despite his employment with Pixar, Purcell has continued to work with comic books and came together with Telltale Games in 2005 to bring about new series of Sam & Max video games.


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Inside Out 2

as Deep Dark Secret (voice)
Released: 2024-06-11

Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something...

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as The Crow (voice)
Released: 2012-06-21

Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled...

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Don't See
as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2006-06-08

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the...

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See!
as The Dummies (voice)
Released: 2019-06-19

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking...

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Don't See

Toy Story That Time Forgot

as The Cleric (voice)
Released: 2014-12-02

During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the...

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Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

as Additional Voices
Released: 2008-10-27

Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable...

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Unidentified Flying Mater

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Released: 2009-11-20

Mater finds a small UFO called Mator and they have a night out. Later, when Mator is captured by...

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The Radiator Springs 500½

as Sandy Dunes (voice)
Released: 2014-05-20

A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns...

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Borrowed Time

as (voice)
Released: 2015-10-31

A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to...

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Mater Private Eye

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Released: 2010-11-02

Detective Mater is hot on the trail of a dastardly car-napping! When Tia's sister goes missing,...

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Heavy Metal Mater

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Released: 2010-10-08

Mater and Lightning McQueen are ready to rock! When Mater's garage band, Mater and the Gas Caps,...

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The Legend of Mor'du

as The Crow (voice)
Released: 2012-11-13

The witch from Pixar's Brave uses magical illustrations to tell the legend of a power-obsessed...

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George and A.J.

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Released: 2009-11-10

George & A.J. is a short film created by Pixar which uses characters from the film Up to tell...

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Moon Mater

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Released: 2010-11-02

Mater is the first tow truck on the moon! When an auto-naut gets stranded on his lunar mission,...

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Monster Truck Mater

as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Released: 2010-07-30

As a professional monster truck wrestler, Mater must work his way up through the ranks from an...

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Cars on the Road

as Randy (voice) / Wraith Rod #2 (voice)
First aired: 2022-09-08

Lightning McQueen and his best friend Mater head east from Radiator Springs on a cross-country...

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