Alex Hirsch

Alex Hirsch (born on June 18, 1985) is the creator, executive producer, and director of the Disney Channel Animated Series, Gravity Falls. He voices main characters Stan Pines, Soos, and recurring characters like Old Man McGucket. He is the twin of Ariel Hirsch.

He places many of his real-life experiences in the show, like living in Piedmont and trick-or-treating with his sister as cats. He based Mabel on his twin sister, Ariel Hirsch, and based the entire show loosely on his childhood summers. He gave Mabel a pig just like his sister has always wanted. He grew up in Piedmont, California. His full name is Alexander Robert Hirsch.

Season 0 (pilot)

 * "Unaired pilot"

Season 1

 * "Tourist Trapped"
 * "The Legend of the Gobblewonker"
 * "Headhunters"
 * "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel"
 * "The Inconveniencing"
 * "Dipper vs. Manliness"
 * "Double Dipper"
 * "Irrational Treasure"
 * "The Time Traveler's Pig"
 * "Fight Fighters"
 * "Little Dipper"
 * "Summerween"
 * "Boss Mabel"
 * "Bottomless Pit!"
 * "The Deep End"
 * "Carpet Diem"
 * "Boyz Crazy"
 * "Land Before Swine"
 * "Dreamscaperers"
 * "Gideon Rises"

Roles in Gravity Falls

 * Stan Pines
 * Soos
 * Gnomes
 * Old Man McGucket
 * Macaw
 * Saunterblugget Hampterfuppinshire
 * Paper Jam Dipper
 * Quentin Trembley
 * Sev'ral Timez members
 * Bill Cipher
 * Various Others

Other Work
He was the creative consultant for Fish Hooks, which he developed for television alongside Maxwell Atoms, where he portrays Clamantha, her father, Fumble, one of the fish police and a Ferret. He was also a writer and a storyboard artist for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. It was recently announced that he will provide the voice of Officer Concord the Juice Time Juice Box Flavor Cop on an upcoming episode of Phineas and Ferb.

Early life
Alex Hirsch was born and raised in Piedmont, California, and he graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles County, California, in 2007. He also liked to go to Oregon, and often did so. Shortly after graduating, he worked at the digital entertainment studio JibJab and was a writer/storyboard artist on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. He also served as a creative consultant and helped develop the hit Disney Channel animated series, Fish Hooks, and voices the character Clamantha in the series. Hirsch chose Oregon as the setting for Gravity Falls after spending a summer there during college working for the animation studio Laika.

Trivia

 * He is the inspiration for Dipper.
 * His twin sister, Ariel, is the inspiration for Mabel.
 * In the opening sequence Dipper's bag says "Piedmont," the town in which Alex and Ariel grew up in.
 * A caricature of Hirsch is seen in "Bottomless Pit!" riding a unicycle.
 * The bottom half of Hirsch's face is seen in one of the many photos in the opening.
 * Alex's college roommate was the shows art director, Ian Worrel.