Alex Hirsch

Alex Hirsch (Born on June 18, 1985) is the creator, executive producer, and director of the Disney show, Gravity Falls. He voices main characters Grunkle Stan, 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 sister, Ariel Hirsch, and based the entire show loosely on his childhood summers. He gave Mabel a pig just like his sister always wanted. He grew up in Piedmont, California. His full name is Alexander Robert Hirsch.

Season 1

 * "Tourist Trapped"
 * "The Legend of the Gobblewonker"
 * "Headhunters"
 * "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel"
 * "The Inconveniencing"
 * "Double Dipper"
 * "Irrational Treasure"
 * "The Time Traveler's Pig"
 * "Fight Fighters"
 * "Little Dipper"
 * "Summerween"
 * "Boss Mabel"
 * "Bottomless Pit!"
 * "Carpet Diem"
 * "Boyz Crazy"

Roles in Gravity Falls

 * Grunkle Stan
 * Soos
 * Gnomes
 * Old Man McGucket
 * Macaw
 * Saunterblugget Hampterfuppinshire
 * Paper Jam Dipper
 * Quentin Trembley
 * Sev'ral Timez members
 * 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 a writer and also a storyboard artist for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.

Early Life
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 place where Alex grew up.
 * 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.