“Everyone has days where they don't get their way, where you have to go to bed early or you have too much homework to do or you can't eat the candy that you want or you miss your favorite TV show and, in those moments, you just want to tear the whole world down.”

American animator, director, writer, producer and voice actor

Alexander Hirsch is an American animator, director, writer, producer, and voice actor. He is best known for creating the Disney Channel and Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls. He also voiced several of the show’s characters, including Grunkle Stan, Soos Ramirez, and Bill Cipher. The series won several BAFTA and Annie Awards, and Hirsch is known for work across animation, direction, writing, production, and voice performance.