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'''Steve Malpass''' (born September 12, 1971) is a former designer and voice actor who has worked for Rare Ltd from 1997 to 2009. He also worked for HAL Laboratory.
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'''Steve Malpass''' is a British video game designer and voice actor who was employed by [[Rare Ltd.]] from 1997 to 2009. He is well known for his role as the voice of [[lylatwiki:Fox McCloud|Fox McCloud]] in ''[[lylatwiki:Star Fox Adventures|Star Fox Adventures]]'', ''[[smashwiki:Super Smash Bros. Melee|Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and, consequently, ''[[smashwiki:Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS|Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (which reused voice clips), but also worked on many other Rare Ltd. games such as ''[[rarewiki:Perfect Dark|Perfect Dark]]'' where he voiced [[rarewiki:Jonathan Dark|Jonathan Dark]], [[rarewiki:Elvis|Elvis]] and [[rarewiki:Grimshaw|Grimshaw]], ''[[mariowiki:Donkey Kong 64|Donkey Kong 64]]'' where he voiced [[mariowiki:Funky Kong|Funky Kong]] and ''[[rarewiki:Grabbed by the Ghoulies|Grabbed by the Ghoulies]]'' where he voiced multiple major characters including the protagonist [[rarewiki:Cooper|Cooper]]. Besides Rare Ltd., he also worked at {{wp|Lionhead Studios}} and {{wp|Wales Interactive}}, but currently works at {{wp|Electric Square}}.


He is known for the role of Fox McCloud in Star Fox Adventures and Super Smash Bros. Melee and for the roles of Jonathan Dark, Elvis & Grimshaw in Perfect Dark. He voiced Cooper, Ma Soupswill, Mr. Ribs, and Fiddlesworth in Grabbed by the Ghoulies and he was also the voice for Funky Kong in Donkey Kong 64. He was credited as a designer on the Rare games Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark, Grabbed by the Ghoulies & Rare's latest game, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, where he was responsible for designing the game's hub world, Showdown Town, and two mini-games "Hero Klungo Sssavess the World" and "Hero Klungo Sssavesss the Universsse."
Malpass was also involved in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, working as a quality analyst in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' and as a designer and voice actor in both ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' (voicing [[Jolly Roger]], [[Merry Maggie Malpass]], [[Mingella]] and [[Blobbelda]]) and ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' (voicing [[Trophy Thomas]], [[Jolly Roger|Jolly Dodger]] and the pig [[supporting cast]] members).


Leaving Rare in 2009, Malpass worked for a time as a photographer as Shutterfox and recently worked for Microsoft again on Kinect Sesame Street TV. He is currently working at Lionhead Studios on the forthcoming Fable Legends.
==Games credited==
*''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' - Rare Quality Assurance
*''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' - {{hover|Rare Free Players|Quality Assurance}}
*''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' - {{hover|The ''Banjo-Tooie'' Team|Designer}}
*''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' - {{hover|Daft Ideas and Vehicle Gluing|Designer}}/{{hover|Assorted Mumbling, Screeching and Grunting|Voice actor}}
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' - Character Voice


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==Trivia==
*Steve Malpass shares his last name with [[Merry Maggie Malpass]], a character from ''Banjo-Tooie''.
 
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/stevemalpass Twitter account]
 
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