Steve Malpass is a former designer and voice actor who has worked for Rare Ltd from 1997 to 2009. He also worked for HAL Laboratory

HAL Laboratory

is a Japanese video game developer that was founded on February 21, 1980. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its name comes from the HAL 9000 computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The company is most famous for its character Kirby, the protagonist of the eponymous game series, as well as...

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He was born in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

, Wales

Wales

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, and was raised in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. He re-located to Cardiff after graduation from university to work as a voice actor. He was known for the role of Fox McCloud

Fox McCloud

is an anthropomorphic video game character and the main protagonist of the Star Fox series. He was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and designed by Takaya Imamura. As his name implies, he is a red fox and the main player character of the series....

 in Star Fox Adventures

Star Fox Adventures

Star Fox Adventures is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube as part of the Star Fox series. It was released in North America on 23 September 2002, Japan on 27 September 2002, Australia on 15 November 2002 and Europe on 22 November 2002...

and Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros. Melee, known in Japan as , often abbreviated as SSBM or simply as Melee, is a crossover fighting game released for the Nintendo GameCube shortly after its launch in . It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros., and the predecessor to the Wii game Super Smash...

and for the roles of Jonathan Dark, Elvis & Grimshaw in Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features...

. He had also done the voice for Funky Kong in Donkey Kong 64

Donkey Kong 64

Donkey Kong 64 is a platform game, developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was released in North America on November 24, 1999 and in Europe on December 6, 1999. The game is a follow up to the Donkey Kong Country trilogy on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System...

. He was credited as a designer on the Rare games Banjo-Tooie

Banjo-Tooie

Banjo-Tooie is a platform and action-adventure hybrid video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo in 2000 for the Nintendo 64 as a part of the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game is the successor to Banjo-Kazooie and was one of the most anticipated sequels for the Nintendo 64.The game's story...

, Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features...

, Grabbed by the Ghoulies

Grabbed by the Ghoulies

Grabbed by the Ghoulies is a video game released on October 21, 2003 by Rare for the Xbox gaming console. It was the first Rare game to be published by the Microsoft buyout from Nintendo, having originally been in development for the Nintendo GameCube. It is forward compatible with the Xbox 360...

& Rare's latest game, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is an action-adventure/vehicle construction/platformer video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was first announced at the X06 Media Briefing. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is the third installment in the Banjo-Kazooie series and takes place...

, 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."

Leaving Rare in 2009, Malpass now lives in West London

London

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and works as photographer and director of photography company Shutterfox.

External links

• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - Developer Diary (building the hubworld, with Steve Malpass)http://banjo-kazooie.com/News/DevDiaries/4.htm
• Malpass's bio at Shutterfox's site