Ford Pines

Stanford "Ford" Filbrick Pines, Ph.D., also known as The Author, (voiced by J.K. Simmons) is a paranormal investigator who came to Gravity Falls, Oregon, to study the huge concentration of supernatural activity in and around the town. After spending years of cataloging his research in a series of journals, he disappeared into an alternate dimension, his writings the only evidence of his existence.

His identity and whereabouts were a central mystery and a foreshadowing of the Gravity Falls series until the middle of the show's second season, when he was revealed to be Stan Pines' long-lost twin brother who vanished into an another dimension after a falling out with his brother caused him to stumble into the universe portal.

Trivia

 * Ford Pines will meet Jeffrey and Friends go to Gravity Falls.