Steve Blum | |
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Blum in May 2018 | |
Born | Steven Jay Blum April 29, 1960 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
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Occupation | Voice actor |
Years active | 1992–present |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 3 |
Website | steveblumvoices |
Steven Jay Blum (/bluːm/; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his most well-known roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series Cowboy Bebop, Garazeb Orrelios from the animated series Star Wars Rebels, Wolverine from various Marvel projects, Terence on the live action Angry Birds, and Sub-Zero from the video game franchise Mortal Kombat. Blum has hundreds of credits in various video games, anime, cartoons, films, and various other forms of animated entertainment, and he also received a Guinness World Record in 2012 for having the most video game voice acting credits.
He is sometimes credited as David Lucas, Richard Cardona, Roger Canfield, Tom Baron and Daniel Andrews in various anime and other live-action appearances.
Steven Jay Blum was born on April 30, 1960 to a Jewish family in Santa Monica, California.[2][3][4][5]
Blum began his career in 1992.[6] His credits include the voice of Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, Zeb Orrelios in Star Wars Rebels, Mugen in Samurai Champloo, Roger Smith from The Big O, Orochimaru and Zabuza Momochi in Naruto and Wolverine in multiple Marvel productions. In video games, he provided the voice of main protagonist Jack Cayman in MadWorld, Tank Dempsey in the Call of Duty series, Professor Galvez in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Ares in God of War and God of War: Ascension, main protagonist Grayson Hunt in Bulletstorm, Brimstone in Valorant, Zoltun Kulle in Diablo III, Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat X and 11, Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in Injustice 2, Rytlock Brimstone in Guild Wars 2, and main protagonist Capt. Devin Ross in Clive Barker's Jericho.
In September 2000, Blum voiced TOM, the robotic host of Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block. He replaced Sonny Strait in the character's subsequent appearances, until the cancellation of Toonami in 2008. When Toonami was revived on March 31, 2012, he returned as the voice of TOM. He is also the announcer for 7-Eleven's "Oh Thank Heaven" television and radio advertisements and partnered with Vic Mignogna in the series Real Fans of Genius (a parody of Anheuser-Busch's Real Men of Genius radio ad campaign).
In animation, he is the voice of Heatblast, Ghostfreak and Vilgax in the Ben 10 franchise, Starscream in Transformers: Prime, Count Vertigo in DC Showcase: Green Arrow and Young Justice, Red Skull, Beta Ray Bill and Wolverine in Wolverine and the X-Men and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Amon in The Legend of Korra.
On June 5, 2012, he was awarded a Guinness World Record for being the most prolific video game voice actor, having 261 credited appearances as of May 10, 2012.[7][8]
Blum married voice actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in 2017.[9] He has three sons from a prior relationship.[10] One of them, Brandon, is also an actor,[11] while another, Jeremy, is a teacher.[12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[13] |
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1992 | Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again | Nexx, Lord Feff | L.A. Hero dub | CA[14][15] |
1992–93 | Guyver Bio Booster Armor series | Agito Makishima, Thancrus | CA[16] | |
1993 | Giant Robo | Genya | Animaze/L.A. Hero dub | CA[17] |
Ambassador Magma | Fumiaki Asaka, Magma | 1993 OVA series | [18] | |
1994 | Moldiver | Kaoru Misaki | Grouped under "English Voice Talent" | [19][20] |
1996 | Hyper Doll | Zaiclit's Assistant | Ep. 2 As David Lucas |
[21] |
1997 | Perfect Blue | Mima Fan, Truck Driver | As David Lucas | [22] |
1998 | Bastard!! | Ninja Master Gara | As David Lucas OVA series (Animaze/Pioneer dub) Grouped under "English Voice Talent" |
CA[23] |
1999 | Cowboy Bebop | Spike Spiegel | As David Lucas | [24][25][26] |
2000 | Digimon Adventure 02 | BlackWargreymon, Flamedramon, Raidramon, Magnamon | Also ADR script writer | CA[27][28] |
Dinozaurs | Drago Wing | CA | ||
The Legend of Black Heaven | Joseph Watanabe | As David Lucas Grouped under "English Voice Talent" |
[29] | |
2001 | Digimon Tamers | Guilmon, Growlmon, WarGrowlmon, Megidramon, Gallantmon,Gallantmon Crimson Mode (Share With Brian Beacock) Gigimon, Mitsuo Yamaki, Kenta Kitagawa |
Also ADR script writer | CA[27][28] |
The Big O | Roger Smith | |||
Rurouni Kenshin | Shishio Makoto, Toma Sakaki | As David Lucas | ||
Saint Tail | Father (Genichirou Haneoka) | [31] | ||
Rave Master | Young Shiba | |||
2002 | Digimon Frontier | J.P. Shibayama, Beetlemon, MetalKabuterimon | Also ADR script writer | CA[27][28] |
Great Teacher Onizuka | Eikichi Onizuka | As David Lucas | [33][34] | |
I'm Gonna Be An Angel! | Yuusuke Kamoshita | As David Lucas Synch-Point dub |
[35] | |
Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School | Shizuma Kusanagi | As David Lucas | [36] | |
Shinzo | Sago | CA | ||
2003 | S-CRY-ed | Kazuma | CA | |
Initial D | Keisuke "K.T." Takahashi | Tokyopop dub 2 seasons and movies |
[37] | |
Witch Hunter Robin | Akio Kurosawa | As Steven Jay Blum | ||
2004 | Wolf's Rain | Darcia | CA | |
2005 | Zatch Bell! | Gofure, Shin | CA | |
Planetes | Kho Cheng-Shin | |||
2005–06 | Samurai Champloo | Mugen | As Daniel Andrews | Website[38] |
2005–09 | Naruto | Orochimaru, Zabuza Momochi, Sazanami | [24][28] | |
2005–06 | Immortal Grand Prix | Alex Cunningham | [39] | |
2007–08 | Blood+ | Moses, Aston Collins | ||
2007–08 | Digimon Data Squad | Falcomon, Peckmon, Crowmon, Ravemon | CA [40] | |
2008–09 | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion series | Kyoshiro Tohdoh | Voice123 | |
2008 | Gurren Lagann | Leeron Littner | [41] | |
2009–19 | Naruto: Shippuden | Orochimaru, Zabuza Momochi, others | Press[24][25] | |
2009–13 | Stitch! | Boogoo, Sparky, Felix | Press[24] | |
2011 | Ghost Slayers Ayashi | Ryūdō Yukiatsu | [42] | |
Durarara!! | Kyohei Kadota | [43] | ||
Marvel Anime: Wolverine | Kikyo Mikage | [44] | ||
2011–12 | Marvel Anime: X-Men | Logan, Wolverine | [45] | |
2012 | Marvel Anime: Blade | Kikyo Mikage | Eps. 8–9, 12 | [46] |
2012–13 | Tiger & Bunny | Jake Martinez | [47] | |
2015–16 | Durarara!!×2 | Kyohei Kadota | [48] | |
2018 | FLCL Alternative | Yoga | [49][50] | |
2018–20 | Baki | Doppo, Shinshikai 2, Additional Voices | Netflix ONA | [51] |
2019 | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | Orochimaru, Ohnoki, Tofu | [52] | |
Ultraman | Adad, West High Student, Criminal, Man in Green Sweater, Man in Sweater | Netflix ONA | [51] | |
2020 | Scissor Seven | Chicken Farm Boss, Latte, Wedding Guest, Passerby, Boy, Stanian, Rich Man, Leader of the Killer League | [51] | |
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Kyogai | [53][51] | ||
Sword Art Online | Shasta | [51] | ||
Marvel Future Avengers | Kang the Conqueror | [51] | ||
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 | CEO of Obsidian, Patrick Huge, Hemp Man, Government Official, Additional Voices | Netflix ONA | [51] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[13] |
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2000 | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob's Squeaky Voice | Uncredited Ep. "Big Pink Loser/Bubble Buddy" |
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2002–05 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Melbourne O'Riley, Guide, J.T. Page, Rama Yam, Rufus Raucous, Spencer Johnson, Steve Powell | ||
1996-2000 | KaBlam! | Prometheus | Segment: Prometheus and Bob 38 episodes |
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2001 | Totally Spies! | King | Ep. "Stuck in the Middle Ages with You" | [54] |
2003–05 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Smytus, others | [51][55] | |
2004–05 | Megas XLR | Jamie, Alternate Universe Jamie, Glorft Robot, Kid, Cashbox Alien, Big Alien, Driver, Onlooker #1, Auto Employee #2, Announcer, Guy #2, Kurdok, Al, Crewman #2, Dad, Cryok, Bot #47. Slugman | [51] | |
2004–05 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Yakky Doodle, Stavros, Clamhead | Ep. "Gone Efficien...t", "Identity Theft" | [56][57][51] |
2004-07 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Announcer, Man, British Soldier, Captain, Captain Longwood, Caveman, Cereal, Commander, Crazy Papoo, Detector, Doctor, Explorer, Gutteral Alien, Hunky Guy, Japanese Overlord, Leperchun Lad, Mama Undertoad, Man at Bar, Monoclad, Monster, Narrator, Presenter, Radical Reaper, Rich Ded, Sea Critter, Undertoad, Ziggy the Crab | ||
2005–06 | W.I.T.C.H. | Blunk, Raythor | [58] | |
2005 | Loonatics Unleashed | Fuz-Zs | Ep. "Attack of the Fuzz Balls" | [51] |
2005–08 | Ben 10 | Vilgax, Heatblast, Ghostfreak, others | [24][51][59] | |
2008–09 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Green Goblin / Big Man, Chameleon, Dilbert Trilby, Blackie Gaxton, Seymour O'Reilly | Press[24][60][51] | |
2008–09 | Wolverine and the X-Men | James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine, others | Press[24][45] | |
2009 | G.I. Joe: Resolute | Duke, Roadblock, Zartan, Wild Bill | [51] | |
2009–11 | The Super Hero Squad Show | Wolverine, Abomination | [45][51] | |
2010 | Chowder | Limon, Ninja | Ep. "Gazpacho!" | [51] |
2010 | Jonah Hex: Motion Comics | Voice Actors | [61] | |
2010-17 | Regular Show | Techmo, Muscle Bro, John Sorrenstein, Grand Master of Death Kwon Do, Carter, Barry, others | [51] | |
2010 | Mari-Kari | Larry | FEARnet show | [62] |
2010 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Heat Wave, Captain Cold | Ep. "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster" | [63][51] |
2010–12 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Wolverine, Red Skull / Dell Rusk, Beta Ray Bill | [64][65][51] | |
2010–13 | Transformers: Prime | Starscream, Bombshock | Nominated – BTVA Award for Best New Vocal Interpretation of an Established Character, 2012 Nominated – Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series - Action/Drama, 2013 |
[66][51] |
2010–17 | Uncle Grandpa | Ham Sandwich Jones, Additional Voices | ||
2011–12; 19-present | Young Justice | Count Vertigo, Rudy West, Rocket Red | [51] | |
2012–16 | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Heatwave, others | [51] | |
2012–14 | The Legend of Korra | Amon, Baraz, Crazy Yao, Hunter #2, Red Lotus Guard #1, Spirit Frog, Additional Voices | Nominated – BTVA Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role - Action/Drama, 2013 | [24][25][51][67] |
2012–14 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Wolverine, Beetle, Doc Samson, Ka-Zar | [25][51][68][69] | |
2012 | Generator Rex | Sebastian, Leon, Additional Voices | Ep. "Rock My World" | |
2013–14 | Ben 10: Omniverse | Vilgax, Vilgax Drones, Ghostfreak, Hobble, Zs'Skayr, Helena Xagliv, Adwaita, Bill Gacks, Ectonurite Twins, Mino-Toga, Pa Vreedle, Thaddeus J. Collins | [25][51] | |
2013–15 | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Sauron, Devil Dinosaur, Wolverine, Wrecker | [25][51] | |
2013 | Rocket Dog | Derek | [71] | |
2014 | Turbo Fast | Rockwell | ||
2014–18 | Star Wars Rebels | Zeb Orrelios, Alton Kastle, others | 68 episodes | [25][72][73][74] |
2014 | Wander Over Yonder | General Outrage, Scientist Watchdog, Additional Voices | Ep. "The Big Job/The Helper" | [51] |
2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Speed Demon, Human Driver, TV Announcer | Ep. "Race with the Demon!" | [75][76][51] |
2015, 2017–19 | Niko and the Sword of Light | Rasper, Nar Est, Giant Headwood Tree, Brohan, Breadtroll, Guard, Solfeggio, Fred, Shrimp Trooper, Scarpe, Mingus | [51] | |
2015 | Wabbit | Jack, Barbarian | [77][78] | |
2015 | Mixels | King Nixel, Kamzo | Ep. "A Quest for the Lost Mixamajig" | [79][51] |
2015–17 | Pickle and Peanut | Hunter, Additional Voices | Ep. "Pigfoot/Tae Kwan Bro" | [80][81] |
2016 | Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Aerobolt, Starscream, others | 6 episodes | [51] |
2016, 2018–19 | The Lion Guard | Makucha | 11 episodes | [51] |
2016–17 | Avengers Assemble | Kang the Conqueror, Kang Head, Biker | 6 episodes | [51] |
2017–20 | Tangled: The Series | Attila, Moosehead, Additional Voices | 20 episodes | [51] |
2018 | Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny | Jindiao, Red Phoenix | 13 episodes | [51] |
2019 | Star Wars: Resistance | Leoz, Stormtrooper #2, Trooper CS-515 | 3 episodes | [51] |
2020 | Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Yumyan Hammerpaw | 9 episodes | [82][51] |
2020 | DC Super Hero Girls | Fuseli | Ep. "#LivingtheNightmare" | |
2020 | ThunderCats Roar | Emperor Toadius | Ep. "Prince Starling's Quest" | |
2020 | Looney Tunes Cartoons | Goon | Ep. "Overdue Duck" | [51] |
2020 | Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born | Demon Bull King, Shoe Store Assistant | Television movie | [51] |
2020 | The Rocketeers | Ivan the Strongman, Ringmaster | 2 episodes | |
2020 | Robot Chicken | Zartan | Ep. "Ghandi Mulholland in: Plastic Doesn't Get Cancer" | |
2020–21 | Lego Monkie Kid | Demon Bull King, Huntsman, The Mayor, Bull Clones | 8 episodes | |
2021 | Trese | Datu Talagbusao / Ibwa | English dub, 6 episodes | [83][51] |
2021 | The Owl House | Salty | Ep. "Separate Tides" | [51] |
2022 | Ridley Jones | Aesop | Ep. "Mask Mayhem" | [51] |
2019–2022 | Love, Death & Robots | Private Macy & Private Coutts | Episode: "Kill Team Kill" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[13] |
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1998 | Shadow Builder | Shadowbuilder | Resume | |
2000 | Digimon: The Movie | Computer Voice #1, Poromon, Flamedramon, Raidramon, Magnamon | ||
2005 | Digimon: Revenge of Diaboromon | Poromon | Resume | |
Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers | Guilmon / Growlmon | |||
Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon | Guilmon / Growlmon / Gallantmon, Mitsuo Yamaki, Kenta Kitagawa, Rika's Father | |||
Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon | J.P. Shibayama | |||
2012 | A Cat in Paris | Nico | ||
2014 | The Boxtrolls | Shoe / Sparky | [84][85][51] | |
Stand by Me Doraemon | Yoshio Minamoto | [86] | ||
2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Dragonicus | ||
2018 | Bumblebee | Wheeljack | [51] | |
2019 | Shazam! | Envy, Gluttony | ||
Promare | Ignis Ex | [87][51] | ||
2020 | Dragon Quest: Your Story | Kon / Gootrude | [51] | |
2021 | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf | Leshy | [51] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[13] |
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1984 | Countdown to Looking Glass | Mr. Marty Schindler | As David Lucas | Resume |
1986 | The Manhattan Project | Laser Efficiency Kid | As Richard Cardona | Resume |
2008 | Adventures in Voice Acting | Himself | Documentary on voice acting | [174] |
2013 | I Know That Voice | Himself | Documentary on voice acting | [175] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Rain of the Ghosts | Callahan, Bear Mitchell |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[13] |
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2000–08, 2012–present |
Toonami | TOM | Programming block on Cartoon Network and later Adult Swim | [24][25] |
2010 | Marvel Super Heroes 4D | Wolverine | Film attraction at Madame Tussauds | Resume |
2014 | The Marvel Experience | Wolverine | ||
2015 | The Incredible True Story | Quentin Thomas | Studio album by Logic | [176][177] |
2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | Chronos | Voice, 6 episodes | [178] |
2017 | Everybody | Thomas | Studio album by Logic | |
2018 | YSIV | Thomas | Studio album by Logic | |
2018 | The Angel of Vine | Roy Evans | Voice, Scripted podcast Episode 6: "Good Night Little Rat" |
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2019 | The Mandalorian | Spaceport Operator | Voice, Episode: "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" |