American voice actor"Steven Blum" redirects here. For other people, see Steven Blum (disambiguation)."Steven Jay" redirects here. For the b*ist, see Steve Jay.

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 and Bomb on Angry Birds Live Action, 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.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Anime
  • 4.2 Animation
  • 4.3 Film
  • 4.4 Video games
  • 4.5 Live-action
  • 4.6 AudioBooks
  • 4.7 Other
• 5 Notes
• 6 References
  • 6.1 Books cited
• 7 External links

Early life

Steven Jay Blum was born on April 29, 1960 to a Jewish family in Santa Monica, California.

Career

Blum began his career in 1992. 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 adverti*ts 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.

Personal life

Blum married voice actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in 2017. He has three sons from a prior relationship. One of them, Brandon, is also an actor, while another, Jeremy, is a teacher.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Live-action

AudioBooks

Other

Notes

References

1. "Steve Blum". voice123.com. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
2. "Steve Blum – Resume". Jeff Zannini Celebrity Talent. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
3. Blum, Steve (September 29, 2012). "@pmagill536 I was all over it – Thugs, a nasty twin, & Croc too, as I recall. I'm sure Dee played many other characters to perfection" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

Books cited

• Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. 386pp. ISBN:9781569762226.
• Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9th:ed.). Random House Publishing Group. ISBN:9780307483201.
• Terrace, Vincent (2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2d:ed.). McFarland. ISBN:9780786486410.
• Terrace, Vincent (2014). Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998–2013. McFarland. ISBN:9781476616452.

External links

• Official website
• Steve Blum at IMDb:
• Steve Blum at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Steve Blum at Behind The Voice Actors
• Steve Blum convention appearances on AnimeCons.com