Steven Blum Biography

Steven Jay Blum (born on April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor of anime, animation and video games known for his distinctive deep voice. He provides the voice of TOM, the host of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. Some of his major roles in anime include Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, Mugen in Samurai Champloo, Eikichi Onizuka in Great Teacher Onizuka, both Guilmon and Mitsuo Yamaki in Digimon Tamers, and Orochimaru and Zabuza Momochi in Naruto. In animation, he provides the voices for Starscream in Transformers: Prime, Vilgax, Heatblast and Ghostfreak in Ben 10, Amon in The Legend of Korra, Wolverine in Wolverine and the X-Men, and Zeb Orrelios in Star Wars Rebels. He was awarded the Guinness World Record for being the most prolific video game voice actor in 2012, with roles in franchises such as God of War, Call of Duty, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Naruto, X-Men and Transformers. In 2014, he voiced Shoe and Sparky in the stop-motion animated film The Boxtrolls. In 2015, he participated in The Incredible True Story, a hip hop album/motion picture by Logic.

Career

His credits include the voice of Spike Spiegel in the anime show Cowboy Bebop; Zeb Orrelios in Star Wars Rebels; Mugen in Samurai Champloo; Roger Smith from The Big O; Orochimaru, Zabuza, ?noki and Ao in the Naruto anime; and Wolverine in numerous games and in the animated series Wolverine and the X-Men, the animated movie Hulk Vs, The Super Hero Squad Show and Marvel Anime: X-Men. He also provided the voice of Jack Cayman, the main character of the video game MadWorld; Captain Foley, the venerable company commander, and Tank Dempsey, the comic relief in the Call of Duty series; Professor Galvez in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker; Grayson Hunt, the main protagonist of Bulletstorm; and Gorim, Oghren, and First Enchanter Irving in the 2009 video game Dragon Age: Origins. He also provides the voice of Vincent Valentine in the Final Fantasy VII compilation.

In September 2000, Blum voiced TOM, the robotic host of Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block. Blum replaced Sonny Strait in the character's second through fourth incarnations, until the cancellation of Toonami on September 20, 2008. When Toonami was revived on May 26, 2012, Blum 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).

He is also well known in American Union animation as the voices of Heatblast, Ghostfreak, and Vilgax in the Ben 10 franchise; Jamie in Megas XLR; Yakky Doodle and Clamhead in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law; Smytus in My Life as a Teenage Robot. He is also known for his voice portrayals of Starscream in Transformers: Prime; Count Vertigo in DC Showcase: Green Arrow and Young Justice; Red Skull, Beta Ray Bill and Wolverine in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes; Melbourne O'Riley in What's New, Scooby-Doo?; Amon in The Legend of Korra; and Zoltun Kulle in Diablo III.

On June 5, 2012, he was awarded a Guinness World Record for being the most prolific video game voice actor, having 261 credited appearances on May 10.

Filmography

Anime

List of major voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again	Maj. Nexx, Lord Feff	L.A. Hero dub
-93	Guyver Bio Booster Armor series	Agito Makishima, Thancrus	Acting debut
	Giant Robo	Genya	Animaze/L.A. Hero dub
	Ambassador Magma	Fumiaki Asaka, Magma	1993 OVA series
	Moldiver	Kaoru Misaki	Grouped under English Voice Talent
	Street Fighter II V	Dhalsim	Animaze/Manga Entertainment dub
	Bastard!!	Ninja Master Gara	As David Lucas OVA series, Animaze/Pioneer dub Grouped under English Voice Talent
-99	Battle Athletes series	Grant Oldman	As David Lucas OVA series, Animaze/Pioneer dub, Also Victory
	Red Hawk: Weapon of Death	Jan Chang	Animaze dub As David Lucas
	Cowboy Bebop	Spike Spiegel	As David Lucas
	Sol Bianca: The Legacy	Rammy	As David Lucas
-03	Digimon: Digital Monsters	Guilmon, J.P. Shibayama, others	Also ADR script writer
	Dinozaurs	Drago Wing
	The Legend of Black Heaven	Joseph Watanabe	As David Lucas Grouped under English Voice Talent
-03	The Big O	Roger Smith
	Rurouni Kenshin	Shishio Makoto	As David Lucas
	Saint Tail	Father (Genichirou Haneoka)
	Vandread	Duelo McFile
	Great Teacher Onizuka	Eikichi Onizuka, others	As David Lucas
	I'm Gonna Be An Angel!	Yuusuke Kamoshita	As David Lucas Synch-Point dub, limited volumes released
	Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School	Shizuma Kusanagi	As David Lucas
	Shinzo	Sago
	Cosmo Warrior Zero	Captain Harlock	As David Lucas
	X	Seiichir? Aoki	As David Lucas
	Mahoromatic	Toh Ryuga	As David Lucas
	Wild Arms: Twilight Venom	Isaac
	Chobits	Hiroyasu Ueda	As David Lucas
	Gun Frontier	Franklin Harlock Jr.	As David Lucas
	S-CRY-ed	Kazuma
	FLCL	Masashi Masamune, Miyu Miyu	As David Lucas
	Daigunder	Hajime Akebono
	Immortal Grand Prix	Cunningham	TV mini-series
	Initial D	Keisuke "K.T." Takahashi	Tokyopop dub, two seasons, Third Stage movie and Extra Stage
	Last Exile	Vincent Alzey
	Gungrave	Balladbird Lee	As Andrew Watton
	Wolf's Rain	Darcia
	Kaze no Yojimbo	Fukajiro Shirogane
	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	The Laughing Man
	Stellvia	Kent Austin	As Andrew Watton
	Zatch Bell!	Gofure, Shin
	Scrapped Princess	Major Luke Storm
-06	Samurai Champloo	Mugen	As Daniel Andrews
	Planetes	Kho Cheng-Shin
-09	Naruto	Zabuza Momochi, Orochimaru, others
-06	Immortal Grand Prix	Alex Cunningham
	Duel Masters	Kyoshiro Kokujo	Season 2.0
	Idaten Jump	Koei, various characters
-08	[[Blood+]]	[[List of Blood+ characters#The Schiff|Moses]], [[List of Blood+ characters#Aston Collins|Aston Collins]]
-09	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion series	Kyoshiro Tohdoh
	Gurren Lagann	Leeron Littner
-present	Naruto Shippuden	Orochimaru, Zabuza Momochi, various characters
-13	Stitch!	Boogoo, Sparky, Felix
	Ghost Slayers Ayashi	Ry?d? Yukiatsu
	Durarara!!	Kyohei Kadota
	Marvel Anime: Wolverine	Kikyo Mikage
-12	Marvel Anime: X-Men	Wolverine/Logan	Nominated - BTVA Award for Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in an Anime Title, 2012
	Marvel Anime: Blade	Kikyo Mikage
-13	Tiger & Bunny	Jake Martinez	Nominated - BTVA Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in an Anime Television Series/OVA in a Supporting Role, 2014
-14	Tenkai Knights	Various characters
-16	Durarara!!2	Kyohei Kadota

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
-05	Megas XLR	Jamie
-05	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Yakky Doodle, Stavros, Clamhead	Ep. "Gone Efficien...t", "Identity Theft"
-08	Ben 10	Vilgax, Heatblast, Ghostfreak
-09	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Green Goblin, Chameleon, Dilbert Trilby, Blackie Gaxton, Seymour O'Reilly
-09	Wolverine and the X-Men	Wolverine
	G.I. Joe: Resolute	Duke, Roadblock, Zartan, Wild Bill
-11	The Super Hero Squad Show	Wolverine, Abomination
	Jonah Hex: Motion Comics	Voice Actors
	Mari-Kari	Larry	FEARnet show
-17	Regular Show	Various guest characters
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Heat Wave, Captain Cold	Ep. "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster"
-12	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Logan, Red Skull, Beta Ray Bill, others
-13	Transformers: Prime	Starscream, Bombshock, others	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
-12	Young Justice	Count Vertigo, Rudy West
-present	Transformers: Rescue Bots	Heatwave
-14	The Legend of Korra	Amon, others	Nominated - BTVA Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role - Action/Drama, 2013
-14	Ultimate Spider-Man	Wolverine, Beetle, Doc Samson, Ka-Zar, others
	Ben 10: Omniverse	Vilgax
-15	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Sauron, Devil Dinosaur, Wolverine, Wrecker, others
	Rocket Dog	Derek
	Turbo FAST	Rockwell
-present	Star Wars Rebels	Zeb Orrelios, Alton Kastle, Stormtrooper
	Wander Over Yonder	General Outrage	Ep. "The Big Job"
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Speed Demon, others	Ep. "Race with the Demon!"
	Niko and the Sword of Light	Rasper	Pilot episode
	Wabbit	Jack, Barbarian
	Mixels	King Nixel, Kamzo, others	Ep. "A Quest for the Lost Mixamajig"
	Pickle and Peanut	Hunter	Ep. "Pigfoot/Tae Kwan Bro"
	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Backtrack, Ransack, Polarclaw, others
	The Lion Guard	Makucha	Ep. "The Imaginary Okapi"

Film

List of voice performances in feature film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Shadow Builder	Voice of Shadowbuilder
	Digimon: The Movie	Computer Voice 1, Poromon, Flamedramon, Raidramon, Magnamon
	A Cat in Paris	Nico
	The Boxtrolls	Shoe and Sparky
	Hotel Transylvania 2	Additional voices

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	They Were Eleven	Rednose, Amazon, King
	Outlanders	Operator
	Black Magic M-66	Professor Matthew, Soldier
	Goku Midnight Eye	Goku
	Street Fighter II: The Movie	T. Hawk, Ring Announcer	As Roger Canfield
	Macross Plus	Marj Gueldola
	Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnamise	General's assistant, Noble
-96	Josh Kirby... Time Warrior!	Prism Vocal Effects	As David Lucas
	Ghost in the Shell	Section 9 Staff Cyberneticist, Coroner, additional voices	As Roger Canfield Also Ghost in the Shell 2.0
	Tokyo Revelation	Kojiro Soma	Animaze dub
	Armitage III: Poly-Matrix	Kelly's Manager
	Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation	Ken Masters
	Ah! My Goddess: The Movie	Celestine	As David Lucas
	Sakura Wars: The Movie	Yuichi Kayama
	Metropolis	Acetylene Lamp
	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy	Char Aznable	As David Lucas
	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Spike Spiegel
	The Era of Vampires	Hei	Live-action dubbing
	Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card	Yoshiyuki Terada	As Andrew Watton
	The Little Polar Bear	Henry
	Digimon: Revenge of Diaboromon	Poromon
	Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers	Guilmon, Growlmon
	Escape from Cluster Prime	Smytus
	Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon	Guilmon
	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Vincent Valentine
	Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix	Vilgax, Heatblast, Nightmarish Alien, Alien Fly Prisoner
	Strait Jacket	Leiot Steinberg
	Nomad: The Warrior	Shaman	Live-action dub
	Resident Evil: Degeneration	Greg Glenn
	Hulk Vs	Wolverine/Logan
	Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic	Lucifer
	DC Showcase: Green Arrow	Count Vertigo	Released as extra on Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
	All-Star Superman	Atlas
	Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	Kloba Vud
	Batman: Year One	Stan
	Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens	Heatblast, Mechamorph
	Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite	Bane, Penguin, additional voices
	Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	Lex Luthor
	Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow	Clem, Abner
	Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising	Starscream, Darksteel
	Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload	Wolverine
	Justice League: War	Darkseid
	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	Lex Luthor
	Expelled from Paradise	Zarik "Dingo" Kajiwara	BTVA Award for Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in an Anime Movie/Special
	The Last: Naruto the Movie	Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki

Video games

List of major voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	The Dig	Ludger Brink
	Bushido Blade 2	Gengoro	As David Lucas
	Brave Fencer Musashi	Jon (Colonel Capricciola)	As David Lucas
	Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire	Kokeeno Pookameeso
	Rugrats: Studio Tour	Various characters
	The Bouncer	Kou Leifoh	As David Lucas
	Digimon Rumble Arena	Guilmon, Gallantmon, BlackWarGreymon, Reapermon (Boss)
	Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast	Galak Fyyar
-04	.hack series	Wiseman, Sanjuro
	Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits	Volk
	Call of Duty	Captain Foley
	The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring	Dwarf Shieldbreaker
	Crash Nitro Kart	Crash Bandicoot, Emperor Velo
	Spawn: Armageddon	Violator
	Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma	Ethan Hunt
	Pitfall: The Lost Expedition	Pitfall Harry
	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay	Rust
	Shadow Ops: Red Mercury	Frank Hayden
	Ground Control II: Operation Exodus	G"?Hall Vicath, K"?Haunir Vicath
	Hot Shots Golf Fore!	Zeus
	Call of Duty: United Offensive	Captain Foley
	Gungrave: Overdose	Bunji Kugashira, Zell Condorbrave, Fangoram
	X-Men Legends	Wolverine
	Codename: Panzers - Phase II	Randolph Churchill
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2	Scott Mitchell
	The Punisher	Bullseye, Matt Murdock	Grouped under Additional Voice Talent
	Nano Breaker	Keith Spencer
	God of War	Ares
	Samurai Western	Ralph Norman
	Killer7	Kenjiro Matsuoka
	X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse	Wolverine, Omega Red
	Neopets: The Darkest Faerie	Kelland the Quick, Old Beggar
	Ape Escape 3	Yellow Monkey
	Star Wars: Empire at War	Empire HUD, Stormtrooper	Also in Forces of Corruption
	The Sword of Etheria	Vitis
-16	Naruto series	Orochimaru, Zabuza Momochi, Teuchi, Ao, Ohnoki
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	Scott Mitchell
	Final Fantasy XII	Ba'Gamnan
	X-Men: The Official Game	Jason Stryker
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow	Black Smoke James, Gibbs, others
	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Vincent Valentine
	Dead Rising	Cliff Hudson
	Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra	Canaan, Sellers
	ParaWorld	Jarvis Babbit
	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs	Colonel Kuechler
-07	.hack//G.U. series	Yata, Iyoten
	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	Gene
	Rogue Galaxy	Zegram Ghart
	Ghost Rider	Vengeance
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	Scott Mitchell
	Spider-Man 3	Rhino
	Tomb Raider: Anniversary	Tihocan
	Guild Wars: Eye of the North	Pyre Fierceshot
	F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate	Captain David Raynes
	Clive Barker's Jericho	Cpt. Devin Ross	Grouped under Cast
	Power Rangers: Super Legends	Lord Zedd, others
	Ben 10: Protector of Earth	Heatblast, Ghostfreak, Vilgax
	Universe at War: Earth Assault	Nufai
	Lost: Via Domus	Jack Shepard
	Ninja Gaiden II	Zedonius	Also in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
-09	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	Various Stormtroopers	Also Unleashed II, Ultimate Sith edition
	Lego Batman: The Videogame	Batman, Joker, Killer Moth	Grouped under Talent Credits
	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	Wolverine
	Tom Clancy's EndWar	General Scott Mitchell	Grouped under English Voice talents
	Valkyria Chronicles	Zaka
	Call of Duty: World at War	Tank Dempsey
	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	TOM, Vilgax, Demongo
-11	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II	Scout Sergeant Cyrus, Techmarine Martellus, Chaos Lord Eliphas the Inheritor, Chaos Space Marine, Ork Boy	Also in Chaos Rising and Retribution
	MadWorld	Jack Cayman
	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Wade Wilson, Senator Kelly
	Bionic Commando	Joseph "Super Joe" Gibson
	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Gung Ho, Iron Grenadier
	Batman: Arkham Asylum	Killer Croc
	MagnaCarta 2	Schuenzeit
-11	Marvel Super Hero Squad series	Wolverine, Abomination	Infinity Gauntlet, Online, Comic Combat
	Dragon Age: Origins	Oghren	Also in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
	Mass Effect 2	Grunt
	Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	Zadornov
	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Narrator, Barricade
	Singularity	Nikolai Demichev
	Clash of the Titans	Eusabios, Calibos
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame	Captain Cold, Heat Wave
	Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions	Hobgoblin, Vulture
	Vanquish	Lt. Col. Robert Burns
	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Tank Dempsey
	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds	Wolverine, Taskmaster	Also in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
	Bulletstorm	Grayson Hunt	Nominated - NAVGTR Award, Lead Performance in a Comedy
	Thor: God of Thunder	Ulik
	Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters	Amon Sur
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Starscream
	Shadows of the Damned	Garcia Hotspur
	Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon	Lightning Alpha
	Captain America: Super Soldier	Baron Heinrich Zemo
	Dead Island	Sinamoi
	X-Men: Destiny	Wolverine, Pyro
	RAGE	Captain John Marshall
	Spider-Man: Edge of Time	Anti-Venom
	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Andronikos Revel, Baron Deathmark
	Asura's Wrath	Sergei
	Diablo III	Zoltun Kulle
	Sorcery	Alchemist, Primus, Elven Assassin
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier	Scott Mitchell
	Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes	Penguin, Bane
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Dr. Curt Connors/Lizard
	Transformers: Fall of Cybertron	Sharpshot, Shockwave, Swindle
	Guild Wars 2	Rytlock Brimstone
	World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria	Various characters
	Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth	Wolverine, Uatu the Watcher
	Transformers Prime: The Game	Starscream
	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Multiplayer, Tank Dempsey	Also in Call of Duty: Origins
	Anarchy Reigns	Jack Cayman
	God of War: Ascension	Ares
	StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm	Abathur, Dehaka
	Bioshock Infinite	Additional voices		-->
	Fuse	Ivan Sovlenko
	Marvel Heroes	Wolverine, Rocket Raccoon, Mr. Sinister, Taskmaster, Sauron
	Deadpool	Wolverine
	'	Gah-Goojin, Wanna, Jergingha
	Lego Marvel Super Heroes	Wolverine, Green Goblin
	Batman: Arkham Origins	Lester Buchinsky/Electrocutioner
	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices
	Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	Zoltun Kulle
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Kraven the Hunter
	Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	Sharpshot, Shockwave, Swindle
	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Sauron, Nemesis Orcs
	The Legend of Korra	Hundun
	Final Fantasy Type-0 HD	Cid
	Infinite Crisis	Lex Luthor	Grouped under Voice Over Talent
	Mortal Kombat X	Sub-Zero, Reptile, Bo' Rai Cho
	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Tank Dempsey
	Mighty No. 9	Mighty No. 8 Countershade
	Batman: The Telltale Series	Lady Arkham (Masked), Blockbuster, others
	Batman: Arkham VR	Thug 1, Killer Croc
	Injustice 2	Hal Jordan/Green Lantern

Live action

List of live-action performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Countdown to Looking Glass	Marty Schindler	As David Lucas
	The Manhattan Project	Laser Efficiency Kid	As Richard Cardona
	West is West	Extra
	Beanstalk	Wheelbarrow Man	Directed by Michael Davis
	Adventures in Voice Acting	Himself	Documentary on voice acting
	I Know That Voice	Himself	Documentary on voice acting
	Apocalypse Kiss	Sector Manager

Other

List of other appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
-08, 2012-present	Toonami	TOM	Programming block on Cartoon Network and later Adult Swim
	Marvel Super Heroes 4D	Wolverine	Film attraction at Madame Tussauds
	The Incredible True Story	Thomas	Studio album by Logic
	DC's Legends of Tomorrow	Chronos	Voice; 6 episodes