Steven Blum
| Steven Blum |

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| Born |
Steven Jay Blum
April 28, 1965 (1965-04-28) (age 43) [1]
Santa Monica, California |
| Other name(s) |
Daniel Andrews, Steve Bloom, Steven J. Blum, Steven Blum, Steve Blum, Steven Jay, Brandon Jeremy, David Lucas, Andrew Watton |
| Occupation |
Voice Actor |
Steven Jay Blum (born April 28, 1965) is a prolific American voice actor known primarily for his work in anime dubs and video games. He is best known as the voice of Spike Spiegel of the anime series Cowboy Bebop. He has also played X-Men's Wolverine in numerous games and will voice him in the upcoming Wolverine and the X-Men.
Blum also voiced TOM, the robotic host of Toonami shown on Cartoon Network right up to the block's cancellation. He was also the voice of 7-Eleven's "Oh thank heaven" television and radio advertisements.
Known Roles
Anime Roles
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight - Sanjuro
- Akira (film) - Scientist, Hospital Doctor (2001 Pioneer Dub)
- Afro Samurai - Assassins
- Battle Athletes - Headmaster Grant Oldman
- Battle B-Daman - Cain McDonnell, Meowmigos, Ababa
- Bastard!! - Ninja Master Gara (credited as David Lucas)
- Blood+ - Moses, Collins, Additional Voices
- Chobits - Hiroyasu Ueda
- Code Geass - Kyoshiro Tohdoh
- Cosmo Warrior Zero - Harlock
- Cowboy Bebop - Spike Spiegel
- Daigunder - Professor Hajime Akebono
- Digimon Adventure 02 - Flamedramon, Raidramon, Magnamon, BlackWarGreymon
- Digimon Tamers - Guilmon, Mitsuo Yamaki, Kenta Kitagawa
- Digimon Frontier - J. P. Shibayama, Beetlemon, MetalKabuterimon
- Digimon Data Squad - Falcomon
- Dinozaurs - Drago Wing
- Duel Masters 2.0 - Chill, Extreme Bucketman, Kyoshiro Kokujo
- Ergo Proxy - Proxy One
- Fist of the North Star (TV series) - Shin of the Nanto Seiken
- FLCL - Miyu Miyu, Masashi
- Fushigi Yūgi - various voices
- Gad Guard - Seikai, Sharks, Additional Voices
- Gate Keepers - Jim Skylark
- Great Teacher Onizuka - Eikichi Onizuka (Credited as David Lucas)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
- Guyver - Agito Makishima
- Gungrave - Ballardbird Lee, Escort, and Lightning Thug #3
- Gundam 0080 - Al's Father
- Idaten Jump - Takeshi Yamato
- IGPX - Alex Cunningham
- Initial D - K.T. Takahashi
- Kikaider - Saburo/Hakkaider
- Last Exile - Vincent Arthai
- Love Hina - Masayuki Haitani
- Macross Plus - Marge Gueldoa
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden - Toh Ryuga
- Metropolis - Acetylene Lamp
- Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy - Char Aznable
- Naruto - Zabuza Momochi, Orochimaru, Murasame, Sazuname
- Outlaw Star - various extras
- Planetes - Kho Cheng-Shin
- Rurouni Kenshin - Toma Sakaki and Shishio Makoto
- S-CRY-ed - Kazuma
- Samurai Champloo - Mugen
- Serial Experiments Lain - Husband
- Scrapped Princess - Luke Storm
- Shinzo - Sago, Eilis, Golden Mushrambo
- Street Fighter Alpha - Ken
- Street Fighter II: The Movie - T. Hawk
- Street Fighter II V - Dhalsim
- Strait Jacket - Reiot Stainbarg
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again - Maj. Nexx and Lord Feff
- The Big O - Roger Smith
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise - Dark Scream, W.A.R.S., Fortress Maximus
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Leeron Ritona
- Trigun - Leader of the Roderick Thieves
- Valkyria Chronicles - Zaka
- Vandread - Duero McFile
- Wild Arms: Twilight Venom - Isaac
- Witch Hunter Robin - Akio Kurosawa
- Wolf's Rain - Darcia
- X-TV - Aoki Seiichirou
- Zatch Bell! - Gofure, Shin, Dr. Hakase
- Zentrix - OmnicronPsy
Non-Anime Roles
- Ben 10 - Ghostfreak, Vilgax, Heatblast, additional voices
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law - Yakky Doodle, Clamhead
- Megas XLR - Jamie
- My Life as a Teenage Robot - Smytus, Additional Voices
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Additional Voices
- The Spectacular Spider-Man - Green Goblin, Chameleon
- Toonami (Cartoon Network Block) - TOM
- W.I.T.C.H. - Blunk, Raythor, Kurt
- Wolverine and the X-Men - Wolverine
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? - Rufus Raucous in the episode "Riva Ras Regas", various others
- Bionicle - Kopaka
- Unreal Tournament 3 - Ronin team (male)
Movie Roles
Documentaries
Video games
- .hack series - Sanjuro, Wiseman, Boney Grunty
- .hack//G.U. series - Yata, IYOTEN
- Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War - Captain Jack Bartlett (uncredited)
- Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs - Colonel Sven Kuechler
- Ape Escape 3 - Monkey Yellow (as Steven Blum)
- Ape Escape Academy as Monkey Yellow, Yellow Pipotron
- Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits - Volk
- Armored Core: for Answer - Otsdarva, Maximillian Thermidor
- Atelier Iris - Arlin
- ATV Offroad Fury 4 - Voice Over and Motion Capture talent
- Battlezone (computer game) - Corporal Buzz
- Bionic Commando (sequel) - Joseph "Super Joe" Gibson
- Bleach: Shattered Blade - Ulquiorra
- Brave Fencer Musashi - Jon (Colonel Capricciola)
- Bushido Blade 2 - Gengoro (as David Lucas)
- Call of Duty - Cpt. Foley
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Dracula (uncredited)
- Clive Barker's Jericho - Captain Ross, announcer (commercial)
- Command & Conquer: Generals - Various voices
- Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath - Additional Voices
- Company of Heroes - Intel and Base Commander
- Conflict: Global Storm - Corporal Mick Connors
- Crash Nitro Kart - Crash Bandicoot and Emperor Velo the 27th
- Death by Degrees - Narrator and Enrique Ortega (English and Japanese voices) (uncredited)
- Dead To Rights II - Jack Slate
- Dead Rising - Cliff Hudson, Roger Hall, Additional Voices
- Destroy All Humans! - Mutated Majestic Agents, Loudspeaker Voice in Area 42
- Destroy All Humans! 2 - The Black Ninja Leader, Yamasuke Hirotaro, Space Traffic Control and additional voices
- Digimon Rumble Arena - Reapermon
- Digimon Rumble Arena 2 - Guilmon
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII - Vincent Valentine
- Doom 3 - various guards, scientists, and zombies
- Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout - Goku
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - Sun Jian and Xiahou Yuan (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - Sun Jian and Xiahou Yuan (uncredited)
- F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate - Captain David Raynes
- Final Fantasy XII - Ba'Gamnan
- Full Throttle - Sid
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
- God of War - Ares
- Gothic 3
- Gears of War - Marcus Fenix (Pre-release version only)
- Ground Control II - K´haunir Vicath and G´hall Vicath
- Guild Wars Prophecies - Justiciar Hablion and as the male lead character
- Guild Wars Factions - the male lead character
- Guild Wars Eye of the North - Pyre Fierceshot
- Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the Ashes - Maximillian Berger
- Halo 3 - various minor roles (uncredited)
- Hot Shots Golf Fore - Zeus
- Justice League Heroes - White Martian Leader
- Killer7 - Kenjiro Matsuoka, Benjamin Keane, Trevor Pearlharbor
- Lost: Via Domus - Jack Shepard
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Wolverine, Venom (uncredited)
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - various guards
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops - Gene
- Mission Impossible: Operation Surma - Ethan Hunt
- Nano Breaker - Keith Spencer (uncredited)
- Naruto: Clash of Ninja - Zabuza Momochi
- Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 - Orochimaru, The Third Hokage, Zabuza, and Townsfolk
- Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution - Orochimaru
- Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 - Orochimaru
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series - Orochimaru and Zabuza
- Naruto: Rise of a Ninja - Orochimaru, Zabuza
- Naruto: The Broken Bond - Orochimaru
- Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - Orochimaru
- Neo Contra - Master Contra
- Neverwinter Nights - Daelan Red Tiger
- Neverwinter Nights 2 - One of Many (Child, Brute, Mad Woman), PC (Male Hardened Battler Voice Set)
- Ninja Gaiden II - Zedonius
- No More Heroes - Dark Star
- Omega Boost - various voices
- Phantom Brave - Walnut (uncredited)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow - Joshamee Gibbs, Black Smoke James, Gibbs, various other roles
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online - Jolly Roger
- Pitfall: The Lost Expedition - Pitfall Harry
- Power Rangers: Super Legends: - Lord Zedd, Lunar Wolf Ranger, SPD H.Q. Security System
- Psychonauts - G-Men/Lungfish Zealot/Tiger
- Quake 4 - Various minor characters
- Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire - Abduel/Andre/Kokeeno Pookameeso/Magnum Opus/Salim
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando - the Thugs-4-Less Leader
- Rogue Galaxy - Zegram Ghart, Henry, Borga, Golba
- Samurai Warriors - Keiji Maeda (uncredited)
- Spawn: Armageddon - Violator
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Various stalker characters
- Samurai Western - Ralph Norman
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - Gale (uncredited)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 - Gale (uncredited)
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows-Wolverine
- SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs - Mark Tepper
- SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault - Mark Tepper
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 - Mark Tepper
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Schweimer (uncredited)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II - various Rebel soldiers
- Star Wars: Empire at War - Imperial advisor, Rebel Plex Soldier
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption - Consortium advisor, Consortium Defiler, TIE Interceptor pilot
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - Reborn Jedi, Galak Fyyar
- Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance - Lt. Olin Garn
- Sword of Etheria (Over Zenith) - Vitis
- The Battle for Middle Earth II - additional voices
- The Bouncer - Kou Leifoh
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - Rust
- The Dig - Dr. Ludger Brink, Cocytan leader
- The Punisher - Bullseye
- The Punisher - Bullseye, Matt Murdock, various additional voices
- Too Human - Hod, various additional voices
- Transformers: Autobots - Create-A-Bot
- Transformers: Decepticons - Create-A-Bot
- Transformers: The Game - Trailbreaker
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Descendant
- Urban Reign - Brad Hawk (uncredited)
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - Andrei/Courier/Sabbat
- Valkyria Chronicles - Zaka
- Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra - Canaan, Professor, Sellers
- X-Men Legends - Wolverine
- X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse - Wolverine, Omega Red.
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault - Imperial Guard, Assassin (not credited)
- Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury - Shin
Aliases
For several years, Blum has used several pseudonyms in non-union productions, the most commonly-known being David Lucas. Blum actively denied that he and Lucas are the same person, stating instead that they are acquaintances. As of 2004, he has unionized and now uses his real name full time.[citation needed]
Blum has worked under several aliases:
- David Lucas
- Andrew Watton
- Steven Jay
- Steve Blum
- Steven J. Blum
- Daniel Andrews
- Roger Smith
- David Jeremy
Other
Worked as a writer on some shows including Digimon, but has mostly fallen away from that in favor of voice acting.
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