| Brian Bloom | |
| Birth Name: | Brian Keith Bloom |
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1970[1] |
| Years Active: | 1983–present |
| Relatives: | Mike Bloom (brother) Scott Bloom (brother) |
Brian Keith Bloom (born June 30, 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay and starred in The A-Team, produced by brothers Tony and Ridley Scott. Bloom is the voice of Captain America in and multiple subsequent Marvel titles. He is the voice of Varric Tethras in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise, B.J. Blazkowicz in MachineGames' Wolfenstein series, as well as multiple Call of Duty performances including Nick Reyes in , which he co-wrote. He was also a co-writer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. He starred as The Punisher in .
Bloom was born on June 30, 1970 and raised in Merrick, New York. He is the brother of actor Scott Bloom and musician Mike Bloom.[1] As a child, he made his break in the Sergio Leone film Once Upon a Time in America. From there, he was offered the role of Dusty Donovan in the soap opera As the World Turns, which he played for several years. During that run, Bloom won a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Young Leading Man during the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards show for his performance on the series.
After leaving the soap opera, Bloom starred in several made-for-television films with teen subjects, including Crash Course (1988), Dance 'til Dawn (1988) and Desperate for Love (1989). This enhanced his appeal for later roles, which included spots in Melrose Place, 2000 Malibu Road, , , Drive and HBO's Oz. He played the role of fanatical cult leader Jonas Sparrow in the Joss Whedon show Dollhouse. Bloom also starred in a series of 1994 television movies playing Bandit, a part loosely based on the Burt Reynolds role. Bloom continued his working relationship with Joe Carnahan, playing private mercenary antagonist "Pike" in the 2010 movie The A-Team, which Bloom also co-wrote with Carnahan, who directed the 20th Century Fox feature based on the television series.In 1989 Bloom starred alongside Burt Lancaster in the 1990 miniseries Voyage of Terror, based on the 1985 Achille Lauro ship hijacking.[2]
Bloom also attended the sheriff’s academy and served as a reserve deputy with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department from 2001 to 2011. He is a certified self-defense expert and a Sifu of a rarefied street lethal modern Self Defense System called “Bojuka”. He has participated in combat seminars and taught use of force techniques to law enforcement, military and private security worldwide.[3]
In 1997, Bloom developed and ran a .com hub known as AnimalWorldNetwork.com.[4] The website was an outpost for pet products, information, video content[5] and celebrity pet lifestyle coverage, selling and shipping fair-trade, organic and holistic pet supplies with both brick and mortar locations and a robust online presence. Bloom sold the domain and business in 2007 for an undisclosed eight-figure deal.
Bloom is well known for his long standing association with the Call of Duty franchise, having performed voiceover and motion capture work in a majority of the franchise titles[3] culminating with the role of Captain Nick Reyes in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, a first-person shooter video game by Activision. Bloom is both the player character, modeled on his likeness, and the writer of the game's acclaimed narrative,[6] for which he was nominated for 'Outstanding Achievement in Video Game Writing' by the Writers Guild of America.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Once Upon a Time in America | Young Patsy | ||||
| The Stuff | Jason's Brother | ||||
| Walls of Glass | Danny Flanagan | ||||
| Deuce Coupe | Ray Fitzpatrick | ||||
| Vampirella | Demos | Direct-to-video | |||
| DayBreak | Dr. Harry Day | ||||
| The Sender | Jack Grayson | ||||
| Extramarital | Bob | ||||
| Knocking on Death's Door | Brad Gallagher | ||||
| American Virgin | Brad | ||||
| Across the Line | Walt Dernin | ||||
| The Zodiac | Zodiac Killer (voice) | ||||
| Right at Your Door | Police Officer | ||||
| Smokin' Aces | Agent Baker | ||||
| Terminal | Roger | Short film | |||
| Ultraman (voice) | Direct-to-video | [7] | |||
| The A-Team | Brock Pike | Also writer | |||
| Risen | Falco | ||||
| Cyborg (voice) | Direct-to-video | ||||
| Tarzan | Miller (voice) | ||||
| Frank Castle / Punisher (voice) | English dub; Direct-to-video | [8] | |||
| Adam Strange | Direct-to-video | [9] | |||
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three | Adam Strange, Sidewinter | Direct-to-video | [10] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| –1988 | As the World Turns | Dustin "Dusty" Donovan | ||
| ABC Weekend Special | Tony DiSpirito | Episode: "A Different Twist" | ||
| 1988 | Crash Course | Riko Konner | Television film | |
| Dance 'til Dawn | Kevin McCrea | Television film | ||
| 1989 | Desperate for Love | Alex Cutler | Television film | |
| Beauty and the Beast | Cameron Benson | Episode: "The Hollow Men" | ||
| 21 Jump Street | Michael Capeman | Episode: "Next Victim" | ||
| Live-In | Eric | Episode: "Kissing Cousin" | ||
| Matlock | Tony Morgen | Episode: "The Good Boy" | ||
| Empty Nest | Jimmy | Episode: "You Are 16 Going on 17 and I'm Not" | ||
| 1990 | Antonio | Television film | ||
| Over My Dead Body | Johnny Mason | Episode: "An Actor Prepares" | ||
| Brotherhood of the Gun | Zack Hollister | Television film | ||
| 1992 | The Keys | Michael | Television film | |
| 2000 Malibu Road | Eric Adler | Main role | ||
| 1993 | At Home with the Webbers | Josh | Television film | |
| 1994 | Bandit Goes Country | Bandit | Television film | |
| Bandit Bandit | Television film | |||
| Beauty and the Bandit | Television film | |||
| Bandit's Silver Angel | Television film | |||
| Confessions of Sorority Girls | Mort | Television film | ||
| Melrose Place | Zack Phillips | 3 episodes | ||
| Touched by an Angel | Clayton Martin | Episode: "Unidentified Female" | ||
| The Nanny | John | Episode: "The Cradle Robbers" | ||
| The Colony | Mike McCann | Television film | ||
| 1997 | Escape from Atlantis | Joriath | Television film | |
| Melanie Darrow | Det. Lou Darrow | Television film | ||
| 2000 | Blood Money | Tony Restrelli | Television film | |
| Oz | Ronald "Ronnie" Barlog | 2 episodes | ||
| Hostage Negotiator | Danny McBaine | Television film | ||
| Kent Rifkin | Episode: "Assume Nothing" | |||
| Sealab 2021 | Beck Bristow (voice) | Episode: "Meet Beck Bristow" | ||
| L.A. Dragnet | Brett Thorson | Episode: "Abduction" | ||
| Scott Riley | Episode: "Crime Wave" | |||
| 2005 | McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? | Aaron Glover | Television film | |
| Gabriel Thomason | Episode: "Strain" | |||
| 2006 | Faceless | Angel Eyes | Television film | |
| Dr. Craig Zimmer | Episode: "Cool Hunter" | |||
| Pepper Dennis | Gary | 1 episode | ||
| Cold Case | Roger Felice | Episode: "Baby Blues" | ||
| Drive | Allan James, Bill, Nathan | 5 episodes | ||
| Without a Trace | Christopher Douglas | Episode: "Lost Boy" | ||
| Carter | Episode: "Heavy Metal" | |||
| Dollhouse | Jonas Sparrow | Episode: "True Believe" | ||
| –2011 | Captain Atom, Creeper, Iron, Oxygen (voices) | 3 episodes | ||
| Zartan, Inventor (voices) | 4 episodes | |||
| –2012 | Steve Rogers / Captain America, Pitt'o Nili (voices) | 38 episodes | ||
| –2016 | Gravity Falls | Rumble McSkirmish (voice) | 4 episodes | |
| –2017 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Captain Ryan, Captain Dash Coolstar, Cyberoid X, Crognard, Muurg, Additional characters (voices) | 36 episodes | |
| Blackout | Keller | 3 episodes | ||
| –2015 | Avengers Assemble | Hyperion, Diplomat (voices) | 10 episodes | [11] |
| Love, Death & Robots | Hawk (voice) | Episode: "Blind Spot" | ||
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EverQuest II | Generic Enemy | |||
| Jak 3 | Kleiver, Wastelander #2, Freedom League Guards, Male Citizens | |||
| Additional characters | ||||
| Battlefield 2 | Grunt Soldier, Additional characters | |||
| F.E.A.R. | Police | |||
| Kleiver | ||||
| Need for Speed: Most Wanted | 2nd Officer | |||
| Ray | ||||
| Randolf, Additional characters | ||||
| Marcus Crozier, The Guardian, Kenji | ||||
| Yakuza | Additional characters | English dub | ||
| American Soldier, Sniper | ||||
| Call of Duty 3 | Sergeant Guzzo | |||
| Persian Champion, Various Spartans, Various Arcadians | ||||
| Militant, Sniper Team Leader | ||||
| Driver '76 | Ray | [12] | ||
| Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer | |||
| Additional characters | ||||
| World in Conflict | Drill Commander | |||
| Halo 3 | Brutes | Uncredited | ||
| TimeShift | Police #1 | |||
| F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate | Nightcrawler Elite, Additional characters | Expansion pack | ||
| Adam "Kane" Marcus | ||||
| Mass Effect | Simon Atwell, Additional characters | |||
| The Golden Compass | Boat Inspector, Samoyed, Trollesund | |||
| Additional characters | ||||
| Enemy Soldiers, MGO Soldiers | English dub | [13] | ||
| Alex Shepherd | ||||
| Fracture | Jet Brody | |||
| Dead Space | Baily, Bram Neumann, Crew Member, Additional characters | Credited as Bryan Bloom | ||
| Tom Clancy's EndWar | Additional characters | |||
| Joe Miller | ||||
| Rise of the Argonauts | Jason | |||
| Blackwater | ||||
| Halo Wars | Additional characters | |||
| Chicago Grunt | ||||
| Additional voices | ||||
| Guard | ||||
| Prototype | Marcus Grave | |||
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Recondo | |||
| Foxtrot 813 | Uncredited | |||
| Daredevil, Bullseye | ||||
| Leske, Dwyn, Orzammar Royal Guard, Surface Dwarf, Jarrik Dace | ||||
| Klout | ||||
| Ranger #2, Spetsnaz Soldier, Additional characters | ||||
| Mass Effect 2 | Keiji Okuda, Hammerhead VI | |||
| MAG | Valor Executive | |||
| Alpha Protocol | G22 Agent, Soldier | |||
| Matt Horner | ||||
| Adam "Kane" Marcus | ||||
| Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light | ||||
| Mafia II | Eric Reilly, Billy "Bones" Barnes, Debt Collector | |||
| Additional Voices | ||||
| Dead Space 2 | Additional characters | |||
| Steve Rogers / Captain America | ||||
| Bulletstorm | Heavy Echo Trooper | |||
| Dragon Age II | Varric Tethras | |||
| Pepper, Additional characters | ||||
| Red Faction Armageddon | Additional Voices | |||
| F.E.A.R. 3 | Armacham Gunners (Shotgun) | |||
| Gears of War 3 | Pilot, Guard, Drone, Boomer, Additional characters | |||
| Rage | Phallinx Hagar, Clint, Sid | |||
| Additional characters | ||||
| Additional characters | Posted under Additional Voice Actors | |||
| Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | Steve Rogers / Captain America | |||
| –2022 | Trooper Male | [14] | ||
| The Darkness II | Jackie Estacado | |||
| Prototype 2 | Additional Voices | |||
| Mass Effect 3 | Overwatch Commander, Additional Voices | |||
| Infex | Bloom | |||
| Cyborg, Aquaman | ||||
| Marines | ||||
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Thugs, Street Punk | |||
| The Secret World | John Wolf, Illuminati Envoy | |||
| Black Guard B | English dub | |||
| Additional characters | ||||
| Soldier | ||||
| Strikeforce Soldier, Navy Seal, Doorman, Multiplayer | ||||
| Matt Horner | Expansion pack | |||
| Spartan | ||||
| Onyx Officer | [15] | |||
| Fuse | Dalton Brooks | |||
| Marvel Heroes | Steve Rogers / Captain America, Daredevil | |||
| Deadpool | Ranged #4, Brawler #2 | |||
| Saints Row IV | The Voices of Virtual Steelport | |||
| XCOM Agent | ||||
| Black Mask | ||||
| Keegan P. Russ, Additional characters | ||||
| Additional characters | [16] | |||
| Titanfall | ||||
| William "B.J." Blazkowicz | ||||
| Autobot Soldier 01, Decepticon Rocket Trooper | ||||
| Additional characters | ||||
| Sunset Overdrive | Jess | |||
| Final Fantasy Explorers | Additional Voices | |||
| Additional characters | Grouped under "Additional Cast" | |||
| Varric Tethras | ||||
| Evolve | Additional characters | [17] | ||
| Battlefield Hardline | Also motion capture | |||
| William "B.J." Blazkowicz | ||||
| Black Mask | Red Hood DLC | |||
| Mad Max | Additional characters | [18] | ||
| [19] | ||||
| Lego Dimensions | [20] | |||
| Matt Horner | Expansion pack | |||
| XCOM 2 | Central Officer Bradford | |||
| Matt Horner | Mission packs | |||
| Commander Nick Reyes | Also writer and motion capture | [21] | ||
| Steve Rogers / Captain America | ||||
| William "B.J." Blazkowicz | Also motion capture | |||
| Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue | Black Guard B | English dub | ||
| 2018 | Spider-Man | Taskmaster, Additional characters | ||
| Quake Champions | William "B.J." Blazkowicz | [22] | ||
| 2019 | Captain America, Daredevil, Punisher | |||
| William "B.J." Blazkowicz | ||||
| Marvel Dimension of Heroes | Captain America | Augmented reality game for mobile devices | ||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Shane Sparks, additional characters | Also writer | ||
| 2020 | Jo Sawashiro | English version | [23] | |
| 2021 | Marvel Future Revolution | Steve Rogers / Captain America | ||
| 2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | Additional Voices | Also writer | |
| Marvel's Midnight Suns | Captain America |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | As the World Turns | |
| Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor in a Daytime or Nighttime Television Series | |||
| 1986 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | ||
| 1987 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | ||
| 2016 | Writers Guild Award | Outstanding Achievement in Video Game Writing | ||
| 2017 | The Game Awards 2017[24] | Best Performance | ||