Steve Blum
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Born | April 29, 1960 Santa Monica, California |
Years active at Williams Street | 2004, 2005, 2008 |
Years active at Warner Bros. | 2002-2017 |
Characters played | Yakky Doodle Stavros Clamhead Melbourne O'Reilly Rufus Raucous J.T. Page Steve Powell Cornfield Clem/Abner Aeslop King Alexandros Bob Crachit Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Count Dracula |
Steven Jay "Steve" Blum is an American voice actor known for his extensive work in various media since 1992, including Spike Spiegel in the anime series Cowboy Bebop, and Wolverine in various Marvel media.
Roles
Birdman
- Main article: Birdman (franchise)
- Yakky Doodle and Stavros in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Gone Efficien...t" (2004).
- Yakky Doodle and Clamhead in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Identity Theft" (2005).
- Yakky Doodle in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law video game (2008).
Powerpuff Girls
- Main article: Powerpuff Girls (franchise)
- Man #2 and octopus monster in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Monstra-City" (2003).
Scooby-Doo
- Main article: Scooby-Doo
- Melbourne O'Reilly in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "3-D Struction" (2002).
- Rufus Raucous in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "Riva Ras Regas" (2002).
- J.T. Page, Steve Powell, and catcher (uncredited) in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "The Unnatural" (2003).
- Melbourne O'Reilly and guide in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "Riva Ras Regas" (2003).
- Rama Yam/Spencer Johnson in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "Reef Grief!" (2005).
- Cornfield Clem/Abner in the Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow DTV short film (2013).
- Aeslop and King Alexandros in the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode "Greece Is the Word" (2017).
- Bob Crachit and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode "Scroogey Doo" (2017).
Tom and Jerry
- Main article: Tom and Jerry (franchise)
- Count Dracula in The Tom and Jerry Show episode "Vampire State" (2019).
- Count Dracula in The Tom and Jerry Show episode "Three Heads Are Better Than One" (2021).
Top Cat
- Main article: Top Cat (franchise)
- Goon #2 and muscle dog in the Top Cat Begins theatrical film (2015).
Other roles
Blum is recognized for his deep vocal tone, and as mentioned above, is famously known for the English voice of Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, and Wolverine since the 2000s. He is also known for the voices of Garazeb Orrelios in [[wikipedia:Star Wars Rebels|Star Wars Rebels]], TOM (Toonami Operations Module) as the primary host of the Toonami programming block, and Sub-Zero in the Mortal Kombat video game franchise.
Outside of Cowboy Bebop, some of Blum's dubbing credits in anime include Mugen from Samurai Champloo, Roger Smith from The Big O, Orochimaru and Zabuza Momochi in Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden; Guilmon, Mitsuo Yamaki, and Kenta Kitagawa in Digimon Tamers; and Shishio Makoto from Rurouni Kenshin.
In western animation, he is the voice of Heatblast, Ghostfreak, and Vilgax in Ben 10, Starscream in Transformers: Prime, Jamie from Megas XLR, Count Vertigo in Young Justice, the Green Goblin in The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Amon in The Legend of Korra.