Brian Bloom

American actor (born 1970)

Actor
screenwriter

Years active1983–presentRelativesMike 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 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes 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 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which he co-wrote. He was also a co-writer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. He starred as The Punisher in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher.

Life and career

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, CSI: Miami, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 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.

Works

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1984	Once Upon a Time in America	Young Patsy
1985	The Stuff	Jason's Brother
1985	Walls of Glass	Danny Flanagan
1992	Deuce Coupe	Ray Fitzpatrick
1996	Vampirella	Demos	Direct-to-video
1998	DayBreak	Dr. Harry Day
	The Sender	Jack Grayson
	Extramarital	Bob
1999	Knocking on Death's Door	Brad Gallagher
1999	American Virgin	Brad
2000	Across the Line	Walt Dernin
2005	The Zodiac	Zodiac Killer (voice)
2006	Right at Your Door	Police Officer
	Smokin' Aces	Agent Baker
	Terminal	Roger	Short film
2010	Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths	Ultraman (voice)	Direct-to-video	^[7]
2010	The A-Team	Brock Pike	Also writer
2012	Risen	Falco
	Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite	Cyborg (voice)	Direct-to-video
	Tarzan	Miller (voice)
2014	Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher	Frank Castle / Punisher (voice)	English dub; Direct-to-video	^[7]^[8]
2022	Green Lantern: Beware My Power	Adam Strange	Direct-to-video	^[9]
2024	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three	Adam Strange, Sidewinter	Direct-to-video	^[10]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1983–1988	As the World Turns	Dustin "Dusty" Donovan
1984	ABC Weekend Special	Tony DiSpirito	Episode: "A Different Twist"
1988	Crash Course	Riko Konner	Television film
1988	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	Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair	Antonio	Television film
1991	Over My Dead Body	Johnny Mason	Episode: "An Actor Prepares"
1991	Brotherhood of the Gun	Zack Hollister	Television film
1992	The Keys	Michael	Television film
1992	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
1995	Touched by an Angel	Clayton Martin	Episode: "Unidentified Female"
1996	The Nanny	John	Episode: "The Cradle Robbers"
1996	The Colony	Mike McCann	Television film
1997	Escape from Atlantis	Joriath	Television film
1997	Melanie Darrow	Det. Lou Darrow	Television film
2000	Blood Money	Tony Restrelli	Television film
2001	Oz	Ronald "Ronnie" Barlog	2 episodes
2001	Hostage Negotiator	Danny McBaine	Television film
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kent Rifkin	Episode: "Assume Nothing"
2003	Sealab 2021	Beck Bristow (voice)	Episode: "Meet Beck Bristow"
2004	L.A. Dragnet	Brett Thorson	Episode: "Abduction"
2004	CSI: Miami	Scott Riley	Episode: "Crime Wave"
2005	McBride: Anybody Here Murder Party?	Aaron Glover	Television film
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Gabriel Thomason	Episode: "Strain"
2006	Faceless	Angel Eyes	Television film
	CSI: NY	Dr. Craig Zimmer	Episode: "Cool Hunter"
	Pepper Dennis	Gary	1 episode
	Cold Case	Roger Felice	Episode: "Baby Blues"
2007	Drive	Allan James, Bill, Nathan	5 episodes
2007	Without a Trace	Christopher Douglas	Episode: "Lost Boy"
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Carter	Episode: "Heavy Metal"
2009	Dollhouse	Jonas Sparrow	Episode: "True Believe"
2010–2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Captain Atom, Creeper, Iron, Oxygen (voices)	3 episodes	^[7]
2010–2011	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Zartan, Inventor (voices)	4 episodes
2010–2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Steve Rogers / Captain America, Pitt'o Nili (voices)	38 episodes
2012–2016	Gravity Falls	Rumble McSkirmish (voice)	4 episodes
2012–2017	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Captain Ryan, Captain Dash Coolstar, Cyberoid X, Crognard, Muurg, Additional characters (voices)	36 episodes
2012	Blackout	Keller	3 episodes
2013–2015	Avengers Assemble	Hyperion,^[11] Diplomat (voices)	10 episodes	^[7]
2019	Love, Death & Robots	Hawk (voice)	Episode: "Blind Spot"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Source
2004	EverQuest II	Generic Enemy
	Jak 3	Kleiver, Wastelander #2, Freedom League Guards, Male Citizens		^[7]
	Call of Duty: Finest Hour	Additional characters
2005	Battlefield 2	Grunt Soldier, Additional characters
	F.E.A.R.	Police
	Jak X: Combat Racing	Kleiver		^[7]
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted	2nd Officer		^[7]
2006	Driver: Parallel Lines	Ray
	Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers	Randolf, Additional characters
	Dreamfall: The Longest Journey	Marcus Crozier, The Guardian, Kenji		^[7]
	Yakuza	Additional characters	English dub
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	American Soldier, Sniper
	Call of Duty 3	Sergeant Guzzo
2007	300: March to Glory	Persian Champion, Various Spartans, Various Arcadians		^[7]
	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	Militant, Sniper Team Leader
	Driver '76	Ray		^[12]
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer
	Medal of Honor: Airborne	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
	Kane & Lynch: Dead Men	Adam "Kane" Marcus
	Mass Effect	Simon Atwell, Additional characters
	The Golden Compass	Boat Inspector, Samoyed, Trollesund
2008	Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath	Additional characters
	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	Enemy Soldiers, MGO Soldiers	English dub	^[7]^[13]
	Silent Hill: Homecoming	Alex Shepherd		^[7]
	Fracture	Jet Brody
	Dead Space	Baily, Bram Neumann, Crew Member, Additional characters	Credited as Bryan Bloom
	Tom Clancy's EndWar	Additional characters
	Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts	Joe Miller		^{[citation needed]}
	Rise of the Argonauts	Jason
2009	50 Cent: Blood on the Sand	Blackwater
	Halo Wars	Additional characters
	Wanted: Weapons of Fate	Chicago Grunt
	Red Faction: Guerilla	Additional voices
	The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena	Guard		^[7]
	Prototype	Marcus Grave
	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Recondo
	F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn	Foxtrot 813	Uncredited
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2	Daredevil, Bullseye
	Dragon Age: Origins	Leske, Dwyn, Orzammar Royal Guard, Surface Dwarf, Jarrik Dace
	Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier	Klout		^[7]
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Ranger #2, Spetsnaz Soldier, Additional characters
2010	Mass Effect 2	Keiji Okuda, Hammerhead VI
	MAG	Valor Executive
	Alpha Protocol	G22 Agent, Soldier
	StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	Matt Horner		^[7]
	Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days	Adam "Kane" Marcus
	Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	Adam "Kane" Marcus
	Mafia II	Eric Reilly, Billy "Bones" Barnes, Debt Collector		^[7]
	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Additional Voices
2011	Dead Space 2	Additional characters
	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds	Steve Rogers / Captain America
	Bulletstorm	Heavy Echo Trooper		^[7]
	Dragon Age II	Varric Tethras		^[7]
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	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
	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Additional characters		^[7]
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Additional characters	Posted under Additional Voice Actors
	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	Steve Rogers / Captain America
2011–2022	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Trooper Male		^[7]^[14]
2012	The Darkness II	Jackie Estacado		^[7]
	Prototype 2	Additional Voices
	Mass Effect 3	Overwatch Commander, Additional Voices
	Infex	Bloom
	Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes	Cyborg, Aquaman
	Spec Ops: The Line	Marines		^[7]
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Thugs, Street Punk
	The Secret World	John Wolf, Illuminati Envoy
	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance	Black Guard B	English dub
	Transformers: Fall of Cybertron	Additional characters
	XCOM: Enemy Unknown	Soldier
	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Strikeforce Soldier, Navy Seal, Doorman, Multiplayer
2013	StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm	Matt Horner	Expansion pack	^[7]
	God of War: Ascension	Spartan
	Gears of War: Judgment	Onyx Officer		^[15]
	Fuse	Dalton Brooks		^[7]
	Marvel Heroes	Steve Rogers / Captain America, Daredevil		^[7]
	Deadpool	Ranged #4, Brawler #2
	Saints Row IV	The Voices of Virtual Steelport
	The Bureau: XCOM Declassified	XCOM Agent
	Batman: Arkham Origins	Black Mask
	Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate	Black Mask
	Call of Duty: Ghosts	Keegan P. Russ, Additional characters
	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional characters		^[16]
	Titanfall	Additional characters
	Wolfenstein: The New Order	William "B.J." Blazkowicz
	Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	Autobot Soldier 01, Decepticon Rocket Trooper		^[7]
	Skylanders: Trap Team	Additional characters
	Sunset Overdrive	Jess
	Final Fantasy Explorers	Additional Voices
	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	Additional characters	Grouped under "Additional Cast"
	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Varric Tethras
2015	Evolve	Additional characters		^[17]
	Battlefield Hardline	Additional characters	Also motion capture
	Wolfenstein: The Old Blood	William "B.J." Blazkowicz
	Batman: Arkham Knight	Black Mask	Red Hood DLC
	Mad Max	Additional characters		^[18]
	Skylanders: SuperChargers			^[19]
	Lego Dimensions			^[20]
	StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void	Matt Horner	Expansion pack	^[7]
2016	XCOM 2	Central Officer Bradford
	StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops	Matt Horner	Mission packs	^[7]
	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	Commander Nick Reyes	Also writer and motion capture	^[21]
2017	Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite	Steve Rogers / Captain America		^[7]
	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	William "B.J." Blazkowicz	Also motion capture	^[7]
	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue	Black Guard B	English dub
2018	Spider-Man	Taskmaster, Additional characters		^[7]
2018	Quake Champions	William "B.J." Blazkowicz		^[22]
2019	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Steve Rogers / Captain America, Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Frank Castle / Punisher		^[7]
	Wolfenstein: Youngblood	William "B.J." Blazkowicz
	Marvel Dimension of Heroes	Captain America	Augmented reality game for mobile devices	^[7]
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Additional characters / Shane Sparks	Also writer
2020	Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Jo Sawashiro	English version	^[23]
2021	MARVEL Future Revolution	Steve Rogers/Captain America
2022	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	Additional Voices	Also writer
2022	Marvel's Midnight Suns	Captain America		^[7]
2024	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	Jo Sawashiro		^[7]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1985	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	As the World Turns	Won
1985	Young Artist Award	Best Young Actor in a Daytime or Nighttime Television Series		Nominated
1986	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
1987	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2016	Writers Guild Award	Outstanding Achievement in Video Game Writing	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	Nominated
2017	The Game Awards 2017^[24]	Best Performance	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	Nominated

References

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^ Wheatley, Cliff (March 14, 2014). "Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher Review". IGN. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20192230/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 ^{[user-generated source]}
^ https://twitter.com/dcuworld/status/1763193205124686159
^ "Hyperion". Avengers Assemble. Season 1. Episode 6. July 28, 2013. Disney XD.
^ Sumo Digital; Ubisoft Reflections. Driver 76. Ubisoft. Scene: Ending credits, 2:32:08 in, Voice Actors.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, closing credits, 4 minutes in - Metal Gear Online Unit - Voice-Over Cast - Soldiers
^ BioWare (December 20, 2011). Star Wars: The Old Republic. Electronic Arts, LucasArts. Scene: closing credits, 9:50 in, English Cast.
^ "Gears of War: Judgment Credits". Microsoft Game Studios. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
^ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
^ Sledgehammer Games. Evolve. Activision. Scene: Credits, 10:54 in, Voice Over Performers.
^ Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
^ Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
^ Traveller's Tales. Lego Dimensions. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Closing credits, 4:45 in, Voiceover Talent.
^ "Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare Developers LIVE with PlayStation's Sid Shuman". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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