Steven Blum

Steven Blum (born April 28, 1965) is an American voice actor and ADR script writer. A native of Santa Monica, California, he made a living doing all kinds of jobs (like working in a pet store, running a mail room, managing warehouses) before becoming a full-time professional in the voice acting industry. Married with two children, he is also a Jewish Spiritualist. Because of Blum's long-time experience performing in several animations and video games, he was awarded a Guinness World Record for having been credited in over more than 260 different titles. He has even provided his voice for various promos, trailers, audio books, and advertisements. Blum is also skilled in doing voice dialects, playing the guitar, and writing songs. At times, he has been credited under the names Stephen Jay Blum, Steven J. Blum, Steven Jay, David Lucas, Brandon Jeremy, Richard Cardona, Andrew Watton, Daniel Andrews, and Roger Canfield.

Blum's performances are mostly relegated to older male characters who tend to give off a more experienced vibe. Aside from playing major roles, he has also done additional voices as part of the support cast for other well-known titles. Usually, he does not pre-analyze any of his given parts, preferring to learn each one hands on by performing them instead. Among the roles he has done include Orochimaru in Naruto, Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, and Wolverine in most Marvel media.

Works with Koei

 * Guan Yu, Deng Ai - Kessen II
 * Sun Ce - Dynasty Tactics 2
 * Xiahou Yuan, Sun Jian - Dynasty Warriors 4~5 (including Xtreme Legends and Empires for the fourth title)
 * Keiji Maeda - Samurai Warriors (including Xtreme Legends)
 * Sakon Shima, Tatsuoki Saitō - Kessen III