Steven Jay Blum (born April 29, 1960 in Santa Monica, California) is an American voice actor and script writer. He has been credited in over 260 different IPs, promotional media, and audio books, earning a Guinness World Record. Blum is married with two children and is a Jewish Spiritualist. He has been credited under various names.
Blum is often typecast for the gruff-sounding, experienced characters prevalent in the video game industry. Usually, he prefers to learn his character as he performs rather than preemptively research his parts. A few of his roles include Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, Orochimaru in Naruto, and Count Vertigo in Young Justice and the DC Showcase: Green Arrow short.
Works
- Guan Yu, Deng Ai - Kessen II
- Additional voices - Crimson Sea
- Sun Ce, Pang De - Dynasty Tactics 2
- Arlin - Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana
- Sakon Shima, Tatsuoki Saitō, Nobufusa Baba - Kessen III
- Xiahou Yuan, Sun Jian - Dynasty Warriors 4~5 (including Xtreme Legends and Empires for the fourth title)
- Keiji Maeda - Samurai Warriors (including Xtreme Legends)
- Zedonius - Ninja Gaiden II (including Sigma 2 and Sigma 2 Plus)
- The Beast, King Kirk Gladys - Undead Knights
- Thanatos, Fear, Seed - Quantum Theory
- Wolverine, Red Skull, Ghost Rider, Bullseye - Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order