History Creator / SteveBlum

* RelationshipVoiceActor: He's often worked together with Creator/WendeeLee and NolanNorth.

* Grunt, [[RedShirt Wilson]], [[spoiler: The Shadow Broker]] and about half the crewmen in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', voiced the Tiger in Black Velvetopia and the horde of G-men in The Milkman Conspiracy. Because of the G-men, he may well have the single largest speaking role in the game, aside from RichardHorvitz.

* {{Wolverine}} in any Franchise/MarvelUniverse media from the video game ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' onwards (except for [[Film/{{X-Men}} the X-Men movies]], obviously)

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Blum's last name is pronounced BLOOM, [[{{Wolverine}} bub]].
* LargeHam

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Also, [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY it's pronounced BLOOM]], [[{{Wolverine}} bub]].

* FanNickname: The DawnOfWar fandom has affectionately dubbed him Lord Steve Blum the Inheritor, in honour of one of the characters he voices.

* Has voiced Killer Croc in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Batman]]'', where he also voiced several other characters in the latter, such as SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, Two-Face, Franchise/{{Batman}} himself, and ''[[ButtMonkey Killer Moth]]''.

** Tank Dempsey, '''REAL AMERICAN HERO!!!!''' of ''Call of Duty: World at War'' and ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''' NaziZombies mode
* The generic [[AxCrazy Sabbat]] vampires and the Tzimisce Andrei in ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''.

* A few dwarves and "ASSCHABS!" Oghren in ''VideoGame/DragonAge''.

** Will voice Swindle, Sharpshot, and Shockwave once again in the sequel, ''TransformersFallOfCybertron''.

-->--'''PeterCullen''' in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gij88kYJpE&feature=BFa&list=ULkunRanLg0Og an interview at Comic-Con 2012]]

Simply put, the American equivalent of NorioWakamoto.

Has a {{Twitter}} [[https://twitter.com/#!/blumspew account]]. In April and May of 2012 he used it to lead the charge to Bring Toonami back on the air, which was announced as successful on May 16.

* Has voiced Killer Croc in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Batman]]'', where he also voiced several other characters in the latter, such as TheJoker, Two-Face, Franchise/{{Batman}} himself, and ''[[ButtMonkey Killer Moth]]''.

* Captain Bartlett in ''AceCombat5TheUnsungWar''.

** He's actually done a lot of work for Marvel; he voiced Bullseye in ''VideoGame/ThePunisher'' game and Vanisher in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolverine and The X-Men}}''.

** He's also First Enchanter Irving.

* [[DashingHispanic Garcia Hotspur]] in ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned''
* Yakky Doodle in ''[[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law]]'' ([[RuleOfThree and you thought]] ''[[VideoGame/ApeEscape Yellow Monkey]]'' [[RuleOfThree was weird?...]])

* Did some English dubbing for the Sergei Brodov film, ''{{Nomad}}''. He was the wily Jungar shaman.

* Zoltun Kulle in ''VideoGame/{{Diablo III}}''

* StarMakingRole: His bravura performance as Spike Spiegel in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' made the fandom (and eventually, the world of voice acting) take notice of him.

** BadassBaritone: He has a fairly good one naturally, but takes it to its limit as [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Amon]].

[[SteveBlum Steven Jay Blum]] is notable for his '' incredibly'' versatile range, though his most well-known is his GutturalGrowler voice. He can play just about any role from heroes, to villains, even to the just plain weird. One of his most notable roles is Spike Spiegel from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. He's [[RelationshipVoiceActor worked with]] Creator/WendeeLee and NolanNorth a few times as well. He's equally known for having a ludicrous number of roles in the ''same'' work at times, with some videogames having him voice so many extras that it seems as if you've stepped into some bizarre world of Steve Blums.

* Captain Foley in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' and Tank Dempsey, '''REAL AMERICAN HERO!!!!''' of ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'''s NaziZombies maps.

There's no doubt that Steven Jay Blum is the American equivalent of NorioWakamoto.

Steve is notable for his '' incredibly'' versatile range, though his most well-known is his GutturalGrowler voice. He can play just about any role from heroes, to villains, even to the just plain weird. One of his most notable roles is Spike Spiegel from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. He's [[RelationshipVoiceActor worked with]] Creator/WendeeLee and NolanNorth a few times as well. He's equally known for having a ludicrous number of roles in the ''same'' work at times, with some videogames having him voice so many extras that it seems as if you've stepped into some bizarre world of Steve Blums.

--> ''PeterCullen'' in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gij88kYJpE&feature=BFa&list=ULkunRanLg0Og an interview at Comic-Con 2012]]

He's shown to be good friends with VicMignogna (as their con appearances and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZ6lpWGmNs Real Fans]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb6n_276VWY of Genius]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgaAzSFOvGE Videos]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcGEYU9gWL0 can]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nfAEFgSNAQ attest to]]), and regards Creator/WendeeLee [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2djYAxRT6UA&t=1m14s as one too.]]

!!Tropes relating to Steve Blum

* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: He gets rather pissed off about it. [[JustifiedTrope He points out the production teams work hard and are getting ripped off because of it.]]
** Particularly in regards to what happened to [[http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=245296868876748&id=152361198170316 Bandai Entertainment]].

* HilariousOuttakes: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC20850Sbsc=related According to]] CrispinFreeman, he and Steve are in a competition about who can make the most X-rated outtakes. Apparently Steve's outtakes for Leeron are just the tip of the iceberg.
* [[IAmNotSpock I Am Not Wolverine Or Spike Spiegel]]: He ''does'' have roles aside from those two, you know. Though unlike most examples of this trope, they aren't roles he hates or really goes out of his way to distance himself from.
* UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}: He considers himself a Jewish Spiritualist.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Oh... '''YES'''!
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Despite voicing villains like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Orochimaru]], [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Starscream]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Amon]] and [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Makoto Shishio]] as well as {{Anti Hero}}es like {{Wolve|rine}}[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold rine]], Steve's a sweetheart in real life who donates the money he makes selling autographed pics of him at conventions to charity.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: He doesn't have the slightest interest in insulting people who have passed on, but when asked at conventions who he has bad recording experiences with, he can only get away with the dead actors and voice actors.
* NoJustNoReaction: Prior to becoming a union member, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73B-iDaNog&t=0m37s he once worked on a]] {{Hentai}} anime. After about 15 minutes, he reached a scene that he found so offensive that he left the studio immediately.
* OneOfUs: He worked as hard as anyone (perhaps harder) to bring back Creator/{{Toonami}}. Not for a job, but because he liked it so much.

* UnionsInHollywood: The reason why he used to go by the "David Lucas" pseudonym before around the early to mid-2000s or so.

->''"A completely [[ThisTropeIsBleep ****ing]] awesome voice actor with a voice so manly it instantly claims the virginity of all men and women who hear it."''
-->-- ''1d4chan'' on SteveBlum

Has a {{Twitter}} [[https://twitter.com/#!/blumspew account]]. In April and May of 2012 he used it to lead the charge to charge to Bring Toonami back on the air, which was announced as successful on May 16.

* [[BadassSpaniard Garcia Hotspur]] in ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned''

* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Averted. He's played a large variety of roles ''and'' has a wide vocal range (including a ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann gay mechanic]]'' and a ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers cute Digimon]]''). [[IAmNotSpock It's the fandom that only remembers him for Wolverine and Spike Spiegel]].

* IAmNotSpock: He ''does'' have roles aside from Spike and Wolverine, you know. Though unlike most examples of this trope, they aren't roles he hates or really goes out of his way to distance himself from.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: He's often worked together with WendeeLee and NolanNorth.

** Wolverine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}''.

** Given that he is now playing Amon in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' he has started to run the risk of this again.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: He's often worked together with Creator/WendeeLee and NolanNorth.

* Grunt, RedShirt Wilson, [[spoiler: The Shadow Broker]] and about half the crewmen in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

* Has voiced Killer Croc in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Batman]]'', where he also voiced several other characters in the latter, such as TheJoker, Two-Face, Franchise/{{Batman}} himself, and ''Killer Moth''.

Steve is notable for his '' incredibly'' versatile range, though his most well-known is his GutturalGrowler voice. He can play just about any role from heroes, to villains, even to the just plain weird. One of his most notable roles is Spike Spiegel from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. He's [[RelationshipVoiceActor worked with]] WendeeLee and NolanNorth a few times as well. He's equally known for having a ludicrous number of roles in the ''same'' work at times, with some videogames having him voice so many extras that it seems as if you've stepped into some bizarre world of Steve Blums.

He's shown to be good friends with VicMignogna (as their con appearances and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZ6lpWGmNs Real Fans]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb6n_276VWY of Genius]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgaAzSFOvGE Videos]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcGEYU9gWL0 can]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nfAEFgSNAQ attest to]]), and regards WendeeLee [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2djYAxRT6UA&t=1m14s as one too.]]

* OneOfUs: He worked as anyone (perhaps harder) to bring back Creator/{{Toonami}}. Not for a job, but because he liked it so much.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: He's often worked together with WendeeLee and NolanNorth.