Brian Keith Bloom (born June 30, 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay and starred in The A-Team (2010), 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 (2016), which he co-wrote. He was also a co-writer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019). He starred as the Punisher in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014).
Life and career Bloom was born on June 30, 1970 and raised in Merrick, New York on Long Island. He is the brother of actor Scott Bloom and musician Mike Bloom. 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.
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.
In 1997, Bloom developed and ran a .com hub known as AnimalWorldNetwork.com.Bloom column-of-life.com The website was an outpost for pet products, information, video content 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 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, 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 Once Upon a Time in America Young Patsy The Stuff Jason's Brother Walls of Glass Danny Flanagan Deuce Coupe Ray Fitzpatrick Vampirella Demos Direct-to-video DayBreak Dr. Harry Day The Sender Jack Grayson Extramarital Bob Knocking on Death's Door Brad Gallagher American Virgin Brad Across the Line Walt Dernin The Zodiac Zodiac Killer (voice) Right at Your Door Police Officer Smokin' Aces Agent Baker Terminal Roger Short film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Ultraman (voice) Direct-to-video – A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. The A-Team Brock Pike Also writer Risen Falco Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite Cyborg (voice) Direct-to-video Tarzan Miller (voice) Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher Frank Castle / Punisher (voice) English dub; Direct-to-video Green Lantern: Beware My Power Adam Strange (voice) Direct-to-video Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Adam Strange, Sidewinder (voice) Direct-to-video
Television Year Title Role Notes Source –2002 As the World Turns Dustin "Dusty" Donovan ABC Weekend Special Tony DiSpirito Episode: "A Different Twist" 1988 Crash Course Riko Konner Television film 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 Over My Dead Body Johnny Mason Episode: "An Actor Prepares" Brotherhood of the Gun Zack Hollister Television film 1992 The Keys Michael Television film 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 Touched by an Angel Clayton Martin Episode: "Unidentified Female" The Nanny John Episode: "The Cradle Robbers" The Colony Mike McCann Television film 1997 Escape from Atlantis Joriath Television film Melanie Darrow Det. Lou Darrow Television film 2000 Blood Money Tony Restrelli Television film Oz Ronald "Ronnie" Barlog 2 episodes Hostage Negotiator Danny McBaine Television film CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Kent Rifkin Episode: "Assume Nothing" Sealab 2021 Beck Bristow (voice) Episode: "Meet Beck Bristow" L.A. Dragnet Brett Thorson Episode: "Abduction" CSI: Miami Scott Riley Episode: "Crime Wave" 2005 McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? Aaron Glover Television film 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" Drive Allan James, Bill, Nathan 5 episodes Without a Trace Christopher Douglas Episode: "Lost Boy" Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Carter Episode: "Heavy Metal" Dollhouse Jonas Sparrow Episode: "True Believe" –2011 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Captain Atom, Creeper, Iron, Oxygen, Rip Hunter (voice) 3 episodes G.I. Joe: Renegades Zartan (voice) 4 episodes –2012 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Steve Rogers / Captain America, Pitt'o Nili (voice) 38 episodes –2016 Gravity Falls Rumble McSkirmish (voice) 4 episodes –2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Captain Ryan, Captain Dash Coolstar, Cyberoid X,Crognard, Muurg, Don Vizioso, additional voices 36 episodes Blackout Keller 3 episodes –2015 Avengers Assemble Hyperion (voice) 10 episodes Love, Death & Robots Hawk (voice) Episode: "Blind Spot"
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