Steve Blum is an American voice actor of anime, animation and video games who has provided the voice for Spike Spiegel in the English dub of Cowboy Bebop. He is known for his distinctive deep voice.
Notable Works
Guyver Booster Armor Series
The Big O
X
Madworld
Ghost Rider
Black Magic M-66
Ninja Gaiden 2
Vanquish
Initial D
Gun Frontier
Deadpool (Wolverine)
Shadows of the dammend
RAGE
Bulletstorm
Fuse
Naruto
Prey
Wolf's Rain
Dragon Age Origins
Gungrave
Gungrave overdose
The Punisher
Transformers Prime
Samurai Champloo
Bionic Comando
The Legend of Korra
Gurren Laggan
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Batman Year one
Mass Effect 2
Hyper Doll
Killer7
Dinozaurs
Mass Effect 3
Call of Duty
Trivia
- He and Wendee Lee (English voice of Faye Valentine) have worked together on other English Dubbed anime, such as X, Wild Arms: Twilight Venom, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and The Big O. They also worked with Melissa Fahn (English voice of Edward) on Mahoromatic and the Digimon series, and Daran Norris on Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
- He and Mary Elizabeth Mcglynn (English voice of Julia) have also worked together on other animation series such as Star Wars Rebels and are also currently dating.
- He and Beau Billingslea (English voice of Jet Black) have worked together on the Digimon series, and Wolf's Rain.
- He has also starred in another anime directed by Shinciro Watanabe Samurai Champloo as Mugen
- He was awarded the Guinness World Record for being the most prolific video game voice actor in 2012, with roles in franchises such as God of War, Call of Duty, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Naruto, X-Men and Transformers.
- In order for him to potray Spike he used Film Noir Imagery.
- The scenes that he found difficult were ones with Spike being portrayed as vulnerable.