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My Take
Steve Blum's voice is one I'd know anywhere, even if I couldn't tell you it was his. That deep, gravelly delivery as Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop basically defined cool for a generation of anime fans, myself included. What floors me is the range underneath that signature growl: Amon in The Legend of Korra, Vilgax in Ben 10, Starscream, Sub-Zero, on and on. He's so prolific he's held records for most video game voice credits. To me he's the rare voice actor whose work I sought out specifically, and Bebop alone would have secured his legacy. Everything since has been a remarkable encore.
Overview
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series Cowboy Bebop; Amon from The Legend of Korra; Heatblast, Ghostfreak, and Vilgax from Ben 10; Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios from the Star Wars franchise; Starscream from Transformers: Prime; Sub-Zero from the Mortal Kombat franchise; Tank Dempsey from the Call of Dut…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Steve Blum
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーヴン・ブルーム
- Reading
- すてぃーゔん・ぶるーむ
- Born
- April 29, 1960 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rat
- Origin
- Santa Monica, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / screenwriter / voice actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of California, San Diego
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | — |
6. Links
Entrepreneur — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.