Brian Bloom

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**Brian Bloom** is an American actor and screenwriter. He is the voice of Captain America in *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes* and *Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds*, Varric Tethras in *Dragon Age II* and *Inquisition*, B.J. Blazkowicz in the *Wolfenstein* series, Nick Reyes in *Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare*, the latter of which he co-wrote. He also co-wrote and starred in *The A-Team* (2010).

## Life and career

Bloom appeared in commercials as a child but made his big 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. He left the series to star in several television movies and guest appearances.

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 opened his appeal to later roles, which would include 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.

Brian also attended the Sheriff’s Academy and served as a Reserve Deputy with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department from 2001 – 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. 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 voice over 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 developed by Infinity Ward and published 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. Bloom is also the writer of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare*. Including the reboot of Modern Warfare, Brian Bloom has written 3 of the best selling and beloved games of their decade, topping two and half billion in sales and revenue.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "11: Brian Bloom - Writer/Actor/Voice Actor - The Doorpost Project". http://www.thedoorpost.com/podcasts/11-brian-bloom-writeractorvoice-actor-2/. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
2. ↑ http://www.column-of-life.com/bloom07.html
3. ↑ TV.com. "Brian Bloom". http://www.tv.com/people/brian-bloom/. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
4. ↑ Crecente, Brian (August 19, 2016). "Redesigning Call of Duty". http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/19/12525612/redesigning-call-of-duty. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
5. ↑ https://gamedaily.biz/article/1512/call-of-duty-dominates-npds-list-of-the-best-selling-games-of-the-decade
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7. ↑ Wheatley, Cliff (March 14, 2014). "Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher Review". IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/14/avengers-confidential-black-widow-and-punisher-review. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
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9. ↑ *Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots*, closing credits, 4 minutes in - Metal Gear Online Unit - Voice-Over Cast - Soldiers
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11. ↑ "Gears of War: Judgment Credits". Microsoft Game Studios. https://www.microsoft.com/games/mgsgamecatalog/GOWJudgmentCredits.aspx. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
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17. ↑ "Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare Developers LIVE with PlayStation’s Sid Shuman". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teEtSExukjk.
18. ↑ Boyle, Joshua (2018-11-17). "November Patch Update 17.11.18". https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/5xI7XSP9XqqIe48CEoYcI4.

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