Blum performs in Wolverine and the X-Men, one entry in an output so large that it holds a formal record for the most video game voice credits. His best known role is a laconic bounty hunter in a jazz scored space western, a performance built almost entirely on a low, exhausted delivery.
He came into voice work through dubbing Japanese animation into English during a period when that industry was expanding rapidly, and he has since worked across animation, games and film. His distinctive gravelled register is instantly identifiable, which is unusual for a performer who works at this volume across so many productions.
Recurring subjects: weariness, characters who have already seen how a situation ends, and comedy delivered flatly. He works at the low end of his range almost exclusively and finds variation through rhythm rather than through pitch, and he plays menace and warmth with the same instrument without altering it much.
His space western lead is among the most recognised English dubbing performances ever recorded and is a substantial part of why that series found an international audience. His sheer volume of credits makes him one of the defining voices of two decades of animation and games.
For listeners who will recognise the voice within one line. Suited to anyone approaching the space western, and to those who will then start hearing him in everything else they watch or play.
