Brian Bloom
Bloom at the 2016San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Brian Keith Bloom (1970-06-30)June 30, 1970 (age 55)[1]
Occupations	Actor screenwriter
Years active	1983–present
Relatives	Mike Bloom (brother) Scott Bloom (brother)

Brian Keith Bloom (born June 30, 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay and starred inThe A-Team, produced by brothersTony andRidley Scott. Bloom is the voice ofCaptain America inThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and multiple subsequent Marvel titles. He is the voice ofVarric Tethras inBioWare'sDragon Age franchise,B.J. Blazkowicz inMachineGames'Wolfenstein series, as well as multipleCall of Duty performances including Nick Reyes inCall of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which he co-wrote. He was also a co-writer ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare. He starred asThe Punisher inAvengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher.

Bloom was born on June 30, 1970 and raised inMerrick, New York onLong Island. He is the brother of actorScott Bloom and musicianMike Bloom.^[1] As a child, he made his break in theSergio Leone filmOnce Upon a Time in America. From there, he was offered the role ofDusty Donovan in the soap operaAs the World Turns, which he played for several years. During that run, Bloom won aDaytime Emmy Award in the category ofOutstanding Young Leading Man during the12th 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, includingCrash Course (1988),Dance 'til Dawn (1988) andDesperate for Love (1989). This enhanced his appeal for later roles, which included spots inMelrose Place,2000 Malibu Road,CSI: Miami,Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,Drive andHBO'sOz. He played the role of fanatical cult leader Jonas Sparrow in theJoss Whedon showDollhouse. Bloom also starred in a series of 1994 television movies playing Bandit, a part loosely based on theBurt Reynolds role. Bloom continued his working relationship with Joe Carnahan, playing private mercenary antagonist "Pike" in the 2010 movieThe A-Team, which Bloom also co-wrote with Carnahan, who directed the20th Century Fox feature based on thetelevision series.In 1989 Bloom starred alongsideBurt Lancaster in the 1990 miniseriesVoyage of Terror, based on the 1985Achille Lauro ship hijacking.^[2]

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.^[3]

In 1997, Bloom developed and ran a .com hub known as AnimalWorldNetwork.com.^[4] The website was an outpost for pet products, information, video content^[5] 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 theCall of Duty franchise, having performed voiceover and motion capture work in a majority of the franchise titles^[3] culminating with the role of Captain Nick Reyes inCall of Duty: Infinite Warfare, afirst-person shooter video game byActivision. Bloom is both the player character, modeled on his likeness, and the writer of the game's acclaimed narrative,^[6] for which he was nominated for 'Outstanding Achievement in Video Game Writing' by theWriters Guild of America.

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