Bruce Thomas (actor)
Bruce Thomas is an American actor. He is well known for being the motion capture actor of Master Chief in Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians and Halo Infinite as well as portraying Russell Adler in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. He first came to prominence for portraying the character of Batman in a series of commercials for General Motors' OnStar service[1] that aired from 2000 to 2002.
Career
He was featured in Legally Blonde, as well as its sequel Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, as the "UPS guy". He was featured in the 2008 film Babysitter Wanted. He co-starred on the ABC Family original series Kyle XY as Stephen Trager from 2006 to 2009. He starred as JP Gratton in the episode "The He in the She" in the series Bones on October 8, 2008.
Thomas has also been featured in the sitcom Wings as well as on Weeds. He most recently provided the voices of Atrocitus in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, Ezra Loomis in Gears of War: Judgement, Desaad in Justice League: War, and James Gordon in Son of Batman.[2]
He provided motion capture for Spartan John-117, the protagonist of the video game Halo 4 (2012), also doing so for Halo 5: Guardians (2015) and Halo Infinite (2021).[3]
It has been erroneously reported in the past that Thomas played Batman for the pilot and premiere of The WB's Birds of Prey TV series. Thomas personally dispelled this fact during a podcast interview.[4]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Army of Darkness | Mini-Ash #2 | |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde | UPS guy | |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | ||
| 2004 | A Boyfriend for Christmas | Ted Powell | TV film |
| 2008 | Babysitter Wanted | Jim Stanton | |
| 2011 | Hall Pass | Rick Coleman | |
| Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Atrocitus (voice) | Direct-to-video | |
| 2013 | Raze | Kurtz | |
| 2014 | Justice League: War | DeSaad (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| Son of Batman | James Gordon, Ubu (voices) | ||
| 2015 | Camino | Handsome gent | |
| Justice League: Gods and Monsters | General Zod, Darkseid (voices) | Direct-to-video | |
| 2016 | Batman: Bad Blood | James Gordon (voice) | |
| 2019 | Batman: Hush | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Models Inc. | Trevor Winslow | Episode: "Exposure" |
| All My Children | Dr. Jonathan Kinder | 1 episode | |
| Ellen | Mike Lyons | Episode: "She Ain’t Friendly, She’s My Mother" | |
| 1996 | The John Larroquette Show | David | Episode: "Happy Endings" |
| 1996– 1998 | Beverly Hills 90210 | Carl Schmidt / Hank Bradley | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Providence | Beau Tucker | Episode: "All good Dogs Go to Heaven" |
| The Bold and the Beautiful | Trevor McEvoy | 5 episodes | |
| Nash Bridges | Rocky Brush | Episode: "Trade Off" | |
| 2000 | Port Charles | Dr. Joshua Lock | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Xindi-Reptilian Soldier | 3 episodes |
| 2005– 2006 | Weeds | Megan's Dad | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | E-Ring | Dr. Wolfe | Episode: "War Crimes" |
| 2006– 2009 | Kyle XY | Stephen Trager | 43 episodes |
| 2008 | Bones | JP Gratton | Episode: "The He in the She" |
| Desperate Housewives | Peter Hickey | Episode: "There's Always a Woman" | |
| 2014 | Turbo Fast | Boss Spider, Paul (voices) | Episode: "A Tale of Two Turbos" |
| Beware the Batman | Dr. Anatol Mykros (voice) | Episode: "Unique" | |
| Rake | Clay Randolph | Episode: "Bigamist" | |
| Baby Daddy | Jim | Episode: "The Bet" | |
| 2014– 2015 | Faking It | Liam's Dad | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles | Kobra (voice) | Episode: "Big" |
| 2016 | NCIS | Richard Porter | Episode: "React" |
| 2017 | NCIS: Los Angeles | LA District Attorney Frank Gibson | Episode: "Queen Pin" |
| 2017– 2018 | Freedom Fighters: The Ray | Richard Terrill (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Sr. Sergeant Kravchenko, Private Kaminsky (voices) | Episode: "The Secret War" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Halo 4 | Spartan John-117 / Interrogator | Motion capture only[3] |
| 2013 | Gears of War: Judgment | Colonel Ezra Loomis | [2][5] |
| Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | Additional voices | English dub | |
| 2015 | Mobius Final Fantasy | ||
| Halo 5: Guardians | Spartan John-117 | Motion capture only | |
| Fallout 4 | Daniel Finch, Nathan Filmore, Drifters, additional voices | ||
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | Additional voices | ||
| 2016 | Fallout 4: Nuka-World | Cleansed, Zachariah, Pack Captives | |
| 2020 | Gears Tactics | Sid Redburn | Voice |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Russell Adler | Voice and performance capture | |
| 2021 | Halo Infinite | Spartan John-117 | Motion capture only |
| 2022 | Horizon Forbidden West | Vezreh, Aluf, Additional voices | |
| 2022 | Star Ocean: The Divine Force | Bertrand Hyrein | [2] |
References
- "Batman YTB - Fansite For Batman Comics, Toys, Figures, News and more!". www.batmanytb.com.
- "Bruce Thomas (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- "Halo 4: A Hero Awakens". GameSpot. 2012-09-01. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- "The BatPodcast -- Bruce Thomas". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- "Gears of War: Judgment Credits". Microsoft Studios. Retrieved November 19, 2014.