Bruce Thomas is an American actor. He is well known for being the motion capture actor of Master Chief in ''

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'', '' Halo 5: Guardians'' and ''

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'' as well as portraying Russell Adler in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'' and '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 6''. He first came to prominence for portraying the character of

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in a series of commercials for

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service 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

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original series ''

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'' as Stephen Trager from 2006 to 2009. He starred as JP Gratton in the episode "The He in the She" in the series ''

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'' on October 8, 2008. Thomas has also been featured in the sitcom '' Wings'' as well as on ''

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''. He provided the voices of

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in '' Green Lantern: Emerald Knights'', Ezra Loomis in '' Gears of War: Judgement'',

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in '' Justice League: War'', and James Gordon in '' Son of Batman''. He provided

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for Spartan John-117, the protagonist of the video game ''

'' (2012), also doing so for '' Halo 5: Guardians'' (2015) and ''

'' (2021). It has long been erroneously reported that Thomas reprised his role as Batman in the

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episode of ''

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''. Thomas personally dispelled this fact during a podcast interview. Batman was actually portrayed by stuntman Alex Daniels.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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BatPodcast interview with Bruce Thomas
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