CJ Bloomfield is a
Polynesian Australian actor. Bloomfield is known for his performance in ''
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'' and
The Secrets She Keeps
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. He will also appear in the upcoming films ''
Mortal Kombat 2
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'' and ''
R.U.R''.
Early life
Bloomfield played junior
rugby league
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for the
Gold Coast Titans
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Under 20s team.
Life of crime and incarceration
Prior to acting, Bloomfield was a member of the
Hells Angels
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Outlaw motorcycle club
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.
In March 2014, Bloomfield was arrested by Queensland Police's
Taskforce Maxima.
Bloomfield was alleged, with another member of the Hells Angels, to have committed extortion and assault in relation to an individual's $16,000 drug debt.
In 2016, Bloomfield was charged with breaching his bail conditions. In 2018, Bloomfield was sentenced to four years and three months in jail after pleading guilty to extortion, assault, stealing, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and making threats to kill.
Bloomfield was released on parole in 2019.
Career
In 2017, Bloomfield was conditionally accepted in
Bond University
Bond University is Australia's first private university, private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, Queensland, Robina on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its opening on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teachi ...
.
Bloomfield said that during his time in
solitary confinement
Solitary confinement (also shortened to solitary) is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single Prison cell, cell with little or no contact with other people. It is a punitive tool used within the prison system to ...
he began to picture what a "healed version of myself looked and felt like, and what it looked and felt like to be a Hollywood actor."
In 2021, Bloomfield appeared in his first feature film Australian sports drama ''
Streamline
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Business
* Streamline Air, American regional airline
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* Streamline Cars, the company responsible for making the Burney car
Engineering
...
''.
In 2023, Bloomfield was cast in ''
Mortal Kombat 2
''Mortal Kombat II'' is a 1993 fighting game originally produced by Midway for arcades. It was ported to multiple home systems, including MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega Genesis, 32X, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo Entertainment System ...
''.
He also signed with Industry Entertainment
Talent agency
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.
In 2024, Bloomfield had a supporting role in ''
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.''
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
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1991 births
Living people
21st-century Australian male actors
Australian male film actors
Australian people of Polynesian descent