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''. He first came to prominence for portraying the character of Batman in a series of commercials for General Motors'

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service that aired from 2000 to 2002.

Career

He was featured in ''

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'', as well as its sequel '' Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'', as the "UPS guy". He was featured in the 2008 film ''

Babysitter Wanted ''Babysitter Wanted'' is a 2008 American horror film directed by Jonas Barnes and Michael Manasseri. It was written by Barnes and stars Sarah Thompson as a babysitter who is seemingly stalked while babysitting a strange child in a remote house ...

''. He co-starred on the ABC Family original series ''

Kyle XY ''Kyle XY'' is an American science fiction television series produced by ABC Family. The central character is a teenage boy (Matt Dallas) who awakens naked in a forest outside Seattle, Washington, with no more knowledge or abilities than a newbo ...

'' 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 ''

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'' 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''. He provided motion capture for Spartan John-117, the protagonist of the video game ''

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

'' (2021). It has been erroneously reported in the past that Thomas played Batman for the

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and premiere of

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's ''

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'' TV series. Thomas personally dispelled this fact during a podcast interview.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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BatPodcast interview with Bruce Thomas
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