Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 5, 1948
Place of Birth:
Seattle, Washington, USA
Blu Mankuma (born July 5, 1948) is an American actor. He has appeared in numerous Canadian and American productions filmed in Canada.
Mankuma was born in Seattle, Washington. Among Mankuma's film credits are Tin Man, The Russia House, Another Stakeout, Harmony Gate, Bird on a Wire, Harmony Cats, Cadence, Look Who's Talking, Connor's War, Shoot to Kill, Blacktop, Eureka, 2012 and G-Saviour The Movie, the first attempt so far at a live action G-n-am Movie. Television credits include continuing roles on M.A.N.T.I.S., Forever Knight, Madison, Love on the Run (1994), Street Justice, Mom P.I., 21 Jump Street, Huckleberry Finn and His Friends, RoboCop and his role as host of the seven-part series Diversity. Individual television episodic credits include the series The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Supernatural, Kung Fu, North of 60, The Round Table, Hat Squad, Scene of The Crime, Booker, Wiseguy, MacGyver, Walt Disney's Davy Crockett, Blue's Folly, Stargate SG-1 and Jack.
Mankuma is widely-known as the voice of Tigatron, Tigerhawk and one of the Vok in Beast Wars. Other notable roles include Gigabyte in ReBoot, Heavy Duty in G.I. Joe: Spy Troops and G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom, and Anubis in the 1997 cartoon Mummies Alive!.
He also done voices on other animated films and television shows including Spider-Man Unlimited, Extreme Dinosaurs, Fat Dog Mendoza, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, NASCAR Racers, Scruff, G.I. Joe Extreme, Captain N: The Game Master, Trollz, The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Space Strikers, Double Dragon, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Madeline, Inspector Gadget's Last Case, Ultimate Book of Spells, Shadow Raiders, X-Men Evolution, Being Ian, Sabrina, the Animated Series, Sonic Underground, The Littlest Angel, Barbie: Mermaidia, Firehouse Tales, The Wacky World of Tex Avery, Littlest Pet Shop, Card Captors, CatDog, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, Gadget Boy, Yvon of the Yukon, Billy the Cat, Super Duper Sumos and A Hollywood Hound's Christmas.
Mankuma became an internet celebrity in 2010 for his seminal work in "Sex Ed Video: Puberty," a YouTube sensation from San Francisco to Columbus, Ohio.
Mankuma is an avid musician, singer, songwriter and stage actor. He and his family currently reside in Vancouver.
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Year | Movie | Role |
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2022 | Broken Angel | Sam |
2019 | Volition | Mick |
2014 | Bad City | L. Donald Bramante |
2012 | Upside Down | Albert |
2010 | The Final Storm | Charles Booker |
2010 | Smoke Screen | Detective Clark |
2010 | Fathers & Sons | Blu |
2010 | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self |
2009 | 2012 | Harry Helmsley |
2008 | At Jesus' Side | Ulysses (voice) |
2006 | Like Mike 2: Streetball | Coach Archie |
2006 | Connors' War | Brooks |
2006 | Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia | Deep Bibble (voice) |
2006 | Presumed Dead | Captain Dade |
2006 | Fierce People | Gates |
2005 | Fugitives Run | Rusty |
2005 | Murder at the Presidio | Assistant D.A. |
2004 | G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom | Heavy Duty (voice) |
2004 | Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss | Police Chief |
2004 | Jack | Coach |
2004 | The Final Cut | Zoe Tech Representative |
2004 | Stellaluna | Great White Owl |
2003 | G.I. Joe: Spy Troops | Heavy Duty (voice) |
2003 | Hot Wheels: World Race | Hasis (voice) |
2003 | On Thin Ice | |
2003 | Jasper, Texas | James Byrd Sr. |
2003 | Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon | Lord Dragonmont (voice) |
2002 | Inspector Gadget's Last Case | Velvetmobile (voice) |
2002 | K-9: P.I. | Captain Thomas |
2002 | Johnson County War | Hambone |
2002 | Joe | Joe Fortes (voice) |
2002 | Groove Squad | Coach (voice) |
2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | John Pierce |
2002 | Roughing It | Johnston |
2001 | Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge | Gort |
2001 | ReBoot - Daemon Rising | Killabyte / Gigabyte (voice) |
2000 | Middlemen | Dizzy |
2000 | Mermaid | Caretaker |
2000 | Convergence | John Fellons |
2000 | Blacktop | Buck |
2000 | The Christmas Secret | Haskins |
2000 | Holiday Heart | Pastor Henry |
1999 | Don't Look Behind You | George Reeder |
1999 | Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge | D.A. Stevens |
1999 | The Color of Courage | Hollis Grey |
1999 | G-Saviour | Chief Councilor Graves |
1998 | Every Mother's Worst Fear | Detective Maris |
1998 | The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Jim (voice) |
1998 | Bone Daddy | Trent |
1997 | Intensity | Ethan Trevaine |
1997 | A Call to Remember | Hank McTier |
1997 | Dead Silence | Special Agent Henry Lebow |
1997 | Bliss | Nick |
1997 | That Old Feeling | Piano Player |
1997 | Final Descent | Jack Eberly |
1996 | Murder at My Door | Det. Mike Ferguson |
1995 | A Child Is Missing | Police Chief |
1995 | Convict Cowboy | Warden Bill Ranner |
1994 | Love on the Run | Ray Valentine |
1994 | For the Love of Aaron | Mark Perkins |
1994 | RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement | Sergeant Stanley Parks |
1994 | Whale Music | Mookie Saunders |
1993 | A Stranger in the Mirror | Kenyon's Butler |
1993 | Miracle on Interstate 880 | Fireman Shafer |
1993 | Another Stakeout | Seattle Det. Wills |
1992 | Mortal Sins | Det. Rollie |
1992 | Knight Moves | Steve Nolan |
1991 | Bingo | Motorcycle Cop |
1991 | A Mother's Justice | Det. Roy Bogardus |
1991 | K2 | Man on Wheelchair |
1990 | Cadence | Eugene 'Spoonman' Bryce |
1990 | Bird on a Wire | Plainclothesman |
1990 | The Russia House | Merv |
1989 | Changes | |
1989 | Immediate Family | Crib Mover |
1989 | Cold Front | The Bartender |
1989 | Look Who's Talking | Director |
1988 | Watchers | Cliff |
1988 | Shoot to Kill | |
1988 | Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder | Butler |
1988 | The Red Spider | Bo Davis |
1987 | The Stepfather | Lt. Jack Wall |
1987 | Malone | Rev. Danby |
1987 | After the Promise | Jack |
1987 | Stakeout | |
1986 | Firefighter | Firefighter / Paramedic Washington |
1986 | High Stakes | Reverand Willis |
1985 | Brotherly Love | Wineman |
1985 | Rainbow War | |
1984 | Secrets of a Married Man | Cop #2 |
1984 | Finders Keepers | Wade Eichorn |
1981 | Mr. Patman | Orderly |
1980 | The Plutonium Incident | Benny |
1979 | Letters from Frank | Mover #1 |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2013 | Delete | Gen. Cassius Giles USAF |
2012 | Alcatraz | Elmore - Pianist |
2010 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Flutterguy (voice) |
2010 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Red Dragon (voice) |
2009 | League of Super Evil | General Sargent (voice) |
2008 | Fringe | Stephen Farnsworth |
2007 | Tin Man | Tutor / Toto |
2007 | Blood Ties | Augustus |
2007 | Tin Man | Toto |
2005 | Supernatural | Dr. Jennings |
2004 | The Collector | |
2002 | The Dead Zone | Ben Cartwright |
2002 | Breaking News | |
2002 | The Twilight Zone | Thomas Sumner |
2001 | Night Visions | Dooley (segment "The Passenger List") |
2001 | Smallville | Franklin W. Stern |
2000 | X-Men: Evolution | |
2000 | Andromeda | Marlowe |
2000 | 2gether: The Series | Marvin Boyd |
1999 | Relic Hunter | Abdulla |
1999 | Atomic Train | Reuben Castillo |
1998 | RoboCop: Alpha Commando | |
1998 | Da Vinci's Inquest | |
1998 | Seven Days | |
1998 | Welcome to Paradox | |
1998 | Creature | Rollie Gibson |
1998 | Shadow Raiders | Lord Mantel (voice) |
1998 | First Wave | Special Agent Haley Burbitt |
1997 | Earth: Final Conflict | CIA Agent Morris Carter |
1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Sheriff Knox |
1997 | Extreme Dinosaurs | Hardrock (voice) |
1997 | Intensity | Ethan Trevaine |
1997 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | |
1996 | Beast Wars: Transformers | Tigerhawk / Vok #1 (voice) |
1996 | Beast Wars: Transformers | Tigertron (voice) |
1996 | Beast Wars: Transformers | Tigatron (voice) |
1996 | Beast Wars: Transformers | Tigerhawk (voice) |
1995 | G.I. Joe Extreme | |
1995 | The Outer Limits | Stanley |
1995 | The Outer Limits | 2013 U.S. President |
1995 | The Outer Limits | Captain John Owens |
1994 | ReBoot | |
1994 | Viper | Mr. Kempler |
1994 | RoboCop: The Series | Sergeant Stanley Parks |
1994 | M.A.N.T.I.S. | |
1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Sugar Williams |
1993 | The X-Files | Det. Pennock |
1993 | Madison | |
1993 | The X-Files | Claude Peterson |
1992 | Forever Knight | Capt. Joe Reese |
1992 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | Holy One #1 |
1991 | Palace Guard | |
1990 | Mom P.I. | |
1989 | Unsub | Captain Starks |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Breeze |
1987 | Wiseguy | |
1987 | The New Adventures of Beans Baxter | Colonel |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Henderson |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Officer Lauer |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Cop |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Cabbie |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Tom Holloway |
1985 | Stingray | |
1985 | MacGyver | Sheriff Max Hubbard |
1985 | MacGyver | Lt. Rhome |
1980 | Huckleberry Finn and His Friends |