CJ Bloomfield

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CJ Bloomfield
Born
Christopher Harvard Jr Bloomfield

July 19, 1991 (1991-07-19) (age 34)
New Zealand
OccupationActor
Years active2021–present

CJ Bloomfield is a Polynesian Australian actor. Bloomfield is known for his performance in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Secrets She Keeps. He will also appear in the upcoming films Mortal Kombat 2 and R.U.R .

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Early life

Bloomfield played junior rugby league for the Gold Coast Titans Under 20s team. [1]

Life of crime and incarceration

Prior to acting, Bloomfield was a member of the Hells Angels Outlaw motorcycle club. [2] [3]

In March 2014, Bloomfield was arrested by Queensland Police's Taskforce Maxima. [2] 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. [4] In 2016, Bloomfield was charged with breaching his bail conditions. [5] 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. [6] [4]

Bloomfield was released on parole in 2019. [3]

Career

In 2017, Bloomfield was conditionally accepted in Bond University. [7]

Bloomfield said that during his time in solitary confinement 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." [3]

In 2021, Bloomfield appeared in his first feature film Australian sports drama Streamline . [8]

In 2023, Bloomfield was cast in Mortal Kombat 2 . [8] He also signed with Industry Entertainment Talent agency.

In 2024, Bloomfield had a supporting role in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Streamline
Dwayne
2023Too Many EthnicsBouncerShort film
2023HalfwayShort film (also Executive Producer)
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Big Jilly
2025 Mortal Kombat II Baraka
2025 The Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky Yug
Upcoming R.U.R.
Primus

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 The Secrets She Keeps Brent SciclunaSeason 2, 3 episodes
2024 Critical Incident ChristianSeason 1, 4 episodes
2025 NCIS: Sydney Bobby the BouncerSeason 2

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References

  1. Perkins, James (5 March 2011). "New muscle will lift Seagulls". Tweed Daily News.
  2. 1 2 Keim, Tony (30 May 2014). "Former Gold Coast Titans rising star and Hells Angel Chris Bloomfield granted bail". The Courier Mail.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Stolz, Greg (21 September 2024). "Chris bloomfield, former gold coast bikie swaps life of crime for hollywood". The Courier Mail. ProQuest   3107645653.
  4. 1 2 "Prison stint for ex-bikie linked to NRL star". The Gold Coast Bulletin. 3 February 2018. ProQuest   1993776236.
  5. "Alleged Gold Coast Hells Angel Chris Bloomfield charged with breaching bail". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 September 2016.
  6. "Ex-bikie once filmed with Jarryd Hayne jailed over murder threats". 9News. 2 February 2018.
  7. Stolz, Greg (1 February 2017). "Accused Hells Angels bikie Chris Bloomfield's weird career switch". The Courier Mail.
  8. 1 2 Petski, Denise (6 October 2023). "'Furiosa' Actor CJ Bloomfield Signs With Industry Entertainment".
  9. "CJ Bloomfield". Sophie Jermyn Management.