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Orlando Bloom

Biography

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom is an English actor. He had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and starting in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven. He appeared in the ensemble film New York, I Love You, and will have roles in Sympathy for Delicious and Main Street. Bloom made his professional stage debut in West End's In Celebration at the Duke of York's Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, which ended its run on 15 September 2007.

Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England. His mother, Sonia Constance Josephine (née Copeland), was born in the British section of Kolkata, India, the daughter of Betty Constance Josephine Walker and Francis John Copeland, who was a physician and surgeon. During his childhood, Bloom was told that his father was his mother's husband, South African-born Jewish anti-Apartheid novelist Harry Saul Bloom; but when he was thirteen (nine years after Harry's death), Bloom's mother revealed to him that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, his mother's partner and family friend. Stone, the principal of the Concorde International language school, was made Orlando Bloom's legal guardian after Harry Bloom's death. Bloom, who is named after the 16th century composer Orlando Gibbons, has one sister, Samantha Bloom, who was born in 1975.

Bloom's first appearance on the screen was as a rent boy in the 1997 film Wilde - he had a small part. Two days after graduating from Guildhall in 1999, he was cast in his first major role, playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003). He had originally auditioned for the part of Faramir, who doesn't appear until the second movie but the director, Peter Jackson, cast him as Legolas instead.

Bloom met American actress Kate Bosworth outside a coffee shop in 2002, where he was introduced to her by a mutual friend. He met her again at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers later that year. The two had an "on-and-off relationship" from 2002 until splitting up in September 2006. In late 2007, Bloom began dating Australian model Miranda Kerr. The couple's engagement was announced on June 21, 2010.

Bloom has said that he tries "not to exclude [himself] from real life as much as possible". He is a Manchester United fan and lives in London. During filming in Morocco for Kingdom of Heaven, Bloom rescued and adopted a dog, Sidi (a black Saluki mix with a white mark on his chest). Bloom is a practising Buddhist. In 2004, he became a full member of Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist association affiliated with the teachings of Nichiren. Bloom has also been a part of Global Green, an environmental company, since the early 2000s. As part of his environmental involvement, he has renovated his London home to use solar panels, incorporate recycled materials, and utilize energy efficient lightbulbs. Bloom has been approached by UNICEF to act as an international ambassador.

Actor

The Cut

2024

as The Boxer

Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!

2024

as Mr. Racoon (voice)

Red Right Hand

2024

as Cash

Gran Turismo

2023

as Danny Moore

Needle in a Timestack

2021

as Tommy Hambleton

The Outpost

2020

as CPT. Benjamin D. Keating

Romans

2017

as Malky

S.M.A.R.T. Chase

2017

as Danny Stratton

Tour de Pharmacy

2017

as JuJu Pepe

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017

as Will Turner

Unlocked

2017

as Jack Alcott

Digging for Fire

2015

as Ben

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

as Legolas

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

as Legolas

Zulu

2013

as Brian Epkeen

The Three Musketeers

2011

as Duke of Buckingham

The Good Doctor

2011

as Dr. Martin Blake

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

as Carwasher

Main Street

2010

as Harris Parker

Sympathy for Delicious

2010

as The Stain

New York, I Love You

2008

as David

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

as Will Turner

Love and Other Disasters

2006

as Paolo

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

as Will Turner

Elizabethtown

2005

as Drew Baylor

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

as Balian de Ibelin

Haven

2004

as Shy

Troy

2004

as Paris

The Calcium Kid

2004

as Jimmy Connelly

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

as Legolas

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003

as Will Turner

Ned Kelly

2003

as Joseph Byrne

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

as Legolas

Black Hawk Down

2001

as PFC Todd Blackburn

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

as Legolas

Wilde

1997

as Rent Boy

Wizards!

Deep Cover

Documentaries

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

2021

as Self

Wonder Boy

2019

as Self

And We Go Green

2019

as Self

Always at The Carlyle

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

2012

as Self

David Blaine: What Is Magic?

2010

as Self

According to Plan: The Making of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'

2006

as Self

The Armenian Genocide

2006

as Auguste Berneau (voice)

The Path to Redemption

2006

as Self

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

2005

as Self

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

2003

as Self

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

2003

as Self

Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates

2003

An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003

as Self

Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories

2003

as Self

New Zealand as Middle Earth

2002

as self

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

as Self

A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

2001

as Self

Quest for the Ring

2001

as Self

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

as Self

Life Train

as Self

Orlando Bloom

Actor

Videos

Documentaries

Production