Orlando Bloom
Birthday: 1977-01-13 | Place of Birth: Canterbury, Kent, England, UKOrlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film series (2001–03). He reprised his role in The Hobbit film series (2013–14). Considered by some to be the Errol Flynn of his time, he gained further notice appearing in epic fantasy, historical, and adventure films, notably as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series(2003–07, 2017), Paris in Troy (2004), Balian de Ibelin in the Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and the Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers(2011). Bloom appeared in Hollywood films such as the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), the Australian Western Ned Kelly (2003), the romantic comedy Elizabethtown (2005), and New York, I Love You(2007). In 2020, he gained acclaim for the Afghanistan War drama film The Outpost (2020). He also starred in the Amazon Prime Video series Carnival Row (2019–2023). He debuted professionally in In Celebration at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2007. He starred in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in 2013. He returned to the theatre in a West End revival of Tracy Letts' Killer Joe in 2018. In 2009, Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In 2015, he received the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Legolas
as Marlon
as The Boxer
as Cash
as Mr. Racoon (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Danny Moore
as Prince Harry (voice)
as Tommy Hambleton
as CPT. Benjamin D. Keating
as Self
as Rycroft 'Philo' Philostrate
as Self
as Danny Stratton
as Jack Alcott
as JuJu Pepe
as Malky
as Self (archive footage)
as Legolas
as Romeo
as Brian Epkeen
as Legolas
