Orlando Bloom
Actor
- Born
- January 13, 1977 (age 49) · Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Orlando 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).
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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
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
December 18, 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
December 17, 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
December 18, 2002
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
July 9, 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
July 6, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
May 19, 2007
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
December 10, 2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
December 11, 2013
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
May 23, 2017
Troy
May 13, 2004
Black Hawk Down
December 28, 2001
Kingdom of Heaven
May 3, 2005
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