Orlando Bloom
Acting
- Born:
- 1977-01-13
- Place of birth:
- Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Biography
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). 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
Filmography
Bucking Fastard
The Cut
Deep Cover
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
Life Train
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Orlando Bloom: To the Edge
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Red Right Hand
Peppa's Cinema Party
Gran Turismo
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Needle in a Timestack
The Prince
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
The Outpost
Reunited Apart
Wonder Boy
Carnival Row
And We Go Green
Romans
S.M.A.R.T. Chase
Tour de Pharmacy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Unlocked
Easy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Digging for Fire
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Romeo and Juliet
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Zulu
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
The Three Musketeers
The Good Doctor
Fight for Your Right Revisited
LA Phil Live
Conan
Main Street
David Blaine: What Is Magic?
Sympathy for Delicious
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
New York, I Love You
CNN Heroes
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The Graham Norton Show
Everest: A Climb for Peace
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
Love and Other Disasters
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
The One Show
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Path to Redemption
Soccer Aid
The Armenian Genocide
The Reichen Show
The Colbert Report
Elizabethtown
Extras
Kingdom of Heaven
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Haven
Parkinson
Troy
The Calcium Kid
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ned Kelly
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Fellowship of the Ring: New Zealand as Middle Earth
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'
V Graham Norton
Black Hawk Down
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Quest for the Ring
The Early Show
Smack the Pony
TRL
So Graham Norton
Wilde
The View
Midsomer Murders
The Daily Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Casualty
MTV Video Music Awards
Entertainment Tonight
Wetten, dass..?
The Oscars
Today
Bambi
Golden Globe Awards
Wizards!
The Last of the Tribe