Orlando Bloom
- Acting
- January 13, 1977 · 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 · Gareth Mulroney
- The Cut · The Boxer, Producer
- Deep Cover · Marlon
- Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime · Self
- Life Train · Self
- Disney Legends Award Ceremony · Self
- Orlando Bloom: To the Edge · Self, Executive producer
- Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! · Mr. Racoon (Voice)
- Red Right Hand · Cash
- Peppa's Cinema Party · Mr Raccoon (Voice)
- Gran Turismo · Danny Moore
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. · Self
- If You Have: The Untold Story of UNICEF · Executive producer
- Needle in a Timestack · Tommy Hambleton
- The Prince · Prince Harry (Voice)
- Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry · Self
- The Outpost · CPT. Benjamin D. Keating
- Reunited Apart · Self
- Wonder Boy · Self
- Carnival Row · Rycroft 'Philo' Philostrate, Executive producer
- And We Go Green · Self
- Romans · Malky
- S.M.A.R.T. Chase · Danny Stratton
- Tour de Pharmacy · JuJu Pepe
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales · Will Turner
- Unlocked · Jack Alcott
- Easy · Tom
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Digging for Fire · Ben
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · Legolas
- The Greasy Hands Preachers · Executive producer
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Romeo and Juliet · Romeo
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug · Legolas
- Zulu · Brian Epkeen
- Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present · Self
- The Three Musketeers · Duke of Buckingham
- The Good Doctor · Dr. Martin Blake, Producer
- Fight for Your Right Revisited · Carwasher
- LA Phil Live · Romeo
- Conan · Self
- Main Street · Harris Parker
- David Blaine: What Is Magic? · Self
- Sympathy for Delicious · The Stain
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- New York, I Love You · David
- CNN Heroes · Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End · Will Turner
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Everest: A Climb for Peace · Narrator
- According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest · Self
- Love and Other Disasters · Paolo
- The Making of 'The Two Towers' · Self
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' · Self
- The One Show · Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest · Will Turner
- The Path to Redemption · Self
- Soccer Aid
- The Armenian Genocide · Auguste Berneau (Voice)
- The Reichen Show · Self
- The Colbert Report · Self
- Elizabethtown · Drew Baylor
- Extras · Orlando Bloom
- Kingdom of Heaven · Balian de Ibelin
- Ringers: Lord of the Fans · Self
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' · Self
- Haven · Shy, Co-producer
- Parkinson · Self
- Troy · Paris
- The Calcium Kid · Jimmy Connelly
- The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision · Self
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · Legolas
- Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King · Self
- Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl · Will Turner
- Ned Kelly · Joseph Byrne
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self