orlando bloom profile

Since graduating from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Orlando Bloom has worked exclusively on screen in films such as The Lord Of The Rings, Pirates Of The Caribbean, and Kingdom Of Heaven. There’s also off the wall films like Ned Kelly, The Calcium Kid, Troy, Elizabethtown and indie crime drama, Haven. Mr Bloom will try anything for example – during July and September 2007, Orlando took a short break from his film career and turned to the theatre, where he appeared in the London West End revival of David Storey’s, In Celebration. Photos of Orlando Bloom by Brian Bowen for Gotham Magazine (USA) and Nathaniel Goldberg courtesy TeenPeople (USA).

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early years

career history

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birthdate/place

13 January 1977, Canterbury, England, UK.

breakthrough role

Legolas, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, 2001.

genres

Action/Adventure, Crime Drama, Family, Fantasy, Historical Epic, Mockumentary, Romantic Comedy.

leading male

Elizabethtown (2005) (Drew Baylor)
Kingdom Of Heaven (2005) (Balian Of Ibelin)
Haven (2004) (Shy)
The Calcium Kid (2004) (Jimmy Connelly)

producer

Haven (2004) (co–producer).

supporting male

Troy (2004) (Paris)
Pirates Of The Caribbean (2003–2007) (Will Turner)
Ned Kelly (2003) (Joe Bryne)
The Lord Of The Rings (2001–2003) (Legolas)

stage

"In Celebration" London West End Debut (16 July 2007) (Stephen)

other credits

Shisedio Commercials (2007–2008)
"Children in Need" (16 November 2007) (As Himself)
Everest: A Climb for Peace (2007) (Narrator)
Extras (2.1) (14 September 2006) (As Himself)
Love And Other Disasters (2006) (Hollywood Paolo)
Gap Commercial "Denim Invasion" (2002)
Black Hawk Down (2001) (PFC. Todd Blackburn)
Wilde (1997) (Rent Boy)
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early years

Born in Canterbury, England, Orlando moved to London at the age of 16 where he joined the National Youth Theatre for two seasons and subsequently gained a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. Upon completion of his scholarship, Bloom played the lead in the production of A Walk in the Vienna Woods. He made his first film debut in Wilde (1997), based on the biopic of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. He was then accepted to London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he chose to put his screen career on hold for the opportunity to further his acting education. During his time at Guildhall, Orlando performed in a number of productions including, Little Me, A Month in the City, Peer Gynt, Mephisto, Twelfth Night and The Seagull. Just days before he was due to graduate in 1999, he was cast as Legolas, in The Lord Of The Rings movies.

career history

Orlando’s earliest roles were in television – Casualty (1986), Midsommer Murders (1997) and Smack The Pony (1999). It was in 1999, when Peter Jackson saw Orlando on stage at Guildhall and asked him he would like to screen test for a part in the Lord Of The Rings films. Following his work on The Lord Of The Rings, Orlando has done varied portrayals starring in Ridley Scott’s realistic combat movie, Black Hawk Down (2001) – followed by a succession of high profile appearances including the romantic, swashbuckling secondary lead, Will Turner, in Disney’s high seas adventure, Pirates Of The Caribbean (2003) and as Paris, in Wolfgang Petersen’s Grecian adventure, Troy (2004). Other roles have included the endearing British comedy, The Calcium Kid (2004), and as Joe Byrne, in Gregor Jordan’s drama based on Australia’s notorious outlaw, Ned Kelly (2003). Additionally, he starred and co–produced in Frank E. Flower’s independent crime drama, Haven (2004). During 2005, Orlando played diverse characters in Ridley Scott’s magnificent knight epic, Kingdom Of Heaven and Cameron Crowe’s bittersweet romance, Elizabethtown. Recently, Orlando reprised his role as the noble pirate, Will Turner for the second and third movies in the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise – Dead Man’s Chest (2006) and At World’s End (2007).