Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom
Bloom in 2023
Born
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom

(1977-01-13) 13 January 1977 (age 47)
Canterbury, Kent, England
EducationGuildhall School of Music and Drama (BA)
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active1994–present
Spouse
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(m. 2010; div. 2013)​
PartnerKaty Perry (2016–present)
Children2

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom[1] (born 13 January 1977)[2][3] 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,[4][5][6] 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 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 made his professional stage debut in In Celebration at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2007 and starred in a Broadway 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.[7]

  1. ^ Bloom in Orlando Bloom on Katy Perry, never saying 'no' and being open. The Sunday Times (YouTube). England. Event occurs at 00:06. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ "UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021". United Press International. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021. …actor Orlando Bloom in 1977 (age 44)…
  3. ^ Adolph, Anthony (20 February 2012). "The Curious Ancestry of Orlando Bloom". Family History Monthly. p. 26. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ McNamara, Mary (30 March 2007). "Orlando Bloom, 21st century swashbuckler". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ^ Sella, Marshall (5 October 2005). "The Epic Life of Orlando Bloom". GQ. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Orlando could be icon". Metro. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Meryl Streep, Sam Mendes & James Corden To Be Lauded At 2015 Britannia Awards". Deadline Hollywood. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2017.