Acting
Orlando Bloom
EN, UK, FR cinema · 72 credits
Born
13 January 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Also known as Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom
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
as Gareth Mulroney
The Cut
as The Boxer, Producer
Deep Cover
as Marlon
Red Right Hand
as Cash
Peppa's Cinema Party
as Mr Raccoon (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
as Mr. Racoon (voice)
Life Train
as Self
Gran Turismo
as Danny Moore
If You Have: The Untold Story of UNICEF
Executive Producer
Needle in a Timestack
as Tommy Hambleton
The Outpost
as CPT. Benjamin D. Keating
Wonder Boy
as Self
And We Go Green
as Self
Unlocked
as Jack Alcott
Romans
as Malky
Tour de Pharmacy
as JuJu Pepe
S.M.A.R.T. Chase
as Danny Stratton
Romeo and Juliet
as Romeo
The Greasy Hands Preachers
Executive Producer
Zulu
as Brian Epkeen
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Carwasher
The Good Doctor
as Dr. Martin Blake, Producer
The Three Musketeers
as Duke of Buckingham
Main Street
as Harris Parker
Sympathy for Delicious
as The Stain
New York, I Love You
as David
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Will Turner
Everest: A Climb for Peace
as Narrator
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Will Turner
The Armenian Genocide
as Auguste Berneau (voice)
Kingdom of Heaven
as Balian de Ibelin
Elizabethtown
as Drew Baylor
Troy
as Paris
The Calcium Kid
as Jimmy Connelly
Haven
as Shy, Co-Producer
Ned Kelly
as Joseph Byrne
Black Hawk Down
as Blackburn
Wilde
as Rent Boy