Born January 13, 1977, in Canterbury, England, Orlando Bloom was the son of South African political activist Harry Bloom (who died when Orlando was 4 years old). Although he was hampered by dyslexia, Orlando excelled in the arts as a child and joined the National Youth Theatre in London at age 16.While training at the British American Drama Academy, Bloom landed minor roles on BBC shows and had a small role in the 1997 biopic Wilde. Director Peter Jackson discovered Bloom performing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1999 and cast him as archer Legolas Greenleaf in his Lord of the Rings trilogy.
With the international success of Lord of the Rings came overnight stardom, and Bloom was in demand, playing major roles and adorning magazine covers. He portrayed a U.S. soldier in Black Hawk Down, hero Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean, and Paris in 2004's Troy.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndIn the third installment of the swashbuckler series, Capt. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with brave Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and feisty Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). And what of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)?... Read More
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestWith the help of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, happy-go-lucky troublemaker Capt. Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, hoping to avoid eternal damnation. Read More
Kingdom of HeavenDuring the 12th century in the holy city of Jerusalem, a young peasant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) takes up the mantle of knighthood so he can help repel the army of Islamic crusaders that took control of the city in the year 1099. To complicate matters even further, the young knight falls in love... Read More
ElizabethtownFired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is on the verge of ending it all. But he gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown for his father's funeral. Along the way, he meets a quirky flight... Read More
Ned KellyFed up with being mistreated because of his heritage, Ned Kelly (Heath Ledger) and his brother (Laurence Kinlan) -- the sons of an Irish pig thief -- form a group of bandits called the Kelly Gang with two other men (Orlando Bloom and Philip Barantini) who share their ideals. Kelly's mob robs banks,... Read More
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Main Street (2011) | PG | |
The Three Musketeers (2011) | PG-13 | |
The Good Doctor (2011) | NR | |
Sympathy for Delicious (2010) | R | |
New York, I Love You (2008) | R | |
Everest: A Climb for Peace (2008) | NR | |
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Love and Other Disasters (2006) | R | |
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Elizabethtown (2005) | PG-13 | |
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Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005) | PG-13 | |
Ned Kelly (2004) | R | |
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Haven (2004) | R | |
The Calcium Kid (2004) | R | |
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Black Hawk Down (2001) | UR | |
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The Best of So Graham Norton (1998) | NR | |
Wilde (1997) | R | |
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