Orlando Bloom
Acting
Born January 13, 1977 · Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
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.
Films (61)
The Cut
2025
Deep Cover
2025
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
2024
Life Train
2024
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024
Red Right Hand
2024
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024
Gran Turismo
2023
Needle in a Timestack
2021
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
2021
The Outpost
2020
Wonder Boy
2019
And We Go Green
2019
Romans
2017
S.M.A.R.T. Chase
2017
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
Unlocked
2017
Digging for Fire
2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Romeo and Juliet
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
Zulu
2013
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
The Three Musketeers
2011
The Good Doctor
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Main Street
2010
David Blaine: What Is Magic?
2010
Sympathy for Delicious
2010
New York, I Love You
2008
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
Everest: A Climb for Peace
2007
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
2006
Love and Other Disasters
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
The Path to Redemption
2006
The Armenian Genocide
2006
Elizabethtown
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
Haven
2004
Troy
2004
The Calcium Kid
2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
Ned Kelly
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
New Zealand as Middle Earth
2002
Black Hawk Down
2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
Quest for the Ring
2001
Wilde
1997