Orlando Bloom
Born January 13, 1977 (Age: 49)
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Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Cut
2025
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as The Boxer
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Age: 48
Gran Turismo
2023
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as Danny Moore
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Age: 46
The Outpost
2020
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as CPT. Benjamin D. Keating
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Age: 43
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
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as Will Turner
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Age: 40
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
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as Legolas
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Age: 37
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
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as Legolas
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Age: 36
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
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as Self
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Age: 35
The Three Musketeers
2011
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as Duke of Buckingham
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Age: 34
The Good Doctor
2011
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as Dr. Martin Blake
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Age: 34
New York, I Love You
2008
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as David
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Age: 31
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
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as Will Turner
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Age: 30
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
2006
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as Self
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Age: 29
Love and Other Disasters
2006
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as Paolo
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Age: 29
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
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as Will Turner
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Age: 29
Elizabethtown
2005
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as Drew Baylor
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Age: 28
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
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as Balian de Ibelin
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Age: 28
Troy
2004
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as Paris
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Age: 27
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
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as Legolas
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Age: 26
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
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as Will Turner
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Age: 26
Ned Kelly
2003
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as Joseph Byrne
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Age: 26
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
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as Legolas
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Age: 25
New Zealand as Middle Earth
2002
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as self
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Age: 25
Black Hawk Down
2001
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as PFC Todd Blackburn
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Age: 24
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
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as Legolas
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Age: 24
Wilde
1997
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as Rent Boy
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Age: 20