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Orlando Bloom Biography, Facts
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 Real Name / Birth Name / Full Name / AKA: Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom
Date of birth: 13-Jan-1977 Thursday
Birthplace (location): Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Zodiac Sign : Capricorn
Nickname: Orli, OB
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: England
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Hair color: Dark brown, naturally wavy
Eye color: Dark brown
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Executive summary / Best known as: Legolas
First major movie role: As Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
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Family, Parents, Dating:
Father: Harry Bloom (d. circa 1981)
Father: Colin Stone (biological father)
Mother: Sonia J. Copeland
Sister: Samantha
Girlfriend: Kate Bosworth (actress, dated 2004, ex-)
Education: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England (1999)
Hobby / Hobbies: Bungee jumping, skydiving, snowboarding and surfing, Photography, sculpting
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Salary: $3,000,000 for Elizabethtown (2005), $2,000,000
for Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
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Detailed Biography of Orlando Bloom: Full Biography
Baby-faced British Actor Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom, who became famous playing Legolas in the The Lord of the Rings trilogy was born on January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, England. His father was lawyer Harry Bloom, a South African Jewish and a legendary figure in antiapartheid circles in South Africa who died in 1981. Orlando's biological father is actually Colin Stone , a reported friend of the family. Orlando has a two year older sister, Samantha. Orlando had a nice childhood: good friends, good family, and a nice upbringing. "I grew up in a big house with lots of land around it, so we used to play in the garden." says Orlando. He attended St Edmunds School in Canterbury, but struggled in many courses due to his dyslexia ( a syndrome in which a person's reading and/or writing ability is significantly lower than that which would be predicted by his or her general level of intelligence).
In 1993, Orlando moved to London to improve his career, doing bit parts in TV series, joined the National Youth Theatre. There, he developed his acting chops and landed a role in a British television show, Casualty. Orlando earned a few television roles to further his career, including his film debut in 1997 in Wilde, opposite Stephen Fry, before entering the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. At Guildhall, Orlando performed in the productions "Little Me", "A Month in the City", "Mephisto", "Peer Gynt", "Twelfth Night","Trojan Women", "The Seagull", "Recruiting Officer", "Antigone", "Uncle Vanya", "A Night Out", and "Mystery Plays". Finally, he appeared once again on screen in 2000, playing Peter Drinkwater in the television series Midsomer Murders.
Shortly after his graduation in 1999 he was cast as the elf Legolas in the feature film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003), his first major movie role. "When I found out I had the role it was a surreal moment. Amazing." He played Legolas; the ensemble cast of The Fellowship of the Ring (including Bloom). In the same year he was also chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25". He won the "Best Breakthrough Performance" in the 2001 Internet Movie Awards, the "Best Debut" at the 2002 Empire Awards, the "Best Breakthrough Male Performance" at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards. A year later, Bloom played in The Two Towers, the second fim of LOTR Trilogy. He was nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the Screen Actors' Guild Awards. The cast of the Rings movies was nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for three years in a row. They finally won in 2003, for the third film The Return of the King.
More film offers came up, and Orlando took several of them. Orlando signed on to play Private Todd Blackburn in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, and to transform into Blackburn, Orlando picked up a southern American accent, shaved his head, and attended a Georgian boot camp. Next up, Orlando began shooting scenes in the summer of 2002, playing Joe Byrne in The Kelly Gang, a film that recounts the about the life and criminal career of Australian-Irish outlaw Ned Kelly.
Following that, Orlando prepared for his first leading role in a film: The Calcium Kid. Orlando plays Jimmy, a milkman-turned-boxer who has a chance to win the world boxing title. Orlando trained for the role when he was working on The Kelly Gang, and then got "really buff and fit" in London.
In the fall of 2002, Orlando signed on to co-star with Johnny Depp in Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Playing Will Turner, Orlando had to learn fencing, and spent time in Burbank, Los Angeles, to film the movie. Because of the filming schedule for this movie, Orlando was unable to attend several premieres for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which was released December 2002. Pirates of the Caribbean was a summer hit, soaring to the top of the box office. Shortly after, Orlando then signed on to play Paris in the 2004 film Troy, an epic film directed by Wolfgang Peterson. In this film, Orlando performs with a stellar cast, which includes Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, and Sean Bean.
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