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Orlando Bloom, Paddy Considine, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Nick Mohammed in Deep Cover (2025)

Orlando Bloom, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Nick Mohammed in Deep Cover (2025)

Orlando Bloom and Archie Madekwe in Gran Turismo (2023)

Orlando Bloom and Jeremy Tichy in Carnival Row (2019)

Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne in Carnival Row (2019)

Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, Bruce Hopkins, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Orlando Bloom in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Orlando Bloom in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

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Orlando Bloom and Cynthia Erivo in Needle in a Timestack (2021)

Orlando Bloom and Freida Pinto in Needle in a Timestack (2021)

Orlando Bloom in Needle in a Timestack (2021)

Orlando Bloom and Leslie Odom Jr. in Needle in a Timestack (2021)

Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger in Troy (2004)

Orlando Bloom in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davies, and Hugo Weaving in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Orlando Bloom and Yvonne Strahovski in Orlando Bloom/Yvonne Strahovski/O-Town (2019)

Orlando Bloom and Jan Thijs in Carnival Row (2019)

Orlando Bloom, Jan Thijs, and Karla Crome in Carnival Row (2019)

Orlando Bloom and Maeve Dermody in Carnival Row (2019)

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom was born on January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, England. His mother, Sonia Constance Josephine Bloom (née Copeland), was born in Kolkata, India, to an English family then-resident there. The man he first knew as his father, Harry Bloom, was a legendary political activist who fought for civil rights in South Africa. But Harry died of a stroke when Orlando was only four years old. After that, Orlando and his older sister, Samantha Bloom, were raised by their mother and family friend, Colin Stone. When Orlando was 13, Sonia revealed to him that Colin is actually the biological father of Orlando and his sister; the two were conceived after an agreement by his parents, since Harry, who suffered a stroke in 1975, was unable to have children.

Orlando attended St. Edmund's School in Canterbury but struggled in many courses because of dyslexia. He did embrace the arts, however, and enjoyed pottery, photography and sculpturing. He also participated in school plays and was active at his local theater. As a teen, Orlando landed his first job: he was a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range. Encouraged by his mother, he and his sister began studying poetry and prose, eventually giving readings at Kent Festival. Orlando and Samantha won many poetry and Bible reciting competitions. Then Orlando, who always idolized larger-than-life characters, gravitated towards serious acting. At the age of 16, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and gaining a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. Like many young actors, he also auditioned for a number of television roles to further his career, landing bit parts in British television shows Casualty (1986), Midsomer Murders (1997) and Smack the Pony (1999). He also appeared in the critically acclaimed movie Wilde (1997).

He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It was there, in 1998, that Orlando fell three stories from a rooftop terrace and broke his back. Despite fears that he would be permanently paralyzed, he quickly recovered and returned to the stage. As fate would have it, seated in the audience one night in 1999 was a director named Peter Jackson. After the show, he met with Orlando and asked him to audition for his new set of movies. After graduating from Guildhall, Orlando began work on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, spending 18 months in New Zealand bringing to life "Legolas", a part which made him a household name. Today, he is one of the busiest and most sought-after actors in the industry.

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