Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (natural January 13, 1977) is an English actor who became far-famed swimming Legolas in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. He has besides experienced major roles within Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Troy, The Calcium Kid, and his 1st lead role around Kingdom of Heaven. Bloom is presently filming a sequel ''Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest.

Orlando was natural inside Canterbury, Kent to South African Jewish lawyer Harry Bloom and Sonia J. Copeland, world health organization was innate around India to an English physician father, doctor Frances Copeland. Inside his teens, Orlando found that his biological father was non Harry Bloom, but like personal friend Colin Stone. Orlando attended St Edmunds School in Canterbury, but struggled ascribable his dyslexia. Inside 1993, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there & earning the scholarship to train at the British American Drama Academy. He experienced two or three television roles and processed his film debut within Wilde (1997), opposite Stephen Fry, before typing a Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Within 1998, he broke his back in the tierce story fall, & it was briefly despised that he would never hike once more. Nevertheless, he manufactured a complete recovery & walked away from the hospital xii years late. He experienced metallic plates inserted into his backbone to trend lines it, which develop since been flushed, except for one screw. He regularly performs yoga and Pilates to strengthen his back.

When too however around drama school he landed his 1st major role when Legolas in The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003). This turned Bloom from either an unknown actor into one of globe's hottest celebrities. IMDBPro's StarMeter reported that Bloom was the virtually all searched-for actor within January 2002, 1 year fallowing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released. In the equivalent month he wwhen likewise chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25". He was known as People Magazine's hottest Hollywood bachelor in the magazine's 2004 list.

A cast of the Rings picture show was nominated for Right Ensemble Acting at a Screen Actors Guild Awards for three years inside the row. It eventually won inside 2003, for the third film The Return of the King. Bloom has likewise won more various Empire and Teen Choice Awards, and has been nominated for several others.

Bloom has said that he utilizes a philosophies of Nichiren Buddhism in 2004, a religion that he has yearn associated himself by using.

Filmography
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (2007) – Will Turner ''Paris, je t'aime (2006) – Eli Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest (2006) – May Turner Love & More Disasters (2006) Elizabethtown (2005) – Drew Baylor Kingdom of Heaven (2005) – Balian Haven (2004) – Shy (also co-producer) Troy (2004) – Paris The Calcium Kid (2004) – Jimmy Connelly The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) – Legolas Greenleaf Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) – Will Turner Ned Kelly (2003) – Joe Byrne The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) – Legolas Greenleaf Black Hawk Down (2001) – PFC. Todd Blackburn The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) – Legolas Greenleaf Wilde'' (1997) – Rentboy