Orlando Bloom — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

💥Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom. Born in 1977 in Canterbury, UK. He grew up in a family with an older sister. His father worked as a lawyer, and his mother was involved in literature. He studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He works as an actor and producer. He has been married twice: to model Miranda Kerr (a son, Flynn, was born) and to singer Katy Perry (a daughter, Daisy, was born). He prefers to keep his current personal life private.

🏆Main awards🏆: Teen Choice Awards (2003) [Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl], Empire Awards (2004) [The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]

🎬Main projects🎬: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), "Troy" (2004), "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005), "Gran Turismo" (2023), "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" (2014)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Orlando has portrayed the image of an archer on screen several times: he played the elf Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" and Prince Paris in "Troy". After filming, the actor retained an interest in archery and continued to practice it as a hobby. In interviews, he admitted that he really enjoys this skill, and on social media he has repeatedly shown videos where he confidently shoots at targets.

Filmography

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2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Legolas

Awards & recognition

1 wins · 2 nominations · 3 Award ceremony

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 nominations

Best Cast The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2002

Saturn Awards 1 nominations

Cinescape Magazine Award (Genre Face of the Future) for Best Male Performance The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2002

MTV Movie & TV Awards 1 wins

Breakthrough of the Year The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2002

Interesting facts

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Full name: Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom.
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Orlando's parents named him after the 17th-century English composer Orlando Gibbons.
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When Orlando turned 13, his mother Sonia Bloom told him that his biological father was Colin Stone, who raised Samantha and Orlando after Gary Bloom's death.
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School was hard for Orlando – he suffered from dysgraphia (he had trouble remembering and confused the shapes of letters), and so he often became the object of ridicule from his peers.
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On 08/26/2020, Orlando and Katy Perry had a daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom.
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Orlando Bloom is a football fan and supports the English club Manchester United.
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In September 2004, Empire magazine named Bloom the sexiest living actor, and in the overall ranking of movie stars he took third place — after Keira Knightley and Angelina Jolie.
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Orlando decided to become an actor after watching the film "The Hustler" with Paul Newman.
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While still in school, Orlando suffered a serious injury while helping a friend repair the roof of a terrace. "I broke my back. I fell out of a window… my friends had a glass roof on the landing right below the apartment, and I slid onto the gutter. It gave way, and I fell three stories. I was told I might not be able to walk again. Then I had surgery, and I left the hospital about 12 days later." Thanks to the surgeons' efforts, he was able to return to a full life fairly quickly.
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His hobbies are extreme sports (skydiving, surfing, paragliding, snowboarding); he also enjoys sculpture, photography, and cars.
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Bloom performed almost all of his own stunts in the 2001 film "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." While performing one of them, he broke a rib.