Orlando Bloom Biography, Filmography, Pictures

11 November

Orlando Bloom Biography, Filmography, Pictures

Author: Sami / Category: B, Celebrity Biography

Orlando Bloom Biography, Filmography, Pictures Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born on January 13, 1977) is an English actor, who rose to fame through his roles in The Lord of the Rings (2001) and in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films. He then appeared in several Hollywood films, including Troy or Kingdom of Heaven. Bloom was named on 12 October 2009 as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador.

Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England being raised in the Church of England. Despite of his dyslexia he managed to get through school. Following the advice of his mother, Bloom took art and drama classes. He moved to London in 1993 and followed a two year course in Drama, Photography and Sculpture at Fine Arts College. He started acting with television roles in episodes of Causality and Midsomer Murders, debuting in a film with Wilde (1997) before going to Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London to study acting.

Two days after graduating from Guildhall in 1999, he got his first important role in The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003), as Legolas. In the same time he had a brief role in the war film Black Hawk Down. The major success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Black Hawk Down turned Bloom into a celebrity.

In 2002, Bloom was selected as one of the Teen People “25 Hottest Stars Under 25”, nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the Screen Actors Guild Award for three years in a row, at the end winning it in 2003, with the third part of the trilogy, The Return of the King. Bloom also won European Film Awards, Hollywood Festival Award, Empire Awards and Teen Choice Awards.