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Orlando Bloom Profile |
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Birth Date: January 13, 1977
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Birth Place: Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
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Birth Name: Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was born on January 13,
1977 in Canterbury, England) is an English actor who became
famous playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings movie
trilogy. He has also had major roles in Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Troy, The Calcium
Kid, and his first lead role in Kingdom of Heaven. Bloom is
currently filming the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean 2:
Dead Man's Chest.
Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent to Sonia J. Copeland, who
was born in India to an English physician father, doctor
Francis Copeland. Although he had originally thought that
his father was South African Jewish lawyer Harry Bloom (who
died in 1981), his mother revealed to Orlando in his teens
that his biological father was not Bloom, but family friend
Colin Stone. Orlando attended St Edmund's School in
Canterbury, but struggled due to his dyslexia. In 1993, he
moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre,
spending two seasons there and earning a scholarship to
train at the British American Drama Academy. He had a few
television roles and made his film debut in Wilde (1997),
opposite Stephen Fry, before entering the Guildhall School
of Music and Drama in London. In 1998, he broke his back in
a three story fall, and it was briefly feared that he would
never walk again. However, he made a complete recovery and
walked out of the hospital twelve days later. He had metal
plates inserted into his backbone to support it, which have
since been removed, except for a single screw. He regularly
performs yoga and Pilates to strengthen his back.
Bloom with actor Liam Neeson in the film "Kingdom of
Heaven".While also still in drama school he landed his first
major role as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
(2001–2003). Whilst shooting a scene, he broke a couple of
his ribs. He fully recovered and continued shooting. This
turned Bloom from an unknown actor into one of world's
hottest celebrities. IMDBPro's StarMeter reported that Bloom
was the most searched-for actor in January 2002, one month
after The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was
released. In the same year he was also chosen as one of Teen
People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25". He was named
People Magazine's hottest Hollywood bachelor in the
magazine's 2004 list.
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. Bloom has also won other various Empire
and Teen Choice Awards, and has been nominated for many
others.
Bloom has said that he uses the philosophies of Nichiren
Buddhism in 2004, a religion that he has long associated
himself with.
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During the filming for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring (2001), he fell off his horse and broke one of
his ribs.
Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars
Under 25." [2002]
Originally auditioned to play the role of "Faramir" in the
"Lord of the Rings" trilogy but lost out on that role and
was instead asked to play the role of Legolas.
Learned to surf during the filming of the "Lord of the
Rings" trilogy in New Zealand.
He won the 2002 MTV Movie Award for "Breakthrough Male."
Was nominated with the entire The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring (2001) cast for "Best Ensemble
Acting" at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Won the award at the 2002 Empire Awards for "Best Debut."
Underwent a great deal of training with knives, horseback
riding, canoeing and archery before his role as Legolas.
According to Screensavers.com, Orlando Bloom replaced
Britney Spears at the top of the website's celebrity
download index in January, 2004.
On People (USA) magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list [2004].
Web-site Ananova.com chose him as the sexiest actor in
Britain. [2004]
One of People magazine's "Hottest Bachelors" in 2004.
His cousin, the photographer/director Sebastian Copeland, is
Brigitte Nielsen's ex-husband.
He made archery a very popular sport in the UK. Many
youngsters saw him with a bow in the "Lord of the Rings"
trilogy and decided to join archery schools.
Chosen as Teen People's #1 Hottie for the October 2004
issue.
Chosen as the sexiest male movie star by Empire Magazine.
Overall he was 3rd; ahead of him were Keira Knightley (1st)
and Angelina Jolie (2nd). [September 2004]
He used to be a vegetarian, but he had to go back to eating
meat when he was filming The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Named as one of nine "off the charts" sexy superstars by
People Magazine in 2004, along with Jake Gyllenhaal, Usher
Raymond, Colin Farrell, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck,
Bruce Willis, and Johnny Depp.
Was visited by Countess Seidy Maria Lopez during the filming
of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) in
New Zealand.
Received a great amount of "stage combat" training while at
the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (as part of the
drama program in conjunction with the British Academy of
Stage and Theatre Combat), which helped prepare him a great
deal in the characters he has choosen to play, that fight
with swords, bows and knives.
He has received an invitation to join the Royal Shakespeare
Company (RSC) in Stratford Upon Avon, which he plans to do
in the near future when he has some time off from working on
film. His goal is to perform Hamlet on the Swan stage (RSC
main), one of Shakespeare's most challenging works.
Voted #1 star most women would like to kiss under the
mistletoe in a poll for Sky Movies.
Has an older sister, Samantha Bloom.
Graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
(1999)
Amusingly enough, his 2000 guest appearance in the
television show, "Midsomer Murders" (1997) references and
discusses J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece "The Lord of the
Rings" (Particularly "Lothlorien"), for which he was
eventually cast (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring (2001)).
Found his dog, Sidi, while filming Kingdom of Heaven (2005).
Shares his birthday with Liya Kebede, Traci Bingham,
Penelope Ann Miller and Nick Clooney.
Wears a replica of the One Ring that says "To wherever it
may lead." It was given to him by one of the makeup artists
on LOTR.
Is "mildly dyslexic".
Has three A-Levels. One A in Art, one A in Photography and
one C in Religious Studies.
Can speak French.
His first car was a dark green VW Golf that costed £160.
His first job was as a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting
range when he was 13.
His favourite vegetable is spinach.
First concert he attended was in Canterbery watching
Jamiroquai.
Supports English football team Manchester United.
He used to smoke, but quit in 2002, which started making him
bite his nails instead.
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award
nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting
Actor category for his performance in the film Troy (2004),
he failed to receive a nomination however. |
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We are meant to be together!!
I have tried to get an autograph of Orlando since I was a 13-years-old girl and I think it´s nearly impossible to make my wish come true!
I hope that one day I will be able to meet Orlando, because he is a great person.
Best wishes Linda