Orlando Bloom
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Orlando Bloom | |
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![]() Bloom at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival | |
Born | Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom 13 January 1977 Canterbury, Kent, England |
Education | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
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Years active | 1994–present |
Spouse(s) | Miranda Kerr (m. 2010; div. 2013) |
Partner(s) | Katy Perry (2016–present; engaged) |
Children | 2 |
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977, in Canterbury, Kent, England) is an English actor. He is most known for his first major movie role as the elf Legolas Greenleaf in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.
In 1993, he moved to London to improve his career, doing bit parts in TV series like Casualty. Then he played some theatres like The Seagull, Twelfth Night, and Trojan Women. This is a role that he received some days before graduating the drama school in London.
Movies[change | change source]
Here are some movies, in which he played an important character:
- Wilde (1997)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Black Hawk Down (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Ned Kelly (2003)
- The Calcium Kid (2003)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Troy (2004)
- Haven (2004)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
- Elizabethtown (2005)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
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