Orlando Bloom

Who is Orlando Bloom?

Orlando Bloom’s full name is Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom. He was born on 13 January 1977 in Canterbury, Kent to his mother, Sonia Constance Josephine who was born in Kolkata, India, and to his father, Harry Bloom who unfortunately passed away when he was just four years old. When he was thirteen years old, his mother revealed to him that his actual father was Colin Stone who legally looked after him after the demise of Harry. He was born and raised alongside brothers Steve Bloom and Peter Bloom and a sister, Samantha Bloom. Besides this, he is currently 43 years old with the zodiac sign of Capricorn.

Nationality and Physical Stats

Orlando Bloom holds an English nationality and belongs to English ethnicity. He is a Buddhist and practices Buddhism as his religion. Besides this, he stands at a height of 5 feet and 11 inches (1.8m/180cms) tall and weighs around 77kgs (170lbs). Moreover, he has a slim body figure with a pair of dark brown colored eyes with dark brown colored hair.

Education

Orlando Bloom studied in the St. Peter’s Methodist Primary School and then got transferred to the King’s School, an independent, boarding and day school located in Canterbury, England. He completed his high-school at the St. Edmund’s School, an independent day and boarding school located in Canterbury. For further studies, he enrolled in the Fine Arts College, an independent school in London where he grabbed a two-year A-Level course. Later, he studied acting in the National Youth Theatre located in London.

Personal Life

Orlando Bloom was involved in a relationship with Miranda Kerr, an Australian model, and businesswoman back in the year 2010. The couple was blessed with a son, Flynn Christopher Bloom but they separated in the year 2013. Later, Orlando Bloom was in a relationship with American singer and songwriter, Katy Perry. The two of them got engaged in the year 2019 and Katy revealed that they were expecting their first child through the video of her song, ‘Never Worn White’ in the year 2020. The couple was blessed with a son on 26 August 2020.

Career

Film

Orlando Bloom gave his debut performance in the movie, ‘Wilde’ in the year 1997. Following this role, he went on to star as PFC Todd Blackburn in the 2001 British American war movie, ‘Black Hawk Down’ and also had the recurring role of Legolas in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ movie series.

Orlando Bloom appeared as Legolas in the 2001 ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’, in the 2002 ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’, and in the 2003 ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’. He played the role of Joseph Bryne in the 2003 movie, ‘Ned Kelly before getting the lead role of William Turner in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean movie series where he starred alongside his role model, Johnny Depp. He played the role of William Turner in the 2003 ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’, in the 2006 ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’, in the 2007 ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’ and in the 2017 ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’.

He has also had the lead role of Legolas in ‘The Hobbit’ movie series. He portrayed the role of Legolas again in the 2013 ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ and in the 2014 ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’. He has also played the role of Jack Alcott in the 2017 movie, ‘Unlocked’ and is said to play in the upcoming movie, ‘Needle in a Time stack’.

Television

Orlando Bloom made his debut on television in the year 1994 when he played the role of Noel Harrison for three episodes of ‘Casualty’. He has also made numerous appearances for an episode each in series like ‘Midsomer Murders’ in the year 2000, ‘Extras’ in the year 2006, ‘LA Phil Live’ in the year 2011, and ‘Easy’ in the year 2016. Moreover, he has also starred as Juju Peppi in the 2017 television movie, ‘Tour de Pharmacy’.

Video Games

Orlando Bloom has played the voice role of Legolas in games like ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’ in the year 2002, ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ in the year 2003, ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age’ in the year 2004, ‘Lego The Lord of the Rings’ in the year 2012, ‘Lego The Hobbit’ in the year 2014 and ‘Lego Dimensions’ in the year 2015. Moreover, he has also appeared as William Turner in the 2016 game, ‘Disney Magic Kingdoms’.

Achievements

Orlando Bloom was honored with the Britannia Humanitarian Award in the year 2015 in the Britannia Awards. Moreover, he has won a total of 28 different awards during his entire acting career.

Some Interesting Facts About Orlando Bloom

• Orlando Bloom was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 11 years old. He had a high IQ but had difficulty in remembering his course materials. It was his mother who enrolled Bloom into drama so that he could memorize by thinking and not by reciting the text.

• Orlando Bloom loves being with children. He takes care of his seven-year-old son Flynn and says he is open to the thought of having more children.

• Orlando Bloom claims that he has spent more time with his dialogues and script than his friends and acquaintances. This is because of his dyslexia and the fear of forgetting his lines in front of the audience. He has stated that his routine would consist mostly of learning lines and would study them in the night and wake up to do the same.

• Even though William Turner and Captain Jack Sparrow’s relationship was complicated at times in the movie, Bloom claims that Johnny Depp is one of the most ‘stand-up’ persons that he has ever met and also considers him to be his role model.

• Orlando Bloom started surfing while filming ‘The Lord of the Rings’ in New Zealand. The movie introduced him to a larger audience as well as a new hobby.

• It is said that Orlando Bloom can speak French fluently but it was later cleared that he can understand French but cannot speak it well.

• Orlando Bloom was not familiar with Katy Perry’s songs before they dated but it all changed once they met!

• Once when his son Flynn asked Bloom about how long he could hold his breath, he told his son that he could walk from one side of the ocean to the other basing it upon his role as William Turner in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’.

• Orlando Bloom has over 4.8 million followers on Instagram and has over 3.1 million followers with well over 1.1 million likes on his Facebook page.

• As of the year 2020, Orlando Bloom has an approximate net worth of $40 million!