Orlando Bloom
Born: 1977-01-13 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film series (2001–03). He reprised his role in The Hobbit film series (2013–14). Considered by some to be the Errol Flynn of his time, he gained further notice appearing in epic fantasy, historical, and adventure films, notably as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003–07, 2017), Paris in Troy (2004), Balian de Ibelin in the Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and the Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers(2011). Bloom appeared in Hollywood films such as the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), the Australian Western Ned Kelly (2003), the romantic comedy Elizabethtown (2005), and New York, I Love You(2007). In 2020, he gained acclaim for the Afghanistan War drama film The Outpost (2020). He also starred in the Amazon Prime Video series Carnival Row (2019–2023). He debuted professionally in In Celebration at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2007. He starred in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in 2013. He returned to the theatre in a West End revival of Tracy Letts' Killer Joe in 2018. In 2009, Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In 2015, he received the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award.
Filmography
2025
- Deep Cover as Marlon
- The Cut as The Boxer
2024
- Red Right Hand as Cash
- Orlando Bloom: To the Edge as Self
- Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! as Mr. Racoon (voice)
- Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime as Self
- Peppa's Cinema Party as Mr Raccoon (voice)
- Life Train as Self
2023
- Gran Turismo as Danny Moore
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
2022
- If You Have: The Untold Story of UNICEF ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry as Self
- The Prince as Prince Harry (voice)
- Needle in a Timestack as Tommy Hambleton
2020
- Reunited Apart as Self
- The Outpost as CPT. Benjamin D. Keating
2019
- Carnival Row as Rycroft 'Philo' Philostrate
- Wonder Boy as Self
- And We Go Green as Self
2017
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Will Turner
- Unlocked as Jack Alcott
- S.M.A.R.T. Chase as Danny Stratton
- Tour de Pharmacy as JuJu Pepe
- Romans as Malky
2016
- Easy as Tom
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Digging for Fire as Ben
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Legolas
- Romeo and Juliet as Romeo
- The Greasy Hands Preachers ... (Executive Producer)
2013
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Legolas
- Zulu as Brian Epkeen
2012
2011
- The Three Musketeers as Duke of Buckingham
- The Good Doctor as Dr. Martin Blake
- Fight for Your Right Revisited as Carwasher
2010
- Conan as Self
- Sympathy for Delicious as The Stain
- Main Street as Harris Parker
- David Blaine: What Is Magic? as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2008
- New York, I Love You as David
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Will Turner
- Everest: A Climb for Peace as Narrator
2006
- The One Show as Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Will Turner
- Soccer Aid
- Love and Other Disasters as Paolo
- The Armenian Genocide as Auguste Berneau (voice)
- The Path to Redemption as Self
- According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest as Self
2005
- The Colbert Report as Self - Guest
- Kingdom of Heaven as Balian de Ibelin
- The Reichen Show as Self
- Extras as Orlando Bloom
- Elizabethtown as Drew Baylor
- Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
2004
- Troy as Paris
- Haven as Shy
- The Calcium Kid as Jimmy Connelly
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
2003
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Legolas
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Will Turner
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Ned Kelly as Joseph Byrne
- Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
- The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision as Self
- The Making of 'The Two Towers'
- Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2002
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Legolas
- V Graham Norton as Self
- New Zealand as Middle Earth as self
2001
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Legolas
- Black Hawk Down as PFC Todd Blackburn
- Quest for the Ring as Self
- Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
- Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
1999
- Smack the Pony as (uncredited)
- The Early Show as Self
1998
- TRL
- So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Peter Drinkwater
- Wilde as Rent Boy
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1986
- Casualty as Noel Harrison
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter