Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom: Biography in Details

Who is Orlando Bloom?

Orlando Bloom is a popular British actor. He is a well-known heartthrob known for his roles in The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean films.

How many siblings does Orlando Bloom?

Orlando Bloom was born on January 13, 1977, in Canterbury, England, where he grew up with his sister, Samantha. Bloom was brought up in the Church of England.

Orlando up to his four years believes that his father was the Jewish South African-born anti-Apartheid novelist Harry Saul Bloom. But he came to know that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, his mother’s partner, and family-friendly mate.

Stone, the principal of the Concorde International language school became Orlando Bloom’s legal guardian after Harry Bloom’s death. His mother’s name is Sonia Constance Josephine.

Education

He attended St Peter’s Methodist Primary School, then he attended St Edmund’s School before he was out from King’s school. He was always encouraged by his mother to take art and drama classes.

Performing various action plays in school but not being awarded for his work, he moved to London to follow a two-year A-Level course in Drama, Photography, and Sculpture at Fine Arts College, Hampstead.

Orlando Bloom then joined the National Youth Theatre. There he studied for two seasons and was able to earn a scholarship to train at the British American Drama Academy. Bloom then went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he studied acting.

Orlando Bloom: Profession life, Career

Orlando Bloom began acting professionally before he attended Guildhall School Of Music and Drama. He started his career by playing in different television roles in episodes of Casualty and Midsomer Murders and subsequently made his film debut in Wilde (1997), opposite Stephen Fry.

Before he has his classes completed and his graduation, he was cast in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. It was the first film of the trilogy and has a huge blockbuster and critical success. Bloom after that received different big projects and went to perform in the two Ring. He plays Legolas Greenleaf in the role of a long-haired immortal elf balancing refinement and wisdom, throughout the popular film series.

After that, he was also seen performing in Black Hawk Down in 2001. another big part was on the horizon for Bloom. In 2003, he starred as the sensitive Will Turner in the Disney action/adventure The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, alongside Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp. Pirates movie was again so hit and was able to mark another huge world blockbuster for Bloom. He has also signed the project including the next two sequels of the franchise: Dead’s Man Chest (2006) and At World’s End (2007).

In 2008 he was seen performing a small role in the British film An Education. Also in 2009, he has his more success appearing in different hits including New York, and I Love You, which contained 12 short films in one. Orlando Bloom then appeared in The Three Musketeers released in 2011. Bloom’s role as Legolas in parts two and three of The Hobbit was appreciated by all.

Bloom’s reprised as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in August 2013 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Bloom was giving one-to-one hit films with his outstanding roles and of this success The New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley honored Bloom’s performance as the first-rate Broadway debut in the title role.

In October 2011, Bloom stated that he would like to return for a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film. Bloom did reprise his character, Will Turner, in a supporting role in the fifth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which was released in May 2017.

Orlando Bloom is currently starring in the Trafalgar Studios production of Killer Joe.

Lifetime Achievements and Awards

Orlando’s works are always appreciated and he has also received various awards. His awards are mentioned below:

In 2014, MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. In 2004, he received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. He was awarded the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble in 2004.

Again in 2007, and 2004 he received the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock for the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

In 2006, he received Teen Choice Award for Choice Male Hottie. Likewise in 2005, he was awarded European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor for the movie Kingdom of Heaven. In 2004, He got the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry for his movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

In 2002, for the movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring he was awarded the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance – Male. Continuously in 2007, 2006, and 2004, he was awarded the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble for his movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Salary and Net Worth

Orlando Bloom is one of the famous and successful actors in Hollywood. As of 2023, he has a net worth of $40 million.

Is Orlando Bloom involved in any rumors and controversies?

Orlando has been involved in different rumors including about his relationship. As he also has been in relationship and dating different social personality media has spread out various rumors.

He was rumored to be in the relationship with the famous singer, Katy Perry again after their separation. He hasn’t been involved in other controversies related to his professional work.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Orlando Bloom has a physically fit athletic built body standing with a height of 5 feet 11 inches(180cm). He weighs 81 kg(179 Ibs). He has got dark brown colored hair and too dark brown colored eyes.

Bloom also has some of the distinctive features about his body that includes his tattoo the “Nine” from Lord of the Ring and wears Earing in his right ear.

He wears a shoe size of 9 (US). His chest, waist, and biceps size is 43-33-14 inches.

Social Media Profile

Orlando Bloom is seen active on social media and keeps updating his posting with different posts and photos. He is active on Instagram and has got more than 1.8 m followers on his Instagram official account.

Moreover, he is also active on Facebook and has more than 1K followers on his Facebook account. Likewise, He is not seen active on Twitter but has a different fanmade Twitter account.

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