Orlando Bloom was born on January 13, 1977 , in Canterbury, Kent, England.
Siblings: older sister; Samantha
Parents: Harry &
Education: National Youth Theater & then Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Filmography:
Troy (2004) (filming) .... Paris, Prince of Troy
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) (post-production) .... Legolas Greenleaf
... aka Return of the King, The (2003) (USA: short title)
Calcium Kid, The (2003) (post-production) .... Jimmy
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) (post-production) .... Will Turner
Ned Kelly (2003) .... Joe Byrne
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) .... Legolas Greenleaf
... aka Two Towers, The (2002) (USA: short title)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002/II) (VG) (voice) .... Legolas
Lord of the Piercing (2002) (TV) .... Legolas
Black Hawk Down (2001) .... Todd Blackburn
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) .... Legolas Greenleaf
... aka Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) (USA: short title)
... aka Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture, The (2001) (USA: promotional title)
Wilde (1997) .... Rentboy
... aka Oscar Wilde (199 cool (Japan: English title)
"So Graham Norton" (199 cool playing "Himself" (episode # 5.16) 8 March 2002
"So Graham Norton" (199 cool playing "Himself" (episode # 5.15) 1 March 2002
"Johnny Vaughan Film Show, The" (1999) playing "Himself" 16 January 2002
"Saturday Show, The" (2001) playing "Himself" (episode # 1.12) 8 December 2001
"Office, The" (2001) playing "Tony" (uncredited) (episode # 1.5) 13 August 2001
"Smack the Pony" (1999) (uncredited) (episode # 2.6) 26 May 2000
"Midsomer Murders" (1997) playing "Peter Drinkwater" in episode: "Judgement Day" (episode # 3.3) 29 January 2000
"Ben Elton Show, The" (199 cool playing "Himself" 1998
Quotes:
(on salary) "I don't care much about the money at all. Frankly, if I get the chance to kiss someone in a movie, they wouldn't need to pay me at all."
On his character Legolas and the way Legolas moves: "Legolas doesn't speak a lot - he prefers to let his actions speak for him. Legolas' moves are smooth and elegant, like a cat. You know how cats can jump and land steadily on their paws? That's what I'm trying to do. There's a strength in that, but it's very balletic. It's also bloody hard to do without falling over!"
"It's all very surreal. I've had two very fantastic experiences. In Lord of the Rings and in Black Hawk Down. I feel very lucky. I'm sort of doubly excited."
"I'm rather accident-prone, I have to admit. I've broken my back, my ribs, my nose, both my legs, my arm, my wrist, a finger and a toe and cracked my skull three times."
On how he got the part in Black Hawk Down - "My character breaks his back, and I had mentioned I had done that when I was up for the part. Who knows why one actor gets a job and another doesn't? I think it was just good timing that I happened to be there and I had had the experience - I mean, I was lucky."
"I broke my back. I fell out of a window... some friends had a roof terrace on the landing before their apartment, and I fell off the drain pipe. It gave way, actually, and I fell three floors. I was told I might not walk again. So, for about four days,I was contemplating that as a serious part of reality. Then they operated, and I walked out of the hospital in about twelve days."
"Vig used to call me 'elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails."
On his 2002 Empire Award: "I think my mum will have [my award] in pride of place somewhere beside my grandmother on the mantelpiece."
"We have these digs at each other. Viggo will go on about Elves and how they're always doing their nails and brushing their long, blonde hair, and being all prissy. And I just say: Well, at least I'm going to live forever! Got that? LIVE FOREVER!"
"You have to be quite serious about tattoos [because] they're there forever."
"For a young actor like me to have the oportunity to work with the genre of actors and directors on 'Lord Of The Rings' is unbelievable. There was no, should I should I not. It was like, where do I sign up! It was just bonkers. It was like here, have a life."
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