Orlando Bloom is a British actor and producer best known for his roles in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven and Elizabethtown. He was born on January 13th 1977 in Canterbury, England to Sonia Constance Josephine (Copeland) and Colin Stone. His mother was an educational counsellor while his father worked as a civil engineer. He has two siblings named Samantha Bloom and Mitchell Bloom who are both actors themselves.
Bloom’s career began when he made his theatrical debut with a minor role in Peter Pan at age sixteen which led him to be casted for some television parts before landing major film roles such as Legolas Greenleaf in The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring alongside Elijah Wood among other stars like Viggo Mortensen and Ian McKellen. This catapulted Orlando into stardom globally especially after appearing opposite Johnny Depp’s character Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney’s hit movie series Pirates Of The Caribbean where he gained immense recognition even more so than from LOTR.
After this success he starred in many films including romantic comedies such as Love Actually, Troy, Kingdom Of Heaven amongst others throughout the years gaining further admiration worldwide due to not only being very talented but also because of having charisma that allowed him to smoothly transition between characters regardless whether they were heroic or humorous ones. Orlando can still be found playing big budget movies as well smaller independent ones giving us all something new every-time we watch one featuring him.
Apart from acting; just recently Orlando bloom started producing movies too through ‘Ghost House Pictures’ production company set up together with Rob Tapert back 2005.
Bloom made his professional debut with a small role in the 1997 television series Midsomer Murders before making his first major appearance as Legolas Greenleaf in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (2001-2003).
His performance earned him worldwide fame and recognition which soon proved to be beneficial when it came time to cast Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003), where he played Will Turner alongside Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow. This marked Bloom as one of Hollywood’s most sought out young actors during that era due to its tremendous box office success around the world.
After appearing in multiple sequels within both franchises — including Kingdom Of Heaven (2005) opposite Liam Neeson — Bloom took on a variety of different characters outside these blockbusters such as Elizabethtown (2005) with Kirsten Dunst or Sympathy For Delicious (2010) directed by Mark Ruffalo among others. In more recent years has been seen taking up comedic roles such as Zulu (2013); along with serious ones like Unlocked (2017); either way always delivering great performances that have kept audiences entertained throughout all these years.
In addition to acting, Bloom also invests much effort into various humanitarian causes through organizations such UNICEF or Global Cool Foundation amongst many others; ultimately proving himself not only as an accomplished artist but a dedicated human being who puts forth real efforts towards improving people’s lives everywhere possible. It is definitely safe say Orlando Blooms’ career will continue long into future thanks to so many incredible contributions already granted onto us fans thus far – we can’t wait what exciting projects awaits next!
