Orlando Bloom
Acting • Born 1977-01-13
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
103 credits
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Movie • 2003
Will Turner
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie • 2006
Will Turner
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Legolas
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Legolas
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie • 2002
Legolas
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Movie • 2007
Will Turner
Black Hawk Down
Movie • 2001
PFC Todd Blackburn
Kingdom of Heaven
Movie • 2005
Balian de Ibelin
Troy
Movie • 2004
Paris
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Movie • 2003
Ned Kelly
Movie • 2003
Joseph Byrne
The Calcium Kid
Movie • 2004
Jimmy Connelly
Love and Other Disasters
Movie • 2006
Paolo
Elizabethtown
Movie • 2005
Drew Baylor
Haven
Movie • 2004
Shy
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
Movie • 2006
Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Movie • 2011
Carwasher
The Good Doctor
Movie • 2011
Dr. Martin Blake
Main Street
Movie • 2010
Harris Parker
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Movie • 2013
Legolas
Sympathy for Delicious
Movie • 2010
The Stain
Wonder Boy
Movie • 2019
Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Movie • 2014
Legolas
Zulu
Movie • 2013
Brian Epkeen
Wizards!
Movie
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 2014
Romeo
New Zealand as Middle Earth
Movie • 2002
self
New York, I Love You
Movie • 2008
David
Digging for Fire
Movie • 2015
Ben
The Cut
Movie • 2025
The Boxer
Gran Turismo
Movie • 2023
Danny Moore
Red Right Hand
Movie • 2024
Cash
Peppa's Cinema Party
Movie • 2024
Mr Raccoon (voice)
Deep Cover
Movie • 2025
Marlon
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Movie • 2017
Will Turner
Wilde
Movie • 1997
Rent Boy
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Self
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Movie • 2024
Mr. Racoon (voice)
Unlocked
Movie • 2017
Jack Alcott
David Blaine: What Is Magic?
Movie • 2010
Self
Quest for the Ring
Movie • 2001
Self
Romans
Movie • 2017
Malky
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Movie • 2001
Self
Tour de Pharmacy
Movie • 2017
JuJu Pepe
The Armenian Genocide
Movie • 2006
Auguste Berneau (voice)
S.M.A.R.T. Chase
Movie • 2017
Danny Stratton
Needle in a Timestack
Movie • 2021
Tommy Hambleton
The Outpost
Movie • 2020
CPT. Benjamin D. Keating
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
Movie • 2003
Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Movie • 2005
Self
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 2011
Duke of Buckingham
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Movie • 2021
Self
The Path to Redemption
Movie • 2006
Self
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Movie • 2012
Self
And We Go Green
Movie • 2019
Self
Life Train
Movie • 2024
Self
Everest: A Climb for Peace
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
Movie • 2024
Self
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Movie • 2003
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
Bucking Fastard
Movie
The Last of the Tribe
Movie
Soccer Aid
TV • 2006
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Peter Drinkwater
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
Extras
TV • 2005
Orlando Bloom
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
So Graham Norton
TV • 1998
Self - Guest
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
TRL
TV • 1998
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Orlando Bloom: To the Edge
TV • 2024
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV • 2023
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Easy
TV • 2016
Tom
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Smack the Pony
TV • 1999
(uncredited)
Casualty
TV • 1986
Noel Harrison
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Carnival Row
TV • 2019
Rycroft 'Philo' Philostrate
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Prince
TV • 2021
Prince Harry (voice)
Reunited Apart
TV • 2020
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest