Orlando Bloom is one of the most popular Hollywood male actors of today. The actor was born as Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom on 13 January in the year 1977. This English shot to fame and stardom in the 2000s and became the heartthrob of millions of youngsters around the world. He is known for his prominent role as elf-prince Legolas in the multi award winning film The Lord of the Rings. Orlando Bloom also showed a remarkable performance in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy as Will Turner.
Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom is much in demand in the industry today and is chosen for the lead roles in movies by big directors. Some of his films like Troy, Kingdom of Heaven and Elizabethtown are considered timeless. The actor made his West End debut in the “In Celebration at the Duke of Yorks Theatre”, St Martins Lane in the year 2007. The actor was born to Sonia Constance Josephine Copeland in Canterbury, Kent in United Kingdom.
Orlando Bloom suffered from dyslexia in his childhood but still managed to complete his schooling from St Edmund's School in Canterbury. He attended art and drama classes. He moved to London in the year 1993 and became a part of the National Youth Theatre. From here, he also received the scholarship for offering training classes at the British American Drama Academy. He began his profession in television with the serials like Casualty and Midsomer Murders and Wilde. He then entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama located in London from where he took his acting lessons.
In the year 1998, Bloom he suffered a major fall and was hospitalized. He suffered severe back injuries which impaired his walking. These days the actor involved himself in yoga and Pilates. |
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In the year 2002, he became one of the Teen People "25 Hottest Stars Under 25". He was also honored with the “People's hottest Hollywood bachelor” award in the year 2004. The actor, along with the other cast members, won the Best Ensemble Acting in the year 2003 for the film Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Orlando Bloom has to his credit a number of other movies as well. He won the European Film Awards, Empire Awards, Hollywood Festival Award and Teen Choice Awards. Besides this, he has won a number of other nominations as well. Bloom is a firm believer of Buddhism and is also a member of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International.
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