Orlando Bloom is the British actor who shot to fame as Legolas in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of movies. He has replaced Leo DiCaprio as the favourite of teenage girls across the world.
Orlando has enjoyed a meteoritic rise to fame and with those good looks it's hardly surprising. He may be too pretty for some tastes but the majority of women adore him. His career stalled slightly with the failure of Kingdom of Heaven but he's still one of the hottest actors in Hollywood.
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was born in Canterbury, England on January 13th 1977. After studying poetry and prose as a teenager, he joined the National Youth Theatre and thereafter the British American Drama Academy. He made his screen debut in the movie Wilde (1997).
1. Whenever he's onscreen as Legolas in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He may be an elf but he's a damn good looking elf.
2. As Balian of Ibelin in the epic movie Kingdom of Heaven (2005) who defends an entire city from the enemy.
3. Playing Will Turner in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). Johnny Depp may steel the show but Orlando is definitely the main eye candy.
Three Things You Never Knew
1. His full name is Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom and he was born in Canterbury, Kent.
2. His cousin is the photographer Sebastian Copeland who was once married to actress Brigitte Nielsen.
3. During the shooting of the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Orlando fell off his horse and broke one of his ribs.
