Orlando Bloom biography
Date of birth : 1977-01-13
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Canterbury, England
Nationality : British
Category : Arts and Entertainment
Last modified : 2010-06-16 12:53:08
Credited as : Actor, actor in Lord of The Rings film series, Pirates of the Caribbean
Although British actor Orlando Bloom trained for the stage, he has became better known for his work as a film and television actor. Bloom's breakout role was as Legolas, an elf in the epic trilogy Lord of the Rings in the early 2000s.
Bloom was born on January 13, 1977, in Canterbury, England, the son of Harry Bloom, an anti-apartheid activist from South Africa who was also a poet. Bloom was raised in Canterbury, where he attended St. Edmund's School, however, he left school when he was 16 years old, after he won contests for reciting Bible verse and poems.
Trained as an Actor
After leaving St. Edmund's, Bloom joined England's National Youth Theatre on scholarship. There, he spent two years, learning how to act. Bloom appeared in a play at London's Tricycle Theatre, which led to him getting an agent. Bloom also appeared in the plays, Casualty and London's Burning.
When Bloom was 18 years old, he won a scholarship to attend British American Drama Academy in London. He later trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from 1996 until he graduated in 1999. There, he appeared in a number of theater productions including Twelfth Night, Uncle Vanya, Little Me and Peer Gynt.
While still a student, Bloom made his film debut in Wilde. The 1997 biopic was about Oscar Wilde, the nineteenth century and early twentieth century playwright. Bloom played a young male prostitute.
Bloom's acting career was threatened by a 1999 accident when he fell three stories from a friend's roof terrace, breaking his back and three ribs. Though he was supposed to be paralyzed, Bloom had an operation and was walking within two weeks. Soon after graduating from Guildhall, he appeared in the television series Midsomer Murders.
Cast in Lord of the Rings
In 1999, Bloom was also cast in what would be his breakout role--Legolas Greenleaf, an elf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy
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