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Trivia
Birth name: Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom Date of birth: 13 January 1977 Place of birth: Canterbury, Kent, England, UK Nickname: Orli, OB Height:
5' 11" (1.80 m)
During the filming for The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), he fell off his horse and
broke one of his ribs.
Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's
"25 Hottest Stars Under 25." [2002]
Originally auditioned to play the role of
"Faramir" in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy but
lost out on that role and was instead asked to play the role of Legolas.
Learned to surf during the filming of the
"Lord of the Rings" trilogy in New Zealand.
He won the 2002 MTV Movie Award for
"Breakthrough Male."
Was nominated with the entire The Lord of
the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) cast for "Best
Ensemble Acting" at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Won the award at the 2002 Empire Awards for
"Best Debut."
Underwent a great deal of training with
knives, horseback riding, canoeing and archery before his role as
Legolas.
According to Screensavers.com, Orlando Bloom
replaced Britney Spears at the top of the website's celebrity download
index in January, 2004.
On People (USA) magazine's '50 Most
Beautiful' list [2004].
Web-site Ananova.com chose him as the
sexiest actor in Britain. [2004]
One of People magazine's "Hottest
Bachelors" in 2004.
His cousin, the photographer/director
Sebastian Copeland, is Brigitte Nielsen's ex-husband.
He made archery a very popular sport in the
UK. Many youngsters saw him with a bow in the "Lord of the
Rings" trilogy and decided to join archery schools.
Chosen as Teen People's #1 Hottie for the
October 2004 issue.
Chosen as the sexiest male movie star by
Empire Magazine. Overall he was 3rd; ahead of him were Keira
Knightley (1st) and Angelina
Jolie (2nd). [September 2004]
He used to be a vegetarian, but he had to go
back to eating meat when he was filming The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Named as one of nine "off the
charts" sexy superstars by People Magazine in 2004, along with Jake
Gyllenhaal, Usher
Raymond, Colin
Farrell, Brad
Pitt, Matt
Damon, Ben
Affleck, Bruce
Willis, and Johnny
Depp.
Was visited by Countess Seidy Maria Lopez
during the filming of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003) in New Zealand.
Received a great amount of "stage
combat" training while at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
(as part of the drama program in conjunction with the British Academy of
Stage and Theatre Combat), which helped prepare him a great deal in the
characters he has choosen to play, that fight with swords, bows and
knives.
He has received an invitation to join the
Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford Upon Avon, which he plans
to do in the near future when he has some time off from working on film.
His goal is to perform Hamlet on the Swan stage (RSC main), one of
Shakespeare's most challenging works.
Voted #1 star most women would like to kiss
under the mistletoe in a poll for Sky Movies.
Has an older sister, Samantha Bloom.
Graduated from the Guildhall School of Music
and Drama (1999)
Amusingly enough, his 2000 guest appearance
in the television show, "Midsomer Murders" (1997) references
and discusses J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece "The Lord of the
Rings" (Particularly "Lothlorien"), for which he was
eventually cast (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001)).
Found his dog, Sidi, while filming Kingdom
of Heaven (2005).
Shares his birthday with Liya Kebede, Traci
Bingham, Penelope Ann Miller and Nick Clooney.
Wears a replica of the One Ring that says
"To wherever it may lead." It was given to him by one of the
makeup artists on LOTR.
Is "mildly dyslexic".
Has three A-Levels. One A in Art, one A in
Photography and one C in Religious Studies.
Can speak French.
His first car was a dark green VW Golf that
costed £160.
His first job was as a clay trapper at a
pigeon shooting range when he was 13.
His favorite vegetable is spinach.
First concert he attended was in Canterbery
watching Jamiroquai.
Supports English football team Manchester
United.
He used to smoke, but quit in 2002, which
started making him bite his nails instead.
Was listed as a potential nominee on the
2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst
Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film Troy (2004),
he failed to receive a nomination however. |
