Shining Star for you to see, what your life can truly be.
His name is truly a spirited one.
A beacon of light. The man whose name is Orlando Bloom.
He must have been a beautiful baby. Something I’ve always had a wonderful feeling about, and has now come to light!
Orlando Bloom’s mother, Sonia Copeland Bloom had an interview with The Sun Magazine and her words about her son were:
I think he’s a bit of a phenomenon. There’s something very special about him, and he’s almost oblivious to it.
Who is Orlando Bloom you say?
Name: Orlando Bloom
Date of Birth: January 13, 1977
Place of Birth: Canterbury, England UK
Stepfather: Professor Harry Bloom
Mother: Sonia Copeland Bloom
Sister: Samantha
Orlando Bloom has inner strength that comes through on screen.
His step-father, Professor Harry Bloom was a legendary figure in anti-apartheid
in South Africa. He was a Law Professor at Kent University.
Bloom wrote the famous tome entitled: Episode in the Transvaal.
His novel was written in 1955 and was banned for many years.
He was jailed for his beliefs.
Professor Harry Bloom worked very closely with Nelson Mandela.
In the words of his son: Harry was a great man. He died when I was four.
If was as if he did his work and left the world. His mother ran a language school
for many years.
Orlando’s plans of becoming an actor developed early on. After graduating from high school in 1993, a 16 year old Orlando moved to London to join the National YouthTheatre. There he developed his acting skills and landed a role on Casualty.
It was my first-ever job playing a self-mutilator., a guy who cuts himself for attention. I remember shooting it in Bristol. He then received a scholarship to The British AmericanDrama Academy. It was there he played the lead role. The name of the film was A Walk in Vienna Woods. After that performance, he was then noticed by an agent. This led to Orlando’s first appearance onscreen.The name of the film was Wilde in 1997.
He was accepted in Guildhall’s School of Music and Drama.
Orlando performed in the following productions:
1. Little Me
2. A Month in the City.
3. Peer Gynt
4. Mephisto
5. Twelfth Night
6. Trojan Women
7. The Seagull
8. The Three Sisters
9. Recruiting Officer
10. Antigone
11. Under Vayana
12. A Night Out
13. Mystery Play
He only had one line in Wilde, but was soon flooded with film and television offers. Instead of accepting the offers, he chose to further his education. I had always planned to go to drama school. I suppose I could have trained in the industry more. Instead I chose an environment more conducive to experimenting.
Finally he appeared once again on screen in 2000 playing Drinkwater in the television series MidSomer Murders. The episode called Judgement Day was about brutual pitchfork murders of a local thief and womanizer.
Two days before graduating from Guildhall, Orlando learned that Peter Jackson had cast him as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings. When I found out that I had the role it was a surreal moment. Amazing. All rejoiced and thanks to this happening.
His next role was with Ridley Scott in Black Hawk Down. He also worked with Mark Mylod. The project was named Andre Schneider (1), a young German actor whom he had been admiring for a while then. They both came together again in the lackluster
Lullabye of Clubland (2002).
1994 Casualty
1998 The Ben Elton Show
2000 Midsommer Murders: Judgement Day
2001 MTV Total Request Live
2002 Live with Regis and Kelly
2002 The Johnny Vaughan Show
2002 The Richard and Judy Show
2002 So Graham Norton
2003 MTV (UK) Top Ten Soundtracks
2003 The Fame Game
2003 V Graham Norton
2003 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2004 V Graham Norton
Orlando Bloom's Television Appearances
200l Empire Adwards Best Debut *The Lord of the Rings/The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 MTV Best Breakthrough Male Performance
The Lord of the Rings/ The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 Internet Movie Magazine Breathrough Performance
The Lord of the Rings/The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 Who Magazine 25 Most Beautiful People-Voted #1
2002 SFX Awards: Best Newcomer Most Beautiful Actor Voted for by readers
2002 Teen People : Voted Hottest Adventurer
2002 E! Sizzlin 15 Voted for by Readers-Top Sizzlin Guy
2003 Dolly MagazineHotest 100-Voted for by Readers no. 1-Hottest Male
2003 AOL Actor of the Year Award
2003 Hollywood Breakthrough Award
2003 Rolling Stone Magazine-Voted Best Actor of 2003
2003 National Board of Review-Best Acting Ensemble
The Lord of the Rings/ The Return of the King
2003 BFCA Award aka Critics Choice Award-Best Acting Ensemble
2004-Oscars 2004-Best Film-The Lord of the Rings/ The Return of the King
2004 Hello Magazine's Most Attractive Man
2005 Jameson People's Choice Award Best European Actor/Kingdom of Heaven
According to the 2003 internet statistics released by the worlds largest and most popular search engine, Google, a total of 1.5 million search results for the term "Orlando Bloom."
This includes websites dedicated to Orlando Bloom or pages mentioning his name.
Orlando Bloom's Career Achievements
1997 Wilde Rentboy
Directed by Brian Gilbert
Sony Classics
2001 The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring Legolas
Directed by Peter Jackson
New Line Cinema
2001 Black Hawk Down Todd Blackburn
Directed by Ridley Scott
Columbia Pictures
2002 The Lord of the Rings
The Two Towers Legolas
Directed by Peter Jackson
New Line Cinema
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean Will Turner
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Walt Disney Pictures
2003 The Lord of the Rings
The Return of the King Legolas
Directed by Peter Jackson
New Line Cinema
2004 Ned Kelly Joe Byrne
Directed by Gregor Jordan
Focus Films
2004 The Calcium Kid Jimmy Connelly
Directed by Alex DeRakoff
Working Title
2004 Troy Paris
Directed by Wolfgang Peterson
Warner Bros.
2004 Haven Shy
Directed by Frank E Flower
El Camino Pictures
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Balian
Directed by Ridley Scott
20th Century Fox
2005 Elizabethtown Drew Baylor
Directed by Cameron Crowe
Dreamworks/Paramount Pictures
2005 Pirates of the Caribbean II & III Will Turner
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Walt Disney Pictures
Orlando Bloom's Filmography
The information on this page was compiled from various sources across the internet, magazine articles and newspaper articles.
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As a tribute to the filming of the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings, Orlando Bloom and some of the male cast members had tattoo's made especially for them.Orlando's tattoo is of the Elvish Nine.
I've been very fortunate in finding and purchasing some of Professor Bloom's work. He is an exquisite writer.
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