Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film series (2001–03). He reprised his role in The Hobbit film series (2013–14). Considered by some to be the Errol Flynn of his time, he gained further notice appearing in epic fantasy, historical, and adventure films, notably as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003–07, 2017), Paris in Troy (2004), Balian de Ibelin in the Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and the Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers(2011). Bloom appeared in Hollywood films such as the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), the Australian Western Ned Kelly (2003), the romantic comedy Elizabethtown (2005), and New York, I Love You(2007). In 2020, he gained acclaim for the Afghanistan War drama film The Outpost (2020). He also starred in the Amazon Prime Video series Carnival Row (2019–2023). He debuted professionally in In Celebration at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2007. He starred in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in 2013. He returned to the theatre in a West End revival of Tracy Letts' Killer Joe in 2018. In 2009, Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In 2015, he received the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award.

Filmography

• 2026Bucking Fastard — Gareth Mulroney
• 2025Deep Cover — Marlon
• 2025The Cut — The Boxer, Producer
• Orlando Bloom: To the Edge — Self, Executive Producer
• 2024Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! — Mr. Racoon (voice)
• 2024Peppa's Cinema Party — Mr Raccoon (voice)
• 2024Red Right Hand — Cash
• 2023Gran Turismo — Danny Moore
• 2022If You Have: The Untold Story of UNICEF — Executive Producer
• 2021Needle in a Timestack — Tommy Hambleton
• The Prince — Prince Harry (voice)
• 2020The Outpost — CPT. Benjamin D. Keating
• Carnival Row — Rycroft 'Philo' Philostrate, Executive Producer
• 2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — Will Turner
• 2017Romans — Malky
• 2017S.M.A.R.T. Chase — Danny Stratton
• 2017Tour de Pharmacy — JuJu Pepe
• 2017Unlocked — Jack Alcott
• Easy — Tom
• 2015Digging for Fire — Ben
• 2014Romeo and Juliet — Romeo
• 2014The Greasy Hands Preachers — Executive Producer
• 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Legolas
• 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Legolas
• 2013Zulu — Brian Epkeen
• 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited — Carwasher
• 2011LA Phil Live — Romeo
• 2011The Good Doctor — Dr. Martin Blake, Producer
• 2011The Three Musketeers — Duke of Buckingham
• 2010Main Street — Harris Parker
• 2010Sympathy for Delicious — The Stain
• 2008New York, I Love You — David
• 2007Everest: A Climb for Peace — Narrator
• 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — Will Turner
• 2006Love and Other Disasters — Paolo
• 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Will Turner
• Soccer Aid
• 2006The Armenian Genocide — Auguste Berneau (voice)
• 2005Elizabethtown — Drew Baylor
• Extras — Orlando Bloom
• 2005Kingdom of Heaven — Balian de Ibelin
• 2004Haven — Shy, Co-Producer
• 2004The Calcium Kid — Jimmy Connelly
• 2004Troy — Paris
• 2003Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
• 2003Ned Kelly — Joseph Byrne
• 2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — Will Turner
• 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Legolas
• 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Legolas
• 2001Black Hawk Down — Blackburn
• 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Legolas
• Smack the Pony — (uncredited)
• TRL
• Midsomer Murders — Peter Drinkwater
• 1997Wilde — Rent Boy
• Casualty — Noel Harrison
• The Last of the Tribe
• Wizards! — Rog

Appearances as themselves (54)

• Disney Legends Award Ceremony — Self
• 2024Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime — Self
• 2024Life Train — Self
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• 2021Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• 2019And We Go Green — Self
• 2019Wonder Boy — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2012Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010David Blaine: What Is Magic? — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' — Self
• The One Show — Self
• 2006The Path to Redemption — Self
• 2005Ringers: Lord of the Fans — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self - Guest
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision — Self
• 2002New Zealand as Middle Earth — Self
• 2002The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• 2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring — Self
• 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' — Self
• 2001Quest for the Ring — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• Bambi — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter