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Orlando Bloom Biography

Updated On 20 Dec, 2023 Published On 06 Apr, 2018
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Facts of Orlando Bloom

Family Name : Bloom
Birth Country : United Kingdom
Height : 5 Feet 10 Inch

Relationship short Statistics of Orlando Bloom

What is Orlando Bloom marital status ? ( married,single, in relation or divorce): Single
How many children does Orlando Bloom have ? (name): 1 Children
Is Orlando Bloom having any relationship affair ?: Yes1 affair
Is Orlando Bloom Gay ? No

A commercial British actor Orlando Bloom is well known for his roles in" Pirates of the Caribbean" films and 'The Lord of the Rings". BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award winner Bloom UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Bloom was also the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award winner. Bloom has appeared in several movies and he set himself as the leading man in Hollywood Films. Also, he performs in big-screen fare including Troy, The Three Musketeers, and Elizabethtown.

Bloom was in a relationship with American Actress Kate Bosworth for 3years. Later he got married to Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr and the couple was blessed with one son. After 3 years of marriage duo split up. He started dating pop singer Katy Perry for 1 year from 2016-2017. Now he is single.

Early Life and Education

Orlando Bloom was born on 13 January 1977 in Canterbury, England to a mother Sonia Constance Josephine, and father Harry Saul Bloom. His father passed away when he was just four years old. He grew up with his elder sister Samantha Bloom.

Caption: Orlando Bloom at an early age. Source: SlidePlayer.

Bloom appeared at St Peter's Methodist Primary School and junior school of King's School before moving to St Edmund's School. He was discovered to have dyslexia (reading disorder) and his mother encouraged him to take drama and art classes. Also, he joined the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studied acting.

When he was 16, he moved to London and joined National Youth Theatre and attended British America Drama Academy which led him to parts on British television and his film debut in 1997.

Career

Orlando Bloom first appears in the film Wilde in 1997 as a rent boy. He performed a lead role, acting as Legolas in a film series The Lord of Rings which he performed after two days of graduation from Guildhall in 1999.

After he performed in the movie The Lord of the Rings, Bloom was selected as the Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under25 and named People's Hottest Hollywood Bachelor in the magazine's 2004 list. All the members of the series The Lord of the Rings were nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

He appeared in the revival play In Celebration by David Storey in the summer of 2007. In the same year, he made his first television commercial appearance for the Uno brand of cosmetic Shiseido. Besides this, he made his Broadway debut with the portrayal of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2013.

In a supporting role in the fifth film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, he reprised his character, Will Turner, released in May 2017. Because of his performance in many hit movies, he is known as one of the brightest young stars in Hollywood.

Some of the movies which made his famous in Hollywood are The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Elizabethtown (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), The Three Musketeers (2011), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) and many other.

Honor and Awards

In 2004, Bloom was named the twelfth most influential person in British Culture in a poll of cultural experts organized by BBC. Also, he was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014 for his contribution to the film industry

Bloom has earned many awards including the Hollywood Festival Award, European Film Awards, Teen Choice Awards, and Empire Awards and he has also been nominated for many other awards

Net Worth

A commercial British actor Bloom is living a luxurious life. He has an estimated net worth of $40million. In 2007 he got $11,900,000 as a salary from Pirates of the Caribbean. He has an early income of $4.1 million and for endorsements and advertisement, he earns more than $900,000. In 2012-2013 he had his annual earnings of $2.7 million but in 2016-2017 his annual income increased to $5.8 million. He has his luxurious car Audi Fixed whose price is $88,780 on Amazon.

Bloom performed in many films which made a huge collection at the box office. Some of the movies and their box office collection are listed below.

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Budget= $93million

Box Office Collection=$871,530,324

IMDB rating=8.8

Starred Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Fran Walsh, and others.

Awards and Nomination This film won the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, Empire Awards, and MTV Movie Awards and was nominated for Saturn Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Teen Choice Awards.

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Budget= $94 million

Box Office Collection=$926,047,111

IMDB rating= 8.7

Awards and Nomination Won Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, Online Film Critics Society Awards, and was nominated for Screen Actor Guild Awards and MTV Movie Awards.

3. The Lord of Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Budget= $94 million

Box Office Collection=$ 1,119,929,531

IMDB rating= 8.9

Awards and Nomination Won Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, National Board of Review Awards, Screen Guild Awards and nominated for Empire Awards, and Teen Choice Award.

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2017)

Budget= $230 million

Box Office Collection=$794,861,794

IMDB rating=6.6

Starred Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffery Rush, Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg, and others.

Awards and Nomination Nominated for Teen Choice Awards.

Personal life

Orlando Bloom is following Buddhism under Soka Gakkai International and became a full member of the UK branch of Soka Gakkai International. He seriously engaged in Australia Unites, to raise support for the victims of Australian bushfires. Also, when he was named the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, he has been engaged in the organization. At that time in support of sanitation and education programmes, he visited schools and villages of Nepal. He had faced many pain and injuries, he cracked his skull three times and broke his left arm. Also, he broke some ribs while shooting The Lord of the Rings.

Caption: Orlando Bloom with his son and ex-wife Miranda Kerr. Source: Daily Mail.

Bloom was married to Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr in 2010 (after the following month of their engagement in June 2010). They perform their marriage secretly because, at the time of their marriage, Kerr was four months pregnant. The couple was blessed with one son Flynn Christopher Bloom in January 2011. Two years later, the pair announced that they were separated several months earlier and intended to end their marriage relationship. At the end of 2013, the duo was divorced.

After the 73rd Golden Globe Awards in 2016, he began dating pop singer Katy Perry. They are fueling rumors that they have rekindled their romance but due to their reason, the duo confirmed their split in 2017.

Update: Orlando Bloom And Katy Perry Have Patched Up!

Orlando Bloom has sorted out with his ex-beau Katy Perry and the duo commenced their relationship in February 2018.  What's more, the duo even became engaged a year later on Valentine's Day on February 14, 2019.  The couple went on to welcome their first child a daughter Daisy Dove on August 26, 2020.

During his one-year break-up with Katy, he was in a relationship with Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili.  

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Orlando Bloom Affairs

  1. Affair with Katy Perry

    After 73rd Golden Globe Awards in 2016, he began dating to pop singer Katy Perry. They are fueling rumors that they have rekindled their romance but due to their personal reason, the duo confirmed their split in 2017.

Orlando Bloom Married

Marriage with Miranda Kerr

Bloom was married to Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr in 2010 after the following month of their engagement in June 2010. The couple was blessed with one son Flynn Christopher Bloom in January 2011. Two years later, the duo announced that they were separated several months earlier and intended to end their marriage relationship. At the end of 2013, the duo was divorced.

Orlando Bloom Children

SON : Flynn Christopher Bloom

Mother: Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr

Orlando and Miranda welcomed their first child together, a boy on January 6, 2011.

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