Orlando Bloom



















Orlando Bloom was born in Cantebury, England on January 13th, 1977. His father was Harry Bloom who died of stroke when Orlando was only four years old. His Mother is Sonia Bloom who reveled to Orlando, when he was only thirteen, that Colin Stone, a friend of the family, was his biological father. He has one older sister Samantha. Orlando studied in Edmunds School in Caterbury but struggled in many courses because of dyslexia. Encouraged by his mother he and his sister began studying poetry and prose. They won many poetry and Bible reciting competitions. When Orlando was sixteen he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and gaining a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. Like many young actors, he also auditioned for a number of television roles to further his career, landing bit parts in British television shows "Casualty" (1986), "Midsomer Murders" (1997) and "Smack the Pony" (1999). He also appeared in the critically acclaimed movie “Wilde” (1997).

He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1998 Orlando broke his back and he stayed paralyzed. He was afraid that he would be permanently paralyzed; he quickly recovered and returned to the stage. One day seated in the audience in 1999 was a director named Peter Jackson. After the show, he met Orlando and asked him to audition for his new set of movies. After graduating from Guildhall, Orlando began to work on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, spending 18 months in New Zealand bringing to life "Legolas", a part which made him a household name. Today, he is one of the busiest and most famous actors in the industry.

He is our Idol because he is very handsome, funny, intelligent, made very nice films and he is a great actor.


Here are some films:
In August 2003 he filmed "Troy" in México.
In November 2003 he filmed Haven in Cayman Islands.
In January 2004 he filmed "Kingdom of heaven" in Spain.
In March 2004 in filmed "Kingdom of Heaven" in Morocco.
In July 2004 he filmed "Elizabethtown" in Kentucky, USA.
In November 2004 he filmed the movie Elizebethtown.
In March 2005 he filmed Pirates of the Caribbean in LA .
In January 2006 he filmed Pirates of the Caribbean 3 in the Bahamas.

Curiosity:

His horoscope is Capricorn, his hobbies are photography, surf skydiving and snowboarding. He has two tattoos. His best friend is the actor Andre Schneider. His nickname is Orli and O.B. He is single and his girlfriend is Kate Boswort. He lives in LA. He has a female dog called Maude. He has brown hair and eye. He speaks English and French.


Project from
Camila and Patricia
Starter 4
Teacher Priscila

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch