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Orlando Bloom

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 ''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 made his professional stage debut in ''In Celebration'' at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2007 and starred in a Broadway 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. Provided by Wikipedia