Line #16 Creator/OrlandoBloom


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2	->''"I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too."''
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4	Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born January 13, 1977) is an English actor.
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6	He rose to prominence with the role of Legolas in Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy and later with Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series; between that and ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' and ''Three Musketeers'', he can fairly be called "King of Costume Dramas". While Bloom is most closely associated with his status as a heartthrob and as "the guy with the sword" in summer blockbusters, he has a diverse resume of roles in both mainstream and independent productions.
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8	Outside the movies, one of the roles associated with Bloom is that of a survivor. At the age of 19, he fell three stories from the roof of an apartment building in London, resulting in a broken back. Despite doctors' fears that he would never walk again, he made a full recovery.
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10	He is also known for his charity work and environmental activism with such organizations as UNICEF and Global Green. In 2007, he traveled to Antarctica with his cousin, photographer and Global Green co-founder Sebastian Copeland, to see first hand the effects of climate change. He wrote the foreword to Copeland's 2008 book ''Antarctica: A Call to Action.''
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12	Bloom was married to model Miranda Kerr from 2010 to 2013. They have a son named Flynn Christopher. He's currently engaged to singer Music/KatyPerry. They have a daughter named Daisy Dove.
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14	!!Filmography:
15	* ''Wilde'' (1997): Rent Boy
16	* ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' (2001): PFC Todd Blackburn
17	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' (2001-2003): Legolas
18	** ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (2001)
19	** ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'' (2002)
20	** ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'' (2003)
21	* ''Film/{{Ned Kelly\|2003}}'' (2003): Joe Byrne
22	* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' (2003-2017): Will Turner
23	** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' (2003)
24	** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' (2006)
25	** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' (2007)
26	** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' (2017)
27	* ''The Calcium Kid'' (2004): Jimmy Connolly
28	* ''Film/{{Troy}}'' (2004): Paris
29	* ''Haven'' (2004): Shy
30	* ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' (2005): Balian of Ibelin
31	* ''Film/{{Elizabethtown}}'' (2005): Drew Baylor
32	* ''Love and Other Disasters'' (2006): Hollywood Paolo
33	* ''New York, I Love You (segment "Shunji Iwai)'' (2009): David
34	* ''Sympathy for Delicious'' (completed 2010): The Stain
35	* ''Main Street'' (completed 2010): Harris Parker
36	* ''Fight For Your Right: Revisited'' (2011): Johnny Ryall
37	* ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers\|2011}}'' (2011): Duke of Buckingham
38	* ''Film/{{The Good Doctor\|2011}}'' (2011): Dr. Martin Blake
39	* ''Film/TheHobbit'' Trilogy (2013-2014): Legolas
40	** ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]'' (2013)
41	** ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' (2014)
42	* ''Zulu'' (2014): Brian Epkeen
43	* ''Digging for Fire'' (2015): Ben
44	* ''Unlocked'' (2017): Jack Alcott
45	* ''Film/TourDePharmacy'' (2017) as [=JuJu=] Pepi
46	* ''Film/TheOutpost'' (2020) as Captain Keating
47	* ''Film/{{Gran Turismo\|2023}}'' (2023) as Danny Moore
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49	!!Television:
50	* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'' (1994-1996): Noel Harrison
51	* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' (2000): Peter Drinkwater
52	* ''Extras'' (2007): Himself
53	* ''Easy'' (2016): Tom
54	* ''Series/CarnivalRow'' (2019 - 2023): Rycroft Philostrate ("Philo")
55	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Prince\|2021}}'' (2021): Prince Harry (voice role)
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57	!!Theater:
58	* ''In Celebration'' (2007): Steven Shaw
59	* ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' (2013): Romeo
60	* ''Killer Joe'' (2018): Joe Cooper
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62	!!Tropes Associated with Bloom:
63	* AwesomeDearBoy: Why he does most of his roles.
64	* CreatorBacklash: He'd for some time made it bluntly clear that he was done with his ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' character Will Turner, and did not return for the fourth installment, but later had a change of heart and chose to return to the franchise.
65	* CuteClumsyGirl: A male example--off-camera, Bloom's apparently a bit of a klutz.
66	* DeadpanSnarker: Has quite a sarcastic sense of humor and is usually to first to laugh about himself.
67	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Creator/CraigFerguson has admitted to having a man crush on him during a few of his show's opening monologues.
68	* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Inverted. While Bloom's most famous roles are of stoic, serious heroes, watch any commentary or interview behind-the-scenes with him and the man comes off as very energetic and jovial, often joking with the cast and crew.
69	* MrFanservice: Plays this role in most of his movies.
70	* OlderThanTheyLook: He reprised his role as Legolas 10 years after ''Lord of the Rings'' ended and you barely see a difference.
71	* PlayingAgainstType: After becoming known for playing mostly pristine heroes with swords (although this is not the limit of his catalog of roles), he plays a skeevy wannabe rock star and a devious, petulant English nobleman in ''Sympathy for Delicious'' and ''The Three Musketeers,'' respectively.
72	* PlayingHamlet : In a Broadway performance, the 37 year old Bloom played Romeo. Yes, [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet that Romeo]].
73	* PrettyBoy: Typecast as one. Which was actually a huge factor in his first major role as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]]. They needed someone beautiful to play an elf. It reaches a new level with his involvement in ''[[Film/TheHobbit The Hobbit]]'', Bloom still looks the part.
74	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He reportedly turned down the lead role in the ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' film. The role eventually went to Jake Gyllenhall.

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