Orlando Bloom

Bloom was born to Sonia Bloom (née Copeland) on 13 January 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, and was named after the 16th-century English composer Orlando Gibbons.{{cite web|title=Orlando Bloom|url=http://www.people.com/people/orlando_bloom/0,,,00.html|work=People|access-date=3 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701201944/http://www.people.com/people/orlando_bloom/0,,,00.html|archive-date=1 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=Orlando Bloom|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/orlando-bloom/|work=Hello magazine|date=8 October 2009 |access-date=3 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627225446/http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/orlando-bloom/|archive-date=27 June 2012|url-status=live}} He has an older sister, Samantha Bloom.{{cite news|url=http://www.courier.co.uk/Orlando-Bloom-s-big-sister-stage-Canterbury/story-12019555-detail/story.html|title=Orlando Bloom's big sister on stage at Canterbury|author=|work=Kent and Sussex Courier|date=22 January 2009|access-date=1 June 2016}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Bloom initially believed that his biological father was his mother's husband, the South African-born anti-apartheid novelist Harry Bloom, who died when Bloom was four years old. However, when he was thirteen, Bloom's mother revealed to him that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, Harry Bloom's student and family friend.{{cite news|last=Barratt|first=Nick|title=Family Detective|work=Telegraph|date=11 November 2006|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/exclusions/familyhistory/nosplit/fd4.xml|access-date=26 May 2007|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106214346/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2Fexclusions%2Ffamilyhistory%2Fnosplit%2Ffd4.xml|archive-date=6 January 2008|url-status=dead}}[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/orlandos-sister-denies-feud/story-e6frfmvr-1111113842281 "Orlando Bloom's sister denies feud"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428093646/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/orlandos-sister-denies-feud/story-e6frfmvr-1111113842281 |date=28 April 2016 }}, The Daily Telegraph, 28 June 2007 Stone, the principal of the Concorde International language school,{{cite web|last=Stone|first=Colin|title=About Us|publisher=Concorde International|url=http://www.concorde-int.com/about.htm|access-date=24 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402172800/http://www.concorde-int.com/about.htm|archive-date=2 April 2007|url-status=dead}} became Orlando Bloom's legal guardian after Harry Bloom's death. Bloom is a cousin of photographer Sebastian Copeland.{{cite book|author=Sebastian Copeland|title=Antarctica: A Call to Action|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YuwKLAAACAAJ|date=18 November 2008|publisher=Earth Aware Editions|isbn=978-1-60109-027-0 |section=Foreword}}{{cite web|url=http://environment.uk.msn.com/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8306308&imageindex=4 |title=Sebastian Copeland (known as Baste) – MSN Environment UK |publisher=Environment.uk.msn.com |access-date=19 December 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Bloom was brought up in the Church of England.[http://www.independentfilmquarterly.com/ifq/interviews/orlandobloom.htm Independent Film Quarterly – IFQ Magazine Interview with Orlando Bloom] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322012700/http://www.independentfilmquarterly.com/ifq/interviews/orlandobloom.htm |date=22 March 2008 }} He attended St Peter's Methodist Primary School,{{cite web|url=http://www.st-peters-canterbury.kent.sch.uk/p_Where_Are_They_Now.ikml |title=St. Peter's Methodist Primary School, Canterbury |publisher=St-peters-canterbury.kent.sch.uk |date=13 January 1977 |access-date=5 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407094719/http://www.st-peters-canterbury.kent.sch.uk/p_Where_Are_They_Now.ikml |archive-date=7 April 2014 }} then the junior school of The King's School before proceeding to St Edmund's School Canterbury. Bloom was discovered to be dyslexic,{{cite news|title=Learning Disability|publisher=J-14|url=http://www.theorlandobloomfiles.com/articles/j1404march.html|access-date=24 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603094801/http://www.theorlandobloomfiles.com/articles/j1404march.html|archive-date=3 June 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and was encouraged by his mother to take art and drama classes. After being spurred into action following his school prize submission to panto actor Richard Sieben in 1992, in 1993, he moved to London to follow a two-year A-Level course in Drama, Photography and Sculpture at Fine Arts College, Hampstead. He then joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and earning a scholarship to train at the British American Drama Academy. Bloom began acting professionally with television roles in episodes of Casualty and Midsomer Murders, and subsequently made his film debut in Wilde (released in 1997), opposite Stephen Fry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographyworld.net/Orlando-Bloom-Biography.htm|title=Orlando Bloom Biography|website=www.biographyworld.net|access-date=2018-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714075912/http://biographyworld.net/Orlando-Bloom-Biography.htm|archive-date=14 July 2017|url-status=usurped}} Just after the filming in 1996, he then went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Acting in 1999.[https://biographycheck.com/orlando-bloom-biography-early-life-career-and-achievements/ Orlando Bloom Education & Qualification] - website biographycheck.com

Bloom's first appearance on the screen was in a small role, as a rent boy, in the 1997 film Wilde. Two days after graduating from Guildhall in 1999,{{cite news|last=Pearce|first=Garth|title=On the move: Orlando Bloom|work=The Sunday Times |date=27 May 2007|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/on-the-move-orlando-bloom-9hcw0rmzs02|access-date=18 January 2025 | location=London}} he was cast in his first major role, playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). He had originally auditioned for the part of Faramir, who does not appear until the second movie, but the director, Peter Jackson, cast him as Legolas instead. While shooting a scene, he broke a rib after falling off a horse, but eventually recovered and continued shooting.{{cite news|last=Nasson|first=Tim|title=Orlando Bloom Interview|publisher=Wild About Movies|url=http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/interviews/WildAboutMoviesOrlandoBloom_Interview_ElizabethtownMovie.php|access-date=24 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504173330/http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/interviews/WildAboutMoviesOrlandoBloom_Interview_ElizabethtownMovie.php|archive-date=4 May 2007|url-status=live}} At the same time, Bloom also played a brief role in Ridley Scott's war film Black Hawk Down as PFC Todd Blackburn. In 2002, he was chosen as one of the Teen People "25 Hottest Stars Under 25", despite him having turned 25, and was named People{{'s}} hottest Hollywood bachelor in the magazine's 2004 list. All members of the cast of the Rings films were nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for three years in a row, finally winning in 2003 for the third film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Bloom has also won other awards, including European Film Awards, Hollywood Festival Award, Empire Awards and Teen Choice Awards, and has been nominated for many others. Most of Bloom's box office successes have been as part of an ensemble cast.{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Alison|title=Celebrity Interview: Where There's a Will...|work=TeenHollywood.com|date=23 May 2007|url=http://www.teenhollywood.com/2007/05/23/celebrity-interview-where-theres-a-will|access-date=9 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055811/http://www.teenhollywood.com/2007/05/23/celebrity-interview-where-theres-a-will|archive-date=23 October 2013|url-status=live}}

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Bloom next starred opposite Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which was a blockbuster hit during the summer of 2003. After the success of Pirates, Bloom next took to the screen as Paris, the prince of Troy, in the 2004 Spring blockbuster Troy opposite Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Peter O'Toole. He subsequently played the lead roles in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven and Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown, both released in 2005, and starred in the 2006 film Haven, for which he also served as executive producer. In 2006, Bloom was one of the guest stars in the sitcom Extras, in which he portrayed an exaggeratedly arrogant, narcissistic version of himself who had a great loathing for Johnny Depp (his co-star in Pirates of the Caribbean). Bloom pushed for Extras to go further by making his persona very unlikable, and contributed to the gag about him admiring Depp out of sheer jealousy because Depp was far more talented than he was, not to mention rated higher than him on the 'top hottest' charts.{{cite web|last=Gordon |first=Scott |url=https://www.avclub.com/content/node/57393/2 |title=Ricky Gervais The A.V. Club |publisher=Avclub.com |date=10 January 2007 |access-date=19 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218004136/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/57393/2 |archive-date=18 December 2008 }} In 2004, the second and third films of the Pirates of the Caribbean series were conceived, with screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio developing a story arc that would span both sequels, in which Bloom reprised his role as Will Turner. Filming for the projects took place in 2005; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest released in July 2006, with the worldwide collections of $1.066 billion, becoming the biggest financial hit of Bloom's career.{{Cite web |title=Orlando Bloom |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=orlandobloom.htm |website=Box Office Mojo}} The third installment in the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, was released in May, the following year. Afterwards, Bloom repeatedly stated that he was done with the Pirates series, noting that there was closure for his character in At World's End. By 2010, both Bloom and Keira Knightley were quoted in saying they wanted to move on from the franchise.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140803220433/http://www.mtv.com/news/1560086/orlando-bloom-says-hes-all-done-with-pirates-lord-of-the-rings/ Orlando Bloom Says He's All Done With 'Pirates,' 'Lord Of The Rings' - MTV][http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a167601/orlando-bloom-turns-down-pirates-4.html Orlando Bloom 'turns down Pirates 4' - Movies News - Digital Spy][https://web.archive.org/web/20100128111910/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/01/26/orlando-bloom-wont-return-for-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/ Orlando Bloom Won't Return For 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' - MTV Movies Blog] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20100129204554/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/01/26/orlando-bloom-wont-return-for-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/ Archive]

In 2006, Bloom was the most searched male on Google News.{{cite news|last=Pilger|first=Sam|title=Va-Va Bloom|work=The Sunday Telegraph|date=27 May 2007|url=http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0,,21792764-5006011,00.html|access-date=26 May 2007}} As of May 2007, Bloom has appeared in four of the top 15 highest-grossing films of all time. Bloom, who had intended to become a stage actor after graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, had stated that he would like to leave films for a time and instead appear in stage roles,{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Sandy|title=Orlando Bloom sails onto new seas|work=Sun Herald|date=24 May 2007|url=http://www.sunherald.com/362/story/61282.html|access-date=24 May 2007 }}{{dead link|date=August 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and is "avidly looking for the right sort of material that [he] can do something with"{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Lowri|title=Orlando Bloom To Ditch Film For The Stage?|work=Entertainment Wise|date=19 September 2006|url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?id=22430|access-date=24 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011511/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?id=22430|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=live}} and to go "back to basics."{{cite news|title=Bloom trades his 'Pirates' sword for London stage|work=Khaleej City Times|date=24 May 2007|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/CityHome.asp?xfile=data/citytimes/2007/May/citytimes_May204.xml§ion=citytimes&col=|access-date=24 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231913/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/CityHome.asp?xfile=data%2Fcitytimes%2F2007%2FMay%2Fcitytimes_May204.xml§ion=citytimes&col=|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=live}} During the summer of 2007, he appeared in a London revival of In Celebration, a play by David Storey.{{cite news|last=Lipton|first=Brian Scott|title=Farr, Hilton, et al. to Join Orlando Bloom in London's In Celebration|publisher=Theater Mania|date=25 May 2007|url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/10833|access-date=25 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527190828/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/10833|archive-date=27 May 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} His character was one of three brothers returning home for their parents' 40th wedding anniversary.{{cite news|last=World Entertainment News Network |title=Orlando Bloom To Bare All On Stage |work=Starpulse News Blog |date=24 May 2007 |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/24/orlando_bloom_to_bare_all_on_stage |access-date=24 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526130525/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/24/orlando_bloom_to_bare_all_on_stage |archive-date=26 May 2007 }} On 24 August 2007 he made his first ever TV commercial appearance on late-night Japanese TV, promoting the Uno brand of cosmetics maker Shiseido. A "one night only", 2-minute version of the Sci-Fi themed commercial kicked off the product's marketing campaign.{{cite news|title=Orlando Bloom in First TV Commercial|work=Japan Zone|date=24 August 2007|url=http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2007/08/24/orlando_bloom_in_first_tv_commercial.shtml|access-date=24 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826013927/http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2007/08/24/orlando_bloom_in_first_tv_commercial.shtml|archive-date=26 August 2007|url-status=live}} In 2008 he signed on to play a small role in the British film An Education{{cite magazine

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In 2011, Bloom appeared in The Three Musketeers opposite Milla Jovovich, Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Juno Temple and Christoph Waltz. Bloom also reprised his role as Legolas in parts two and three of The Hobbit, Peter Jackson's three-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.{{cite magazine|last=Ward|first=Kate|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/05/27/orlando-bloom-joins-hobbit/|title=Orlando Bloom Hobbit|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 27, 2011|access-date=5 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105052133/https://ew.com/article/2011/05/27/orlando-bloom-joins-hobbit/|archive-date=5 November 2019|url-status=live}}

He made his Broadway stage debut as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in August 2013 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.{{Cite news|title = Orlando Bloom Set To Make Broadway Debut In New Take On 'Romeo And Juliet'|date = 7 August 2013|url = http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/08/07/orlando-bloom-set-to-make-broadway-debut-in-new-take-on-romeo-and-juliet/|access-date = 16 August 2013|publisher = WCBS-TV|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130814143651/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/08/07/orlando-bloom-set-to-make-broadway-debut-in-new-take-on-romeo-and-juliet/|archive-date = 14 August 2013|url-status = live}} The New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley described Bloom's performance as "a first-rate Broadway debut" in the title role: "For once, we have a Romeo who evolves substantively, from a posturing youth in love with love, to a man who discovers the startling revelation of real love, with a last-act descent into bilious, bitter anger that verges on madness."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/theater/reviews/orlando-bloom-and-condola-rashad-in-romeo-and-juliet.html|title=Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad in 'Romeo and Juliet'|first=Ben|last=Brantley|date=2013-10-04|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420053600/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/theater/reviews/orlando-bloom-and-condola-rashad-in-romeo-and-juliet.html|archive-date=20 April 2017|url-status=live}} Bloom made statements about returning to the Pirates franchise as early as October 2011,[https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/orlando-bloom-would-love-go-18263606 Orlando Bloom would love to go back to Pirates of the Caribbean - Daily Star] and there were discussions for him to reprise his role as Will Turner by 2014.{{cite web|last=Kamali |first=Luke |title=Orlando Bloom Says Pirates of the Caribbean 5 May Be a Soft Reboot |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/16/orlando-bloom-says-pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-may-be-a-soft-reboot |website=IGN |date=December 16, 2014 |access-date=December 17, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217004714/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/16/orlando-bloom-says-pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-may-be-a-soft-reboot |archive-date=December 17, 2014 }} Although it was announced as a supporting role, Bloom ultimately made a cameo appearance in the fifth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which was released in May 2017.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-begins-production-in-australia-1201435663/|title='Pirates of the Caribbean 5' Begins Production in Australia|first=Marianne|last=Zumberge|date=18 February 2015|website=variety.com|access-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424004842/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-begins-production-in-australia-1201435663/|archive-date=24 April 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Nina|last=Terrero|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/21/johnny-depp-first-look-pirates-caribbean-5|title=Johnny Depp in first 'Pirates of the Caribbean 5' photo|date=April 21, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=27 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527232433/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/21/johnny-depp-first-look-pirates-caribbean-5|archive-date=27 May 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/pirates-caribbean-5-orlando-bloom-will-turner/|title='Pirates of the Caribbean 5': Orlando Bloom Confirmed to Return|website=screenrant.com|date=15 August 2015|access-date=17 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917232607/http://screenrant.com/pirates-caribbean-5-orlando-bloom-will-turner/|archive-date=17 September 2015|url-status=live}}

Bloom starred in the Trafalgar Studios production of Killer Joe in 2018. Bloom is currently starring in the Amazon Prime TV show Carnival Row, which was filming its second season in Prague before temporarily postponing production due to COVID-19. Together with a number of his Lord of the Rings co-stars (plus writer Philippa Boyens and director Peter Jackson), on 1 June 2020 he joined Josh Gad's YouTube series Reunited Apart which reunites the cast of popular movies through video-conferencing, and promotes donations to non-profit charities.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/actor-josh-gad-reunites-stars-of-lord-of-the-rings-while-raising-money-for-kids-in-need/ “Actor Josh Gad reunites stars of "Lord of the Rings" while raising money for kids in need”]. CBS. Retrieved 5 June 2020

In July 2020, Bloom starred in the war film The Outpost in which he portrayed the character of captain Benjamin Keating. In 2023, he played Danny Moore, a Nissan marketing executive in the sports film Gran Turismo based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough.

In 2024, Orlando Bloom starred in and produced the boxing film The Cut, directed by Sean Ellis. To authentically portray his character, Bloom underwent a significant physical transformation, losing 35 pounds to depict a boxer's intense weight-cutting process. He described the film as focusing on "the battle to lose weight," offering a unique perspective on the challenges athletes face.{{Cite web |last=McPherson |first=Chris |date=2024-04-20 |title=Orlando Bloom Shed 35 Pounds For His Upcoming Boxing Movie |url=https://collider.com/orlando-bloom-weight-loss-the-cut-movie/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Collider |language=en}}

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Bloom has said that he tries "not to exclude himself from real life as much as possible." During filming in Morocco for Kingdom of Heaven, Bloom rescued and adopted a dog, Sidi (a black Saluki mix with a white mark on his chest).{{cite news|last=Slotek |first=Jim |title=Bloom ready to walk the plank |work=24 Hours |date=24 May 2007 |url=http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Entertainment/2007/05/23/4200811-sun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607215950/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Entertainment/2007/05/23/4200811-sun.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 June 2007 |access-date=24 May 2007 }}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bk-xgsnuFRQC&q=During+filming+in+Morocco+for+Kingdom+of+Heaven%2C+Bloom+rescued+and+adopted+a+dog%2C+Sidi&pg=PA17|title=Usefully Useless: Everything you'd Never Learn at School (But May Like to Know)|last=Hanks|first=Mark|date=2012-04-30|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781407074238|language=en}}

In 2004, he became a full member of SGI-UK (the UK branch of Soka Gakkai International), a lay Buddhist association affiliated with the teachings of Nichiren.{{cite news|title=Orlando Bloom 'converts to Buddhism'|publisher=Female First|year=2004|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Orlando+Bloom-1695.html|access-date=24 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716020150/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Orlando+Bloom-1695.html|archive-date=16 July 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=World Entertainment News Network|author-link=World Entertainment News Network|title=Bloom And Bosworth Build Buddhist Retreat|publisher=TeenHollywood.com|date=31 August 2006|url=http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=131159&c=1055|access-date=24 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073529/http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=131159&c=1055|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=live}}

Bloom has also been a part of Global Green, an environmental company, since the early 2000s. As part of his environmental involvement, he has renovated his London home to use solar panels, incorporate recycled materials, and has used energy efficient lightbulbs.

Involved in modelling work, in 2002 he starred opposite English actress Kate Beckinsale in a Gap television advertisement directed by Cameron Crowe.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1953004.stm |title=Top directors plug the Gap |publisher=BBC |date=26 April 2002 |access-date=11 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907162938/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1953004.stm |archive-date=7 September 2013 |url-status=live }}

Bloom has a tattoo of the Elvish word "nine" on his right wrist, written in fictional Tengwar Elvish script, a reference to his involvement in The Lord of the Rings as one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. The other actors of "The Fellowship" (Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen and Elijah Wood) had the same tattoo with the exception of John Rhys-Davies whose stunt double had the tattoo instead.{{cite news|last1=Wolf|first1=Buck|title='Lord of the Rings' Stars Get Tattoos|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101332&page=1|access-date=20 April 2017|agency=ABC News|date=11 December 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420234946/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101332&page=1|archive-date=20 April 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Applebaum|first1=Stephen|title=Mortensen's battle scars|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2544149.stm|access-date=20 April 2017|publisher=BBC|date=5 December 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040619150324/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2544149.stm|archive-date=19 June 2004|url-status=live}}{{cite web| url =http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue348/interview.html |title = The stars of The Lord of the Rings trilogy reach their journey's end| publisher=SciFi.com| access-date =31 May 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070306100400/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue348/interview.html |archive-date = 6 March 2007}}{{Cite web|date=2009-10-27|title=60 SECONDS EXTRA: John Rhys-Davies|url=https://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/john-rhys-davies-242243/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Metro}}

On 12 February 2009, Bloom actively participated in the 'Australia Unites' fundraiser to raise support for the victims of the Australian bushfires on 7 February 2009.{{cite news|url= http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25043499-5012974,00.html|title= Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom chip in for bush fire relief|work= Herald Sun|date= 12 February 2009|access-date= 12 February 2009|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120629063306/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/miranda-leads-fire-aid/story-e6frf96x-1111118828531|archive-date= 29 June 2012|url-status= live}}

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On 12 October 2009, Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He has been involved in the organisation since 2007 and has visited schools and villages in Nepal in support of sanitation and education programmes.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8303923.stm |work=BBC News | title=Orlando Bloom named UN ambassador | date=12 October 2009 | access-date=20 May 2010}} Bloom also visited the city of Sloviansk in the east of Ukraine in April 2016 to raise awareness of the education crisis facing children during the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014–2015.{{cite news | url=https://www.unicef.org/media/media_91052.html | publisher=UNICEF | title=UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits conflict-hit Ukraine to highlight the importance of education in emergencies | date=4 May 2016 | access-date=8 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927022135/https://www.unicef.org/media/media_91052.html | archive-date=27 September 2019 | url-status=live }} In 2023, Bloom returned to Ukraine again as a Goodwill Ambassador. Bloom met children affected by the war at a children's centre in Kyiv and met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-65085212 | publisher=BBC News | title=Actor Orlando Bloom meets children affected by Ukraine war and visits Zelensky | date=27 March 2023 | access-date=27 March 2023}}

Bloom has sustained a number of injuries: he broke his left arm and cracked his skull three times, broke his nose while playing rugby union, broke his right leg skiing in Switzerland, broke his left leg in a motorbike crash and broke his right wrist while snowboarding. He also broke his back when he slipped trying to reach the roof terrace of a friend's house and fell three floors.{{cite web|url = https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200510/orlando-bloom-errol-flynn?currentPage=4|title = The Epic Life of Orlando Bloom|magazine = Gentleman's Quarterly|access-date = 30 May 2007|date = 2005-10-06|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331011921/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200510/orlando-bloom-errol-flynn?currentPage=4|archive-date = 31 March 2012|url-status = live}} He also broke some ribs while shooting The Lord of the Rings.{{cite web|url=http://themcavoys.tumblr.com/post/37994939814 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130109130059/http://themcavoys.tumblr.com/post/37994939814 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 January 2013 |title=His bow totally broke |publisher=Tumblr |access-date=15 December 2012 }}

On 13 July 2009, four hooded teenagers broke into the Hollywood Hills home of Bloom and stole nearly half a million dollars' worth of possessions. The burglars, dubbed the "Bling Ring," targeted the homes of celebrities. Most of Bloom's stolen items were retrieved.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-02-la-me-bling-ring2-2009dec02-story.html | title=Alleged 'bling ring' member to stand trial, judge rules | work=Los Angeles Times | date=December 2, 2009 | access-date=January 12, 2020 | author=Winton, Richard | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111213424/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-02-la-me-bling-ring2-2009dec02-story.html | archive-date=11 January 2020 | url-status=live }}

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Bloom had an "on-and-off relationship"{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/orlando_bloom/biography|title=Orlando Bloom Biography|access-date=26 September 2010|work=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729202913/http://www.people.com/people/orlando_bloom/biography|archive-date=29 July 2010|url-status=live}} with American actress Kate Bosworth, from 2003 until ending the relationship in September 2006.{{cite news|title=LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT FOR BLOOM|magazine=Contact Music|date=6 July 2006|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/love%20at%20first%20sight%20for%20bloom_1001772|access-date=24 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102062737/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/love-at-first-sight-for-bloom_1001772|archive-date=2 November 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=All Headline News |title=Orlando Bloom And Kate Bosworth Split |publisher=Exposay |date=6 September 2006 |url=http://www.exposay.com/orlando-bloom-and-kate-bosworth-split/v/4145/ |access-date=24 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509072927/http://www.exposay.com/orlando-bloom-and-kate-bosworth-split/v/4145/ |archive-date=9 May 2007 }}

In late 2007, Bloom began dating Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/orlando-bloom-meets-miranda-kerrs-parents/ |title=Orlando Bloom Meets Miranda Kerr's Parents |work=People |date=28 April 2010 |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140118/https://people.com/celebrity/orlando-bloom-meets-miranda-kerrs-parents/ |archive-date=1 March 2019 |url-status=live }} They announced their engagement in June 2010,{{cite web |first=Eunice |last=Oh |url=https://people.com/celebrity/orlando-bloom-and-miranda-kerr-are-engaged/ |title=Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr Are Engaged! |work=People |date=21 June 2010 |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140053/https://people.com/celebrity/orlando-bloom-and-miranda-kerr-are-engaged/ |archive-date=1 March 2019 |url-status=live }} and were married the following month.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/orlando-bloom-and-miranda-kerr-secretly-marry/|title=Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr Secretly Marry!|work=People|date=22 July 2010|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140139/https://people.com/celebrity/orlando-bloom-and-miranda-kerr-secretly-marry/|archive-date=1 March 2019|url-status=live}} Kerr gave birth to their son on 6 January 2011 in Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/miranda-kerr-i-had-a-baby-boy-with-orlando-bloom/ |first=Sarah |last=Michaud |title=Miranda Kerr: I Had a Baby Boy with Orlando Bloom! |work=People |date=18 January 2011 |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140003/https://people.com/parents/miranda-kerr-i-had-a-baby-boy-with-orlando-bloom/ |archive-date=1 March 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/miranda-kerr-names-flynn-after-late-boyfriend/|title=Miranda Kerr Names Flynn After Late Boyfriend|work=People|first=Alison|last=Schwartz|date=13 July 2011|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140127/https://people.com/parents/miranda-kerr-names-flynn-after-late-boyfriend/|archive-date=1 March 2019|url-status=live}} On 25 October 2013, Bloom and Kerr announced that they had separated several months earlier, and intended to end their marriage. They were divorced by the end of 2013.{{Cite web|title=Orlando Bloom's ex wife model Miranda Kerr speaks out after birth of his baby with Katy Perry|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/orlando-blooms-ex-wife-model-miranda-kerr-speaks-out-after-birth-of-his-baby-with-katy-perry/UA2T6DEVNFK3XPKMWPX57SSX44/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=The New Zealand Herald |date=27 August 2020 |language=en-NZ}}{{cite web|last=Maresca|first=Rachel|title=Orlando Bloom speaks out on Miranda Kerr separation: 'Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/orlando-bloom-speaks-miranda-kerr-separation-article-1.1503669|work=New York Daily News|date=November 2013 |access-date=14 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207114647/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/orlando-bloom-speaks-miranda-kerr-separation-article-1.1503669|archive-date=7 December 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/miranda-kerr-orlando-bloom-split-after-three-years-of-marriage-20132510|first=Allison|last=Takeda|title=Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom Split After Three Years of Marriage|work=US Weekly|date=25 October 2013|access-date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026165923/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/miranda-kerr-orlando-bloom-split-after-three-years-of-marriage-20132510|archive-date=26 October 2013|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Bloom was in a relationship with French actress Nora Arnezeder.{{cite web | url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/shopping/everyone-s-talking-orlando-bloom-s-new-girlfriend-s-10-things-need-know-nora-arnezeder/ | title=Everyone's Talking About Orlando Bloom's New Girlfriend! Here's 10 Things You Need to Know About Nora Arnezeder | year=2014 }}

Bloom began dating American singer and songwriter Katy Perry in January 2016;{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/10/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-instagram-romance-social-media/|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=26 October 2016|access-date=1 January 2017|title=Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's Romance: Loud in Public, Muted on Instagram|first=Josh|last=Duboff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126221443/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/10/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-instagram-romance-social-media|archive-date=26 January 2017|url-status=live}} however, the couple confirmed in February 2017 that they had split. They resumed their relationship in February 2018,{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/katy-perry-and-orlando-bloom-meet-the-pope-step-out-together-in-rome/|title=Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom meet the Pope, step out together in Rome|first=Morgan|last=Evans|date=28 April 2018|website=Fox News|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429153724/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/04/29/katy-perry-and-orlando-bloom-meet-pope-step-out-together-in-rome.html|archive-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoonewsz.com/entertainment/katy-perry-and-orlando-bloom/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218021837/https://www.yahoonewsz.com/entertainment/katy-perry-and-orlando-bloom/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-02-18|title=A Comprehensive Timeline of Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's Relationship|website=yahoonewsz.com|date=2019-02-15}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8403415/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-back-together-pope|title=Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom Met the Pope On Their Roman Holiday|first=Hilary|last=Hughes|date=29 April 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520164739/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8403415/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-back-together-pope|archive-date=20 May 2018|url-status=live}} and became engaged on 14 February 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-get-engaged-on-valentines-day/|title=Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom get engaged on Valentine's Day|work=CBS News|first=Caitlin|last=O'Kane|date=15 February 2019|access-date=1 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-engaged|title=Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Are Engaged! See Her Stunning Ring|work=People|first1=Maria|last1=Pasquini|first2=Jeff|last2=Nelson|date=15 February 2019|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220151724/https://people.com/music/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-engaged/|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=live}} On 5 March 2020, it was revealed through the music video for Perry's song "Never Worn White" that the couple were expecting their first child together.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/katy-perry-pregnant-baby-orlando-bloom-never-worn-white-music-video-instagram-live-a9376646.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/katy-perry-pregnant-baby-orlando-bloom-never-worn-white-music-video-instagram-live-a9376646.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Katy Perry pregnant: Singer confirms she is expecting a baby with Orlando Bloom|work=The Independent|first=Sabrina|last=Barr|date=5 March 2020|access-date=7 March 2020}} Perry gave birth to their daughter on 26 August 2020.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title=Orlando Bloom's day: Brain octane oil, Buddhist chants but not much sex with Katy Perry|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/22/orlando-blooms-day-brain-octane-oil-buddhist-chants-but-not-much-sex-with-katy-perry|access-date=2021-03-26|website=The Mercury News}}{{Cite news|last=Swerling|first=Interview by Hannah|title=Orlando Bloom on life with Katy Perry and their new baby, Daisy|newspaper=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/orlando-bloom-on-life-with-katy-perry-and-their-new-baby-daisy-xjp63fb37|access-date=2021-03-26|issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web|title=The most precious gift: A healthy child|url=https://www.unicef.org/reimagine/precious-gift|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.unicef.org}}

Bloom appeared in his home city of Canterbury on 13 July 2010 when he was presented with an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury Cathedral.{{cite web |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/stories/honorarydegrees2010/2010 |title=University of Kent Honorary Degrees 2010 |publisher=Kent.ac.uk |date=16 July 2010 |access-date=19 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203132320/http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/stories/honorarydegrees2010/2010 |archive-date=3 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }}<[https://www.kent.ac.uk/graduations/honorary-graduates/archive Honorary Graduates] - website of the University of Kent For contributions to the film industry, Bloom was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 2 April 2014.{{cite news|title=Orlando Bloom's Son Steals The Spotlight At Actor's Walk Of Fame Ceremony|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/orlando-bloom-son_n_5085093.html?ir=Entertainment|access-date=5 April 2014|newspaper=Huffingtonpost|date=4 March 2014}}{{cite journal|title=Orlando Bloom gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star|journal=RTÉ.ie|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0403/606364-orlando-bloom-gets-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star/|access-date=5 April 2014|date=2014-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407015950/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0403/606364-orlando-bloom-gets-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star/|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=live}} His motion pictures walk of fame star is located at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard.{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/orlando-bloom |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame - Orlando Bloom |website=walkoffame.com |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=21 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045003/http://www.walkoffame.com/orlando-bloom |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live }}

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