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Orlando Bloom
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Co-producer, Actor
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January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, England
Biography:"Orlando Bloom" began reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy as a teenager before abandoning the books in favor of sports and girls. He did not complete the three volumes until his early twenties: first in print, and then on camera as one of a handful of actors carefully selected for New Line Cinema's highly anticipated, $270 million, three-film screen adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The international success of the trilogy's first installment, The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), made Bloom a sought-after young actor. The talented Brit works the talk show circuit, mugs in magazines, and appears at every important award show -- always with a playful demeanor and an uncorrupted smile that suggest he could still be just as easily fulfilled by rugby and romance.

Bloom was raised in Canterbury, Kent, with his sister, Samantha. Their mother taught them... Full Biography

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Orlando Bloom attends the U.S.-Ireland Alliance Pre-Academy Awards Party at the Ebell Club in Los...
Orlando Bloom in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom attend the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean:...
Orlando Bloom attends the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" at Disneyland in...
Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom in "Elizabethtown"
Orlando Bloom attends the Vanity Fair Oscar party at Morton's in West Hollywood, Calif., on Feb. 25,...
Orlando Bloom, photographed in 2002
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