Orlando Bloom

This dashing leading man started out onstage in his native Britain but had only a handful of TV and film roles under his belt when he landed the career-making role of a butt-kicking elf in The Lord of...
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01/12/1977
Canterbury, England
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Suffers from dyslexia.
Extremely accident-prone, he has admitted to breaking his back, ribs, nose, both legs, an arm, a wrist, a finger, a toe, and cracking his skull three times.
Although he initially auditioned for the smaller part of Faramir, was cast as Legolas Greenleaf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Said he has been influenced by the philosophies of Nichiren Buddhism.