Anecdotes

Originally auditioned to play the role of Faramir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy but lost out on that role and was instead asked to play the role of Legolas.

Wears a replica of the One Ring that says "To wherever it may lead." It was given to him by one of the makeup artists on the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Underwent a great deal of training with knives, horseback riding, canoeing and archery before his role as Legolas.

During the filming for Le seigneur des anneaux: La communauté de l'anneau (2001), he fell off his horse and broke one of his ribs.

Is one of only three actors who appear in two of the seven movies that grossed over one billion dollars in the box office: Le seigneur des anneaux: Le retour du roi (2003) and Pirates des Caraïbes: Le coffre du mort (2006). The others are Johnny Depp and Bernard Hill.

He made archery a very popular sport in the United Kingdom. Many youngsters saw him with a bow in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and decided to join archery schools.

Has 2 children: son, Flynn Bloom (b. January 6, 2011) with ex-wife, Miranda Kerr & daughter, Daisy Bloom (b. August 26, 2020) with fiancée, Katy Perry.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 2, 2014.

Found his dog, Sidi, while filming Le royaume des cieux (2005).

His mother, Sonia Constance Josephine (Copeland), was born in India, to an English family. During his early years, Orlando had believed that his biological father was Harry Bloom, a South African Jewish journalist and novelist, who was an anti-apartheid writer. As Harry was then unable to have children, Orlando's mother conceived him and his sister with a family friend, Colin Stone.

Good friends with Lord of the Rings co-star Liv Tyler.

Learned to surf during the filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in New Zealand.

He used to smoke, but quit in 2002, which started making him bite his nails instead.

Was nominated with the entire Le seigneur des anneaux: La communauté de l'anneau (2001) cast for "Best Ensemble Acting" at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

(October 12, 2009) Was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Engaged to Katy Perry since February 14, 2019: Valentine's Day 2019.

Has received an invitation to join the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford Upon Avon, which he plans to do in the near future when he has some time off from working on film. His goal is to perform "Hamlet" on the Swan stage (RSC main), one of Shakespeare's most challenging works.

His first job was as a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range when he was 13.

He used to be a vegetarian, but he had to go back to eating meat when he was filming Le seigneur des anneaux: La communauté de l'anneau (2001).

Amusingly enough, his 2000 guest appearance in the television show, Midsomer Murders (1997) references and discusses J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings" (Particularly "Lothlorien"), for which he was eventually cast (Le seigneur des anneaux: La communauté de l'anneau (2001)).

Although he played Lee Pace's son in Le Hobbit: La Désolation de Smaug (2013) and Le Hobbit: La bataille des cinq armées (2014), he is more than two years his senior in real life.

Has three A-Levels. One A in Art, one A in Photography and one C in Religious Studies.

Received a great amount of "stage combat" training while at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (as part of the drama program in conjunction with the British Academy of Stage and Theatre Combat), which helped prepare him a great deal in the characters he has chosen to play, that fight with swords, bows and knives.

(2007/08) Nomination for London Newcomer of the Year, for his theatre role in "In Celebration", Theatregoers' Choice Awards.

Named as one of nine "off the charts" sexy superstars by People magazine in 2004, along with Jake Gyllenhaal, Usher, Colin Farrell, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis and Johnny Depp.

Gets name-checked in the theme song to the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana (2006) when Hannah sings, "Is that Orlando Bloom?".

Is a supporter of the English football team Manchester United.

Attended and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1999.

Has an older sister: Samantha Bloom.

Is 18 months younger than Judy Greer but still plays her older brother in Rencontres à Elizabethtown (2005).

Good friends with Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Aniston and Johnny Depp.

Won the award at the 2002 Empire Awards for "Best Debut".

Voted to be on the top 10 list of worst autograph signers by "Autograph Collector" magazine. (octobre 2003)

His first car was a dark green VW Golf that cost £160.

(April 3, 2020) Expecting a baby girl with fiancé Katy Perry this summer.

He was rumored to be a contender for the role of Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016). The role eventually went to Ben Affleck.

(June 16, 2009) Was involved in a car collision in Los Angeles, which occurred a few miles from his 2007 car collision.

Voted #1 star most women would like to kiss under the mistletoe in a poll for Sky Movies.

Chosen as the sexiest male movie star by Empire magazine. Overall, he was 3rd; ahead of him were Keira Knightley (1st) and Angelina Jolie (2nd). (septembre 2004)

Was involved in a minor car collision in Hollywood on October 12, 2007. His childhood friend was hospitalized with a minor neck injury.

(March 5, 2020) Revealed that Katy Perry is pregnant in the music video for her new song "Never Worn White". The baby on the way will be the first for Katy with him, she's due in the summer.

(June 21, 2010) Engaged to Miranda Kerr.

One of People (USA) magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (2004).

He won the 2002 MTV Movie Award for "Breakthrough Male".

Was named Empire magazine's #21 in the list of 100 Sexiest Stars.

First concert he attended was in Canterbery watching Jamiroquai.

Has appeared twice on the cover of GQ magazine: January 2004 and November 2005.

On his mother's side, he is the grandson of Betty Constance Josephine (Walker) and Francis John Copeland. Orlando's mother's English ancestors had lived in Calcutta, India; Tasmania; Assam, India; and Melbourne, Australia.

According to Screensavers.com, Orlando Bloom replaced Britney Spears at the top of the website's celebrity download index in January 2004.

Friends with Courteney Cox, David Blaine and Eric Bana.