How well do you know Orlando and his family? Full Name= Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom Nicknames= Orli and OB Born in Canterbury, Kent, England on January 13, 1977. Step Father, Harry Bloom died of a stroke when Orlando was only four. Sister= Samantha Bloom Mother= Sonia Bloom Biological Fater, Colin Stone, was revealed to him when Orlando was thirteen. Orlando Blooms Teenage Life Orlando attended St. Edmunds School in Canterbury. He did embrace the arts and enjoyed pottery, photography and sculpturing. He participated in school plays. Was active at his local theater. Orlando gat his first job as a teen, he was a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range. Encouraged by his mother, he began studying poetry and prose. Eventually he read at a Kent Festival. Orlando won many poetry and Bible reciting competitions. Orlando idolized a larger-than-life character, that gravitated towards serious acting. At the age of 16, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre. While there he gained a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. He auditioned for a number of television roles to further his career, getting parts in British television shows such as: "Casualty" (1986) "Midsomer Murders" (1997) "Smack the Pony" (1999). His first movie was Wilde (1997). Orlando Bloom's Filmography * Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (2007) (filming) .... Will Turner * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) (filming) .... Will Turner * Paris, je t'aime (2005) (filming) .... Eli * Elizabethtown (2005) (completed) .... Drew Baylor * Kingdom of Heaven (2005) .... Balian * Haven (2004) .... Shy * Troy (2004) .... Paris * The Calcium Kid (2004) .... Jimmy Connelly * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) .... Legolas * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) .... Will Turner * Ned Kelly (2003) .... Joe Byrne * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) .... Legolas Greenleaf * Black Hawk Down (2001) .... Pfc. Todd Blackburn * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) .... Legolas Greenleaf * Wilde (1997) .... Rentboy