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Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom
My favourite actor

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is a British film actor. Gained fame thanks to his roles in the film trilogy
"The Lord of the Rings" (2001, 2002, 2003) and its prequel "The Hobbit", the
adventure film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
(2003) and its sequels "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ( 2006),
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).

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Born January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, UK.
It was named after the 17th century English composer Orlando Gibbons. His
mother Sonia Copland (native of Calcutta) was a businesswoman, ran a
language school for international students, and was also a writer. Mother's
husband, Harry Bloom[en], (1913-1981), from a family of South African Jews,
a well-known writer and journalist, was a professor of law at the University
of Kent. Previously, he led the fight against apartheid in South Africa, was
one of Nelson Mandela's lawyers, and subsequently wrote several books
about racial segregation in South Africa, for which he was persecuted by the
South African government and in 1963 was forced to emigrate to the UK.

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Orlando's father died when he was four years old, and the upbringing of the boy and
his older sister Samantha fell on the shoulders of the mother, who no longer tied the
knot, and Colin Stone, who was appointed their guardian. Later, when Orlando was
thirteen, his mother confessed to him that it was Stone who was in fact his
biological father. From an early age, Sonya instilled in children a love of art, and
Orlando showed an early interest in languages, photography and theatre. Horses
were another of his hobbies, he himself was a good rider, which later came in handy
in his film career.

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Appearing in 2004 in the British comedy The Calcium Boy as milkman Jimmy
Connelly, who unexpectedly becomes a contender for the title of world boxing
champion, Bloom took part in another big-budget Hollywood film - the historical
drama Troy based on Homer's poem The Iliad. . The role of Achilles was played by
Brad Pitt, and Bloom played the handsome Paris. Despite the abundance of historical
inconsistencies and a rather free interpretation of the original source, the film grossed
almost $ 500 million at the worldwide box office [5]. Bloom's third film of 2004 was
the crime drama Harbor, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Actor Facts
Orlando decided to become an actor after
watching the movie The Rascal with Paul
Newman.
Bloom performed virtually all of his own
stunts in The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring (2001). While
performing one of them, he broke a rib.
His hobbies are extreme sports (sky
diving, surfing, paragliding,
snowboarding), he also loves sculpture,
photography and cars.
In September 2004, Empire magazine
named Bloom the sexiest living actor, and
in the overall rating of movie stars, he
took third place - after Keira Knightley
and Angelina Jolie.
In 2004, People magazine named Orlando
Hollywood's most eligible bachelor.
He is a vegetarian[13].

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Speaks fluent French.
Favorite book - "The Brothers
Karamazov" by F. M. Dostoevsky
In April 2016, he made a trip to the
Donbass (on the route SlovyanskKramatorsk-Svyatogorsk) not
advertised by the media (due to
security reasons) as a UNICEF
Goodwill Ambassador.
He is a Buddhist [source not specified
1530 days].
As a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, he
arrived in Moldova to support
Ukrainian refugees[14].

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the most famous roles of Orlando