Orlando Bloom

ORLANDO BLOOM

Full Name: Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom

Nickname: Orl, OB

Born: January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, Kent England UK

Height: 5′10 1/2 ” ( 1.79m )

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Background

His father, Harry Bloom, was a legendary political activist who fought for civil rights in South Africa. Harry sadly died of a stroke when Orlando was only 4 years old. Orlando and his older sister, Samantha Bloom, were raised by their mother Sonia, and a family friend, Colin Stove. When he was 13 his mother revealed to him that Colin was actually his biological father. 

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Fun Facts

- Orlando is ‘midly dyslexia’

- 1998 he fell 3 stories from a rooftop terrace and broke his back

- used to be a vegetarian but had to go back to eating meat when he was filming ‘The Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2000 )

- graduated from the Guidhall School of Music and Drama ( 1999 )

- speaks french

- used to smoke but quit in 2002

- married to Miranda Kerr

- has a son named Flynn born on January 6, 2011 in Los Angeles