Orlando Bloom

With his dark brown hair, soulful dark eyes and chiseled cheekbones, actor Orlando Bloom may at first seem an odd choice to play the Elven warrior Legolas in Peter Jackson's adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkein classic "The Lord of the Rings." Wearing a blond wig and appropriately costumed, though, he cut a dashing and charismatic figure. Born and raised in Canterbury, England, Bloom joined the National Youth Theatre at age 16 and spent two years honing his craft before winning a scholarship to London's British American Drama Academy. He went on to make his film debut as an attractive rent boy in "Wilde" (1997), the biopic of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde before furthering his training at... read more