Orlando Bloom

The actor Orlando Bloom was classically trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Shortly after his graduation he was cast as the elf Legolas in the feature film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, directed by Peter Jackson and based on the hit fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. The role made him a star and a favorite pinup for teenage girls. His other films include Wilde (1997), Black Hawk Down (2001, starring Josh Hartnett), The Kelly Gang (2003, with Naomi Watts and Heath Ledger) and Elizabethtown (2006, with Kirsten Dunst). Bloom He starred alongside Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley in the swashbuckling adventures Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and its sequels Dead Man's Chest (2006) and At World's End (2007).