- Classically trained, Orlando had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and starting in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a lead
- Orlando appeared in the ensemble film New York, I Love You.
- On 12 October 2009 Orlando was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
- Orlando is a cousin of photographer Sebastian Copeland.
- Orlando, was named after the 16th century composer Orlando Gibbons.
- As a child, Orlando managed to get through The King's School Canterbury and St Edmund's School in Canterbury despite his dyslexia.
- Orlando was encouraged by his mother to take art and drama classes.
- Orlando began acting professionally with television roles in episodes of Casualty and Midsomer Murders, and subsequently made his film debut in Wilde (1997), opposite Stephen Fry, before entering the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
- Two days after graduating from Guildhall in 1999, he was cast in his first major role, playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings.
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