Does he have a nickname? According to Orlando in an interview: "Not really, no. But there's a nickname that's been picked up on the Internet, which is Orli."

Date of Birth: January 13, 1977

Location of Birth: Canterbury, Kent, England

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Dark Brown

Height: According to various articles, 5-foot-9 1/2 or 5-foot-11

Education: National Youth Theatre, British American Drama Academy, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Siblings: Older sister Samantha. "We fought a lot as kids. We're just starting to get along a lot better now that we're older. She did get me into clothes at a young age, though. She used to dress me and she'd get stuff from thrift shops. I had loafers and cowboy boots and cowboy shirts and, like, preppie-like check shirts."

Parents: There is a discrepancy to Orlando's mother's name; some say Sheila, some say Sonia. Harry Bloom was a campaigner against apartheid in South Africa, and he died when Orlando was four. Recent articles have stated that Orlando's biological father is Colin Stone, who had been Orlando's guardian.

Hobbies: "I love to hang out with my friends. I like going for walks, walking my dog. I like going on road trips. I love to travel."

Music: Jeff Buckley, Beck, Jurassic 5, Ben Harper, Bob Dylan

First Job: A clay trapper at age 13. "I set the clay discs the gentlemen would try to shoot. It was fun to be out in the fresh air."

People he admires: Johnny Depp, Edward Norton, Daniel Day Lewis

Pets: Used to have Maude (dog). Apparantly he had to give Maude away, because of his tight filming schedules.

Tatoos: A sun near his belly button, and the Elvish symbol for '9' on his wrist. There are rumors that he has a third.

First Claim To Fame: Playing a rentboy in Wilde (1997)

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