Orlando Bloom

Bloom in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom

Place of Birth: Canterbury, Kent, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 13 January, 1977

Ethnicity: English, smaller amount of Northern Irish/Irish, more distant Scottish and Jersey Channel Islander

Orlando Bloom is an English actor. His roles include the films Wilde (1997), Black Hawk Down, the trilogy The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Ned Kelly (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and its follow-ups, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales; The Calcium Kid, Troy, Haven (2004), Kingdom of Heaven, Elizabethtown, Love and Other Disasters, Everest: A Climb for Peace, New York, I Love You; Sympathy for Delicious, Main Street (2010), The Good Doctor, The Three Musketeers (2011), Zulu, the filmed stage play Romeo and Juliet (2013), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and its follow-up, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Digging for Fire, Unlocked, Romans (2017), S.M.A.R.T. Chase, The Outpost (2019), Needle in a Timestack, Gran Turismo, Red Right Hand, Peppa’s Cinema Party, The Cut (2014), and Deep Cover (2025); the series Casualty, Stairway to Stardom, Carnival Row, The Prince, and CBeebies Bedtime Story; the documentary The Armenian Genocide; the made-for-tv movie Tour de Pharmacy; The Lord of the Rings video games; and Disney Magic Kingdoms; as well as works on stage.

Orlando’s mother, Sonia Constance Josephine (Copeland), was born in Calcutta, India, and is of English, Northern Irish/Irish, and more distant Scottish and Jersey Channel Islander, descent. Orlando was raised believing that his legal father, Harry Bloom, was also his biological father. Harry was a Jewish South African journalist and novelist. During his teens, Orlando was told by his mother that his biological father is Colin Stone, who is English. Harry and Sonia, who together could not have biological children, had agreed that Colin would be the biological father of Sonia’s children.

Orlando has a son with his former wife, Australian model Miranda Kerr; and a daughter with his former fiancée, American singer and songwriter Katy Perry.

Orlando practices Buddhism.

Orlando’s biological paternal grandfather was Henry/Harry Stone (the son of Robert Byatt Stone and Bessie Agnes Meech). Henry was born in Weymouth, Dorset, England. Robert was born in Weymouth, the son of John Robert Flew Stone and Elizabeth Chaddock. Orlando’s great-grandmother Bessie was born in Weymouth, the daughter of Frederick George Meech and Emily Pullman/Pulman.

Orlando’s biological paternal grandmother was Lilian/Lillian Morris (the daughter of Walter William Dennison Morris and Lily Rosina Crabb). Orlando’s grandmother Lilian was born in Weymouth, Dorset, England. Walter was born in Dorset, the son of Walter Gibbs Morris and Lydia Catherine Philips/Phillips. Orlando’s great-grandmother Lily was born in Chickerell, Dorset, the daughter of Jesse/Jessie Crabb and Susan Cox.

Orlando’s maternal grandfather was Francis John Copeland (the son of Isaac Copeland and Mary Cairns). Francis was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was a physician and surgeon. Isaac was born in Sheeptown, County Down, the son of John Copeland and Mary Ann/Anne Cowan, and was of Northern Irish descent. Orlando’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Belfast, the daughter of Samuel Cairns, who was born in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland; and of Elizabeth/Isabella/Isabel Scott.

Orlando’s maternal grandmother was Betty Constance Josephine Walker (the daughter of Frederic/Frederick Percy Walker and Iris Mary Constance Good). Betty was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Frederick was born in Calcutta, the son of Frederic/Frederick Walker, who was born in Tasmania, Australia, or Calcutta, to English parents; and of Eva Isabella Connew/Conneu, who was born in Calcutta, to an English father, from Middlesex, and to a mother who had Scottish and English ancestry. Orlando’s great-grandmother Iris was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, the daughter of Arthur Madgewick Good and Jessica/Jessie Louisa Foley. Some of Orlando’s ancestors had been born in Assam, India, as well as Tasmania and Melbourne, Australia, and were of English/British Isles descent.

Orlando’s matrilineal line can be traced to Hannah Huelin, who was born, c. 1772, on St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Bloom in 2007, photo credit: Ben Sutherland

Sources: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Family history of Orlando Bloom – http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Obituary of Orlando’s biological paternal grandfather, Henry/Harry Stone – https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk

Obituary of Orlando’s biological paternal grandmother, Lilian/Lillian (Morris) Stone – http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk

Genealogies of Orlando Bloom (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
http://www.genefiend.org
http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk

Marriage record of Orlando’s maternal great-grandparents, Frederic/Frederick Percy Walker and Iris Mary Constance Good – https://www.familysearch.org