After studying English and French literature at Oxford University, Orlando attended the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris and then the Ecole Philippe Gaulier. Parallel to his acting career, Orlando continues to study and develop his own teaching practice. He studied creative dream work with Sandra Seacat and Kim Gillingham in Los Angeles, Meisner, acting studio work, improvisation, clowning, mask, commedia, and integral movement and performance practice at the Thomas Prattki Center in Berlin. Orlando's versatile acting career has taken him from the Royal Shakespeare Company and the West End to roles in film and television. These include Death on the Nile, Hamlet, Industry, Pride and Prejudice, Sleepy Hollow, Monday, Bobby, Hysteria, Jaques et la mécanique du cœur, Reign, HBO's Doll & Em, BBC's Motherland, The IT Crowd, Count Arthur Strong, The West Wing, and many others. Orlando is also a songwriter and, in addition to his solo projects and performance artworks, has fronted a number of bands, including Orlando Seale and the Swell and Harpo Smith. Orlando's paintings and artworks have been exhibited in London, Vienna, France, and Greece. His work is based on his preoccupation with dreams, myths, and the unconscious, as well as his belief in the healing power of play.