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Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born January 13 , 1977 ) is an English Actor . Bloom became famous playing '', and is currently filming '' Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 ''. BIOGRAPHY Early life in '' The Lord Of The Rings ''.]] Bloom was born in Canterbury , Kent , England to Sonia J. Copeland (who was born in India to an English physician father, Francis Copeland). Although he had originally thought that his father was South African Jewish lawyer Harry Bloom (who died in 1981), his mother revealed to Orlando in his teenage years that his biological father was not Bloom, but a family friend, Colin Stone. Bloom attended St Edmund's School in Canterbury, but struggled due to his Dyslexia . In 1993, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre , spending two seasons there and earning a scholarship to train at the British American Drama Academy . He had a television role in an episode of ''Midsomer Murders'' and made his film debut in '' Wilde '' (1997), opposite Stephen Fry , before entering the Guildhall School Of Music And Drama in London, where he studied - apart from acting - sculpture and photography. In 1998, he broke his back in a three story fall, and it was briefly feared that he would never walk again. However, he made a complete recovery and walked out of the hospital twelve days later. He had steel plates inserted into his backbone to support it, which have since been removed, except for a single screw. He regularly performs yoga and Pilates to strengthen his back. Career Shortly after graduation in 1999, he landed his first major role as '' was released. In the same year he was also chosen as one of the '' Teen People '' "25 Hottest Stars Under 25." He was named '' People '''s hottest Hollywood bachelor in the magazine's 2004 list. in '' Kingdom Of Heaven. '']] The cast of the ''Rings'' movies was nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the ''. Bloom has also won other various awards including Empire Awards and Teen Choice Award s, and has been nominated for many others. Because the two movies in which Orlando had starring roles in 2005, '' Kingdom Of Heaven '' and '' Elizabethtown '', were Box Office flops in the U.S. (although the former was a box office and critical success in Europe and the rest of the world), much talk circulated around Bloom as an example of the failure of recent Hollywood stars to bring in the money in the box office. Personal life Bloom has said that he uses the philosophies of Nichiren Buddhism in 2004, a religion that he has long associated himself with and is a full member of SGI-UK http://www.sgi-uk.org In February 2005, Bloom split up with girlfriend of two years, actress Kate Bosworth , only to reconcile six months later. Trivia
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