Orlando Bloom's Bio!
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England on January 13th,1977 to South African Jewish lawyer Harry Bloom and Sonia J. Copeland, who was born in India to an English physician father, doctor Frances Copeland. In his teens, Orlando discovered that his biological father was not Harry Bloom, but rather the family friend Colin Stone. Orlando attended St. Edmunds School in Canterbury, but struggled due to his slight 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 few television roles and made his film debut in Wilde (1997), before entering the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 1998, he broke his back in a three story fall, and briefly feared that he would never walk again. However, he made a complete recovery and walked out of the hospital thirteen days later. He had metal 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.
While also still in drama school he landed his first major role as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003). This turned Bloom from an unknown actor into one of world's hottest celebrities. In the year 2002 he was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25", and he was named People Magazine's hottest Hollywood bachelor in 2004. The cast of the Lord of the Rings movies was nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for three years in a row. They finally won in 2003, for the third film The Return of the King. Bloom has also won other various Empire and Teen Choice Awards, and has been nominated for many others.
Bloom has said that he uses the philosophies of Nichiren Buddhism in 2004, a religion that he has long associated himself with.
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