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Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is a British actor. After having his breakthrough in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, he rose to fame by further appearing in epic fantasy, historical epic, and fantasy adventure films. His best-known roles include Legolas in the ''Lord of the Rings'' and ''Hobbit'' trilogies, Will Turner in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series, Paris in ''Troy'', and Balian de Ibelin in ''Kingdom of Heaven''. Bloom subsequently established himself as a leading man in Hollywood films such as ''Elizabethtown'', and appeared in ensemble films such as ''New York, I Love You'', and ''Main Street''. He made his professional stage debut in West End's ''In Celebration'' at the Duke of York's Theatre in 2007 and starred in a Broadway adaption of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 2013. In 2009, Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He has one child with Australian model Miranda Kerr, whom he married in 2010. They separated in 2013. ==Early life== Bloom was born at Canterbury in Kent in 1977, and was named after the 16th century composer Orlando Gibbons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.people.com/people/orlando_bloom/0,,,00.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/orlando-bloom/ )〕 He has one sister, Samantha Bloom, born in 1975. Orlando Bloom grew up believing that his biological father was his mother's husband, the Jewish South African-born anti-Apartheid novelist Harry Saul Bloom (1913–81), who died when Bloom was four years old. However, when he was 13 (nine years after Harry's death), Bloom's mother revealed to him that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, his mother's partner and family friend.〔〔("Orlando Bloom's sister denies feud" ), The Daily Telegraph, 28 June 2007〕〔 Stone, the principal of the Concorde International language school, was made Orlando Bloom's legal guardian after Harry Bloom's death.〔 Bloom's mother, Sonia Constance Josephine (''née'' Copeland), was born at Calcutta in India, the daughter of Francis John Copeland, a physician and surgeon, and Betty Constance Josephine (''née'' Walker). Through her, Bloom is a cousin of photographer Sebastian Copeland. Bloom's mother's family lived in Tasmania (Australia), Japan, and India, and were of English descent, some of them having originally come from Kent. Bloom was raised in the Church of England.〔(Independent Film Quarterly – IFQ Magazine Interview with Orlando Bloom )〕 He attended St Peter's Methodist Primary School, then the King's School and St Edmund's School in Canterbury. It was discovered that Bloom is dyslexic.〔 He was encouraged by his mother to take art and drama classes.〔 In 1993, he moved to London to follow a two-year A Level course in Drama, Photography and Sculpture at Fine Arts College, Hampstead. He then joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and earning a scholarship to train at the British American Drama Academy.〔 Bloom began acting professionally with television roles in episodes of ''Casualty'' and ''Midsomer Murders'',〔 and subsequently made his film debut in ''Wilde'' (1997), opposite Stephen Fry, before entering the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he studied acting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orlando Bloom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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