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He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film series — He reprised his role in The Hobbit film series — Considered by some to be the Errol Flynn of his time, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] he gained further notice appearing in epic fantasy, historical, and adventure films, notably as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series —07, , Paris in Troy , Balian de Ibelin in Kingdom of Heaven , and the Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers In he gained acclaim for the Afghanistan War drama film The Outpost However, when he was thirteen, Bloom's mother revealed to him that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, Harry Bloom's student and family friend.

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Bloom was brought up in the Church of England. Bloom was discovered to be dyslexic , [ 14 ] [ 19 ] and was encouraged by his mother to take art and drama classes. He then joined the National Youth Theatre , spending two seasons there and earning a scholarship to train at the British American Drama Academy. Bloom's first appearance on the screen was in a small role, as a rent boy , in the film Wilde.

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Two days after graduating from Guildhall in , [ 22 ] he was cast in his first major role, playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy — While shooting a scene, he broke a rib after falling off a horse, but eventually recovered and continued shooting. In , he was chosen as one of the Teen People "25 Hottest Stars Under 25", despite him having turned 25, and was named People 's hottest Hollywood bachelor in the magazine's list.

Most of Bloom's box office successes have been as part of an ensemble cast. He subsequently played the lead roles in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven and Cameron Crowe 's Elizabethtown , both released in , and starred in the film Haven , for which he also served as executive producer. In , Bloom was one of the guest stars in the sitcom Extras , in which he portrayed an exaggeratedly arrogant, narcissistic version of himself who had a great loathing for Johnny Depp his co-star in Pirates of the Caribbean.