Elijah Wood

Biography

Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He rose to international fame for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Wood made his film debut with a small part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). He went on to achieve recognition as a child actor with multiple roles such as Avalon (1990) and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in several films including North (1994), Flipper (1996), and The Ice Storm (1997). Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Paris, je t'aime (2006), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017). Wood's voice roles include Mumble in the Happy Feet film franchise (2006–2011), the title protagonist in 9 (2009), Spyro the Dragon in the Legend of Spyro video game trilogy (2006–2008), Beck on Disney XD's Tron: Uprising (2012–2013), Sigma in Season 10 of Red vs. Blue, and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). He played Ryan Newman on the FX dark comedy series Wilfred (2011–2014), for which he received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor, and Todd Brotzman in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017). Wood founded the record label Simian Records in 2005, which was dissolved in 2015. He directed the 2007 music video "Energy" for The Apples in Stereo. In 2010, Wood co-founded a film production company for horror films, The Woodshed, renamed SpectreVision in 2013. Wood is a disc jockey, and has toured globally with his friend Zach Cowie as the duo Wooden Wisdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elijah Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Patrick

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Frodo

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Frodo

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Frodo

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Video Game Boy

Back to the Future Part II

Kevin

Sin City

Jonathan Safran Foer

Everything Is Illuminated

Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts")

The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002

Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)

Paris, je t'aime

Michael Kaye

Avalon

Nat Cooper

Forever Young

William Avary

Bobby

Sean Stretch

Internal Affairs

Mikey

Chain of Fools

Mike

Radio Flyer

North

North

Leo Biederman

Deep Impact

Matt Buckner

Green Street Hooligans

Sean Sullivan

Ash Wednesday

#9 (voice)

9

Martin

The Oxford Murders

The Guy

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Mark Evans

The Good Son

Casey Connor

The Faculty

Mumble (voice)

Happy Feet

Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Chip

The Romantics

Sandy Ricks

Flipper

Jones

Try Seventeen

Tom Thumb (voice)

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1)

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Aaron Feller

Day Zero

Little Boy

The Witness

Frodo Baggins

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Mumble (voice)

Happy Feet Two

The Artful Dodger

Oliver Twist

Willard Young

Paradise

Mikey Carver

The Ice Storm

Self

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Stu Simmons

The War

Self

The Heart is a Drum Machine

Self

Operation Filmmaker

Scott

Celeste & Jesse Forever

Barney Snow

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

Frank

Maniac

L.A. Rush

Strawn Wise

Bookworm

Nick Chambers

Open Windows

Henry

Luke

Child in the Night

Self

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

Thomas

Revenge for Jolly!

Self

Maniac: The Making of Documentary

Self

Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories

Johnny Shaw

Pawn Shop Chronicles

Tom Selznick

Grand Piano

Clint

Cooties

Reuben Stein

Setup, Punch

Self

Nightmare Factory

Day-O

Day-O

Dolan 37th

The Last Witch Hunter

John M. Brinnin

Set Fire to the Stars

Trevor

This Must Be the Only Fantasy

Self (voice)

Made in Japan

Wirt (voice)

Tome of the Unknown

Self

The Elephant 6 Recording Co.

Pinocchio

Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels

Andy Rooney (voice)

WWII in HD: The Air War

David Waters

The Trust

Ted Hammerman

The Monkey

Mundos virtuales

Wren

Black and White

William Merriwether

The Narrative of Victor Karloch

Mouse

The Ballad Of Danko Jones

Self

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

Self

The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'

Self

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

Elijah Wood

Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas

Tony

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Self

78/52

Self

Quest for the Ring

Self

A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

John Doe (voice)

The Panama Papers

Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin

Beyond All Boundaries

Self

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

Norval Greenwood

Come to Daddy

Self

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

James

Boobie

Animation VO (voice)

Why Horror?

Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice)

I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust

Bill Hagmaier

No Man of God

Self

Behind Over the Garden Wall

Self (archive footage)

El ruido solar

Self

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

Fritz Garbinger

The Toxic Avenger

Self

A Band Called Death

Self (archive footage)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Self

Dominic Monaghan Interviews Elijah Wood

Frodo Baggins (archive footage)

Lord of the Piercing

The Making of The Two Towers

Self

The Making of the Return of the King

The Postman Dreams 2

Ready or Not: Here I Come

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1981-01-28

Place of Birth

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

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