Elijah Wood

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1981-01-28

Place of Birth

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

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).

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Acting History

2027
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum as Frodo Baggins
2026
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come as The Lawyer
2025
I Love LA as Elijah Wood
2025
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web as Adult Wilbur (voice)
2025
The Toxic Avenger Unrated as Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother
2025
The Monkey as Ted
2024
Bookworm as Strawn Wise
2023
Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas as Elijah Wood
2023
The Elephant 6 Recording Co. as Self
2023
I'm a Virgo as Studious Guy
2022
The Afterparty as 'Yasper'
2021
Yellowjackets as Walter (voice only)
2021
No Man of God as Bill Hagmaier
2020
Solar Noise as Self (archive footage)
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck
2020
Reunited Apart as Self
2019
Come to Daddy as Norval Greenwood
2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
2018
Star Wars Resistance as Jace Rucklin (voice)
2018
The Panama Papers as John Doe (voice)
2018
Summer Camp Island as Saxophone (voice)
2017
The Postman Dreams 2
2017
78/52 as Self
2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
2017
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore as Tony
2016
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency as Todd Brotzman
2016
The Trust as David Waters
2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as Self
2015
The Last Witch Hunter as Dolan 37th
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Henry
2015
Behind Over the Garden Wall as Self
2015
Made in Japan as Self (voice)
2015
Hot Ones as Self
2014
Set Fire to the Stars as John M. Brinnin
2014
Over the Garden Wall as Wirt (voice)
2014
Cooties as Clint
2014
Why Horror? as Animation VO (voice)
2014
Open Windows as Nick Chambers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
This Must Be the Only Fantasy as Trevor
2013
Mundos virtuales
2013
Tome of the Unknown as Wirt (voice)
2013
Maniac: The Making of Documentary as Self
2013
Grand Piano as Tom Selznick
2013
Pawn Shop Chronicles as Johnny Shaw
2013
A Band Called Death as Self
2013
Setup, Punch as Reuben Stein
2013
Peter Panzerfaust as Peter
2012
Maniac as Frank Zito
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Frodo Baggins
2012
The Ballad Of Danko Jones as Mouse
2012
The Narrative of Victor Karloch as William Merriwether
2012
Celeste & Jesse Forever as Scott
2012
Revenge for Jolly! as Thomas
2012
TRON: Uprising as Beck
2012
Double Fine Adventure as Himself
2012
Treasure Island as Ben Gunn
2012
Treasure Island as Ben Gunn
2011
Happy Feet Two as Mumble (voice)
2011
Nightmare Factory as Self
2011
Wilfred as Ryan Newman
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1)
2011
Boobie as James
2010
WWII in HD: The Air War as Andy Rooney (voice)
2010
Conan as Self
2010
The Romantics as Chip
2010
The Heart is a Drum Machine as Self
2009
Beyond All Boundaries as Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin
2009
9 as #9 (voice)
2009
Glenn Martin, DDS as Chester Chislehurst
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2008
Operation Filmmaker as Self
2008
The Oxford Murders as Martin
2007
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
Day Zero as Aaron Feller
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
Happy Feet as Mumble (voice)
2006
Freak Show as Freak Mart Squirrel
2006
Bobby as William Avary
2006
Paris Je T'aime as Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)
2005
The Colbert Report
2005
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie
2005
Made in Hollywood as Self
2005
Green Street Hooligans as Matt Buckner
2005
Everything Is Illuminated as Jonathan Safran Foer
2005
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust as Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice)
2005
Sin City as Kevin
2005
American Dad! as Ethan (voice)
2005
The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
2004
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! as Self
2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Patrick
2003
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision as Self
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Frodo
2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
2003
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' as Self
2003
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Tom Thumb (voice)
2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as The Guy
2003
Red vs. Blue as Sigma
2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
Punk'd as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Frodo
2002
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002 as Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts")
2002
Ash Wednesday as Sean Sullivan
2002
Try Seventeen as Jones
2002
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' as Self
2002
The Osbournes as Self
2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Frodo
2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
2001
Quest for the Ring as Self
2001
Primetime Glick
2001
Chain of Fools as Mikey
2000
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway as Barney Snow
1999
Black and White as Wren
1999
Family Guy as Elijah Wood (voice)
1998
The Faculty as Casey Connor
1998
TRL
1998
Deep Impact as Leo Biederman
1997
The Wonderful World of Disney as The Artful Dodger
1997
The Ice Storm as Mikey Carver
1997
Oliver Twist as The Artful Dodger
1997
Taff as self
1997
King of the Hill as Jason (voice)
1996
Adventures from the Book of Virtues as Icarus (voice)
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1996
Flipper as Sandy Ricks
1994
The War as Stu Simmons
1994
North as North
1994
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin as self
1993
The Good Son as Mark Evans
1993
Frasier as Ethan (voice)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn as Huck Finn
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1992
Forever Young as Nat Cooper
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Day-O as Day-O
1992
Radio Flyer as Mike
1992
The Witness as Little Boy
1991
Paradise as Willard Young
1990
Avalon as Michael Kaye
1990
Child in the Night as Luke
1990
Internal Affairs as Sean Stretch
1989
Back to the Future Part II as Video Game Boy
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953
The Oscars as Self
Among Us as Green (voice)
Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels as Pinocchio
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