Elijah Wood

Known for ActingBorn 1981-01-28 (age 45)Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. A prominent child actor of the 1990s and a prolific figure in major studio features of the early 2000s, he earned accolades including two Saturn Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award. Wood made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989) at the age of eight and achieved recognition in the early 1990s as a child actor with roles such as Avalon (1990), Forever Young (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in the films North (1994), The War (1994), Flipper (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), and The Faculty (1998). Wood achieved international fame in the early 2000s for playing the hobbit Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy(2001–2003), based on the classic fantasy novel of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. As an adult, Wood appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City (2005), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017). He has had voice roles in projects such as Happy Feet (2006), The Legend of Spyro (2006–2008), 9 (2009), Tron: Uprising (2012–2013), and Over the Garden Wall (2014). On television, Wood starred in the series Wilfred (2011–2014), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017), and Yellowjackets (2023–2025). 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 horror film production company, The Woodshed, which was renamed SpectreVision in 2014. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Among Us

Boobie

From Book to Script: Finding the Story

The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 1: From Book to Vision

Double Fine Adventure

Among Us

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

Over the Garden Wall

WWII in HD: The Air War

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Dawning

Adventures from the Book of Virtues

Talking with Chris Hardwick

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

Homicide: Life on the Street

The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002

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

Ready or Not: Here I Come

Summer Camp Island

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Yellowjackets

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Back to the Future Part II

Wilfred

Frasier

TRON: Uprising

Sin City

Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie

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

Red vs. Blue

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Tome of the Unknown

Family Guy

King of the Hill

Green Street Hooligans

78/52

The Afterparty

A Band Called Death

Everything Is Illuminated

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nightmare Factory

Conan

The Graham Norton Show