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Elijah Wood
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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…
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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.
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Elijah Wood's Filmography
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The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
as Frodo Baggins
The Story of Wilfred
as Self
Ready or Not: Here I Come
as The Lawyer
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
as Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother
The Monkey
as Ted
Bookworm
as Strawn Wise
Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas
as Elijah Wood
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
as Self
No Man of God
as Bill Hagmaier
Solar Noise
as Self (archive footage)
Come to Daddy
as Norval Greenwood
The Panama Papers
as John Doe (voice)
The Postman Dreams 2
78/52
as Self
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
as Tony
The Trust
as David Waters
The Last Witch Hunter
as Dolan 37th
Henry
Behind Over the Garden Wall
as Self
Made in Japan
as Self (voice)
It's Better in Italian
as Self
Set Fire to the Stars
as John M. Brinnin
Cooties
as Clint
Why Horror?
as Animation VO (voice)
Open Windows
as Nick Chambers
This Must Be the Only Fantasy
as Trevor
Mundos virtuales
Tome of the Unknown
as Wirt (voice)
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
as Self
Grand Piano
as Tom Selznick
Pawn Shop Chronicles
as Johnny Shaw
A Band Called Death
as Self
Setup, Punch
as Reuben Stein
Maniac
as Frank Zito
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Frodo Baggins
The Ballad Of Danko Jones
as Mouse
The Narrative of Victor Karloch
as William Merriwether
Celeste & Jesse Forever
as Scott
Revenge for Jolly!
as Thomas
Treasure Island
as Ben Gunn
The Death and Return of Superman
as Cyborg Superman / Hank Henshaw
Happy Feet Two
as Mumble (voice)
Nightmare Factory
as Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1)
Boobie
as James
WWII in HD: The Air War
as Andy Rooney (voice)
The Romantics
as Chip
The Heart is a Drum Machine
as Self
Beyond All Boundaries
as Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin
9
as #9 (voice)
Operation Filmmaker
as Self
The Oxford Murders
as Martin
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
as Self
Day Zero
as Aaron Feller
Happy Feet
as Mumble (voice)
Bobby
as William Avary
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
as Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
as Self
Paris Je T'aime
as Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)
Green Street Hooligans
as Matt Buckner
Everything Is Illuminated
as Jonathan Safran Foer
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
as Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice)
Sin City
as Kevin
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
as Self
Dominic Monaghan Interviews Elijah Wood
as Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
as Self
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Patrick
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Frodo
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
as Self
The Two Towers: From Book to Script: Finding the Story
as Self
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
as Self
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
as Tom Thumb (voice)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as The Guy
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Frodo
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Of Videos 1992-2002
as Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts")
The Fellowship of the Ring: A Day in the Life of a Hobbit
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Soundscapes of Middle-earth
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
as Self
Ash Wednesday
as Sean Sullivan
Try Seventeen
as Jones
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Frodo
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
as Self
Quest for the Ring
as Self
Chain of Fools
as Mikey
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
as Barney Snow
Black and White
as Wren
The Faculty
as Casey
Deep Impact
as Leo Biederman
The Ice Storm
as Mikey Carver
Oliver Twist
as The Artful Dodger
Flipper
as Sandy Ricks
The War
as Stu Simmons
North
as North
The Good Son
as Mark Evans
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Huck Finn
Forever Young
as Nat Cooper
Day-O
as Day-O
Radio Flyer
as Mike
No Poster
The Witness
as Little Boy
Paradise
as Willard Young
Avalon
as Michael Kaye
Child in the Night
as Luke
Internal Affairs
as Sean
Back to the Future Part II
as Video Game Boy
The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past
as Frodo
L.A. Rush
No Poster
Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels
as Pinocchio