Elijah Wood
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Biography
Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He is best known 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 roles in Avalon (1990), Paradise (1991), Radio Flyer (1992), Forever Young (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in films such as North (1994), The War (1994), Flipper (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), and The Faculty (1998). Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City (2005), Green Street Hooligans (2005), Everything Is Illuminated (2005), Paris, je t'aime (2006), Bobby (2006), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), Maniac (2012), Grand Piano, Cooties, The Last Witch Hunter (2015), The Trust (2016), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017), and Come to Daddy (2019).
Wood's voice roles include Mumble in Happy Feet (2006) and its sequel (2011), the title character 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), and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). He also 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).
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report
The Wonderful World of Disney
Yellowjackets
The Daily Show
Frasier
The Afterparty
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Primetime Glick
King of the Hill
Star Wars Resistance
Family Guy
Talking with Chris Hardwick
American Dad!
Freak Show
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Summer Camp Island
The Oscars
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Sin City
Back to the Future Part II
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Showbiz Kids
The Romantics
Robot Chicken
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Internal Affairs
The Last Witch Hunter
Deep Impact
Funny or Die Presents
The Faculty
MADtv
The Good Son
TRON: Uprising
The Trust
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
9
Happy Feet
Over the Garden Wall
Wilfred
Saturday Night Live
No Man of God
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Tron: Uprising - Beck's Beginning
Happy Feet Two
Day Zero
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Production Credits
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