
Elijah Wood
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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).
Known For

Saturday Night Live

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Oscars

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Colbert Report

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Daily Show

Frasier

The Afterparty

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Primetime Glick

King of the Hill

Star Wars Resistance

Family Guy

Yellowjackets

Talking with Chris Hardwick

American Dad!

I'm a Virgo

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Freak Show

Summer Camp Island

Eli Roth's History of Horror

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Back to the Future Part II

Sin City

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Showbiz Kids

The Romantics

Untitled Rachel Sennott Comedy Series

The Monkey

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Internal Affairs

Ash Wednesday

Among Us

Robot Chicken

Deep Impact

The Last Witch Hunter

Funny or Die Presents

TRON: Uprising

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

The Good Son

The Trust

The Faculty

MADtv

Over the Garden Wall

No Man of God

Wilfred

Homicide: Life on the Street

Day Zero

9

The Adventures of Huck Finn

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet

Cooties

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Production Credits
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