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), 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.
Known for
Credits
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
as Frodo
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Frodo
Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026)
as The Lawyer
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
as Frodo
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
as Patrick
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
as Frodo Baggins
The Monkey (2025)
as Ted
9 (2009)
as #9 (voice)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
as Video Game Boy
The Faculty (1998)
as Casey Connor
Deep Impact (1998)
as Leo Biederman
Sin City (2005)
as Kevin
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
as The Guy
Happy Feet (2006)
as Mumble (voice)
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
as Dolan 37th
The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2025)
as Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother
Happy Feet Two (2011)
as Mumble (voice)
The Ice Storm (1997)
as Mikey Carver
Dominic Monaghan Interviews Elijah Wood (2004)
as Self
Green Street Hooligans (2005)
as Matt Buckner
The Good Son (1993)
as Mark Evans
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (2027)
as Frodo Baggins
Cooties (2014)
as Clint
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
as Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)
Forever Young (1992)
as Nat Cooper
North (1994)
as North
Radio Flyer (1992)
as Mike
Grand Piano (2013)
as Tom Selznick
Bobby (2006)
as William Avary
Internal Affairs (1990)
as Sean Stretch
Maniac (2012)
as Frank Zito
Flipper (1996)
as Sandy Ricks
The Trust (2016)
as David Waters
The War (1994)
as Stu Simmons
Open Windows (2014)
as Nick Chambers
Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013)
as Johnny Shaw
No Man of God (2021)
as Bill Hagmaier
Bookworm (2024)
as Strawn Wise
The Oxford Murders (2008)
as Martin
Black and White (1999)
as Wren
The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2003)
Actor
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
as Tony
78/52 (2017)
as Self
Day Zero (2007)
as Aaron Feller
Come to Daddy (2019)
as Norval Greenwood
The Romantics (2010)
as Chip
Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)
as Scott
Avalon (1990)
as Michael Kaye
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
as Huck Finn
Try Seventeen (2002)
as Jones
The Panama Papers (2018)
as John Doe (voice)
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1)
Oliver Twist (1997)
as The Artful Dodger
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
as Jonathan Safran Foer
Chain of Fools (2001)
as Mikey
Why Horror? (2014)
as Animation VO (voice)
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001)
as Self
Beyond All Boundaries (2009)
as Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin
Paradise (1991)
as Willard Young
Ash Wednesday (2002)
as Sean Sullivan
Revenge for Jolly! (2012)
as Thomas
Day-O (1992)
as Day-O
The Witness (1992)
as Little Boy
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2003)
as Tom Thumb (voice)
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005)
as Self
Nightmare Factory (2011)
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design (2002)
as Self
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2002)
as Self
Quest for the Ring (2001)
as Self
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past (—)
as Frodo
The Making of 'The Return of the King' (2004)
as Self
Child in the Night (1990)
as Luke
A Band Called Death (2013)
as Self
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003)
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (2002)
as Self
Tome of the Unknown (2013)
as Wirt (voice)
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script (2002)
as Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004)
as Self
Setup, Punch (2013)
as Reuben Stein
L.A. Rush (—)
Actor
Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
as John M. Brinnin
Operation Filmmaker (2008)
as Self
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision (2003)
as Self
Mundos virtuales (2013)
Actor
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth (2002)
as Self
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust (2005)
as Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice)
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (2000)
as Barney Snow
The Narrative of Victor Karloch (2012)
as William Merriwether
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale (2002)
as Self
The Death and Return of Superman (2011)
as Cyborg Superman/Hank Henshaw
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' (2003)
as Self
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Actor
Made in Japan (2015)
as Self (voice)
WWII in HD: The Air War (2010)
as Andy Rooney (voice)
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. (2002)
as Self
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! (2004)
as Self
Solar Noise (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
It's Better in Italian (2015)
as Self
Henry (2015)
Actor
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm (2007)
as Self
Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas (2023)
as Elijah Wood
From Book to Script: Finding the Story (2003)
as Self
This Must Be the Only Fantasy (2013)
as Trevor
The Postman Dreams 2 (2017)
Actor
The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (2023)
as Self
A Day in the Life of a Hobbit (2002)
as Self
The Heart is a Drum Machine (2010)
as Self
Maniac: The Making of Documentary (2013)
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Visualizing the Story (2002)
as Self
The Ballad Of Danko Jones (2012)
as Mouse
Behind Over the Garden Wall (2015)
as Self
Boobie (2011)
as James
The Soundscapes of Middle-earth (2002)
as Self
Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels (—)
as Pinocchio
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002 (2002)
as Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts")