Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Born 1981-01-28 (age 45) Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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Biography

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.

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Known For

Ready or Not: Here I Come
Ready or Not: Here I Come

2026

as The Lawyer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Monkey
The Monkey

2025

as Ted

Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II

1989

as Video Game Boy

The Faculty
The Faculty

1998

as Casey Connor

9
9

2009

as #9 (voice)

Deep Impact
Deep Impact

1998

as Leo Biederman

The Last Witch Hunter
The Last Witch Hunter

2015

as Dolan 37th

Sin City
Sin City

2005

as Kevin

The Toxic Avenger Unrated
The Toxic Avenger Unrated

2025

as Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother

Happy Feet
Happy Feet

2006

as Mumble (voice)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Green Street Hooligans
Green Street Hooligans

2005

as Matt Buckner

Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet Two

2011

as Mumble (voice)

Bobby
Bobby

2006

as William Avary

Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime

2006

as Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)