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
Back to the Future Part II
Sin City
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Showbiz Kids
The Romantics
9
Robot Chicken
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Internal Affairs
Deep Impact
The Last Witch Hunter
Funny or Die Presents
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
The Good Son
The Trust
MADtv
TRON: Uprising
Tron: Uprising - Beck's Beginning
Happy Feet Two
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Over the Garden Wall
No Man of God
Saturday Night Live
Day Zero
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Wilfred
Happy Feet
The Faculty
Production Credits
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