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Elijah Wood

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Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood is an actor born on January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. GloboWatch shows where to watch 4 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
January 28, 1981
Place of birth
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Also known as
Elijah Jordan Wood · Lij

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elijah Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

  1. 2026Among Usas Green (voice) · 10 episodes
  2. 2026Ready or Not: Here I Comeas The Lawyer
  3. 2025The Toxic Avenger Unratedas Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother
  4. 2025The Monkeyas Ted
  5. 2022The Afterpartyas 'Yasper' · 1 episode
  6. 2021Yellowjacketsas Walter · 14 episodes
  7. 2021No Man of Godas Bill Hagmaier · Producer
  8. 2020Color Out of SpaceProducer
  9. 2019Daniel Isn't RealProducer
  10. 2019Come to Daddyas Norval Greenwood
  11. 2018Star Wars Resistanceas Jace Rucklin (voice) · 10 episodes
  12. 2018MandyProducer
  13. 2017I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymoreas Tony
  14. 2016Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agencyas Todd Brotzman · 18 episodes
  15. 2016The Greasy StranglerProducer
  16. 2016The Trustas David Waters
  17. 2015The Last Witch Hunteras Dolan 37th
  18. 2015The BoyProducer
  19. 2014A Girl Walks Home Alone at NightExecutive producer
  20. 2014Over the Garden Wallas Wirt (voice) · 10 episodes
  21. 2014Cootiesas Clint · Producer
  22. 2014Open Windowsas Nick Chambers · Executive producer
  23. 2013Grand Pianoas Tom Selznick
  24. 2013Pawn Shop Chroniclesas Johnny Shaw
  25. 2012Maniacas Frank Zito
  26. 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyas Frodo Baggins
  27. 2012Celeste & Jesse Foreveras Scott
  28. 2012TRON: Uprisingas Beck · 18 episodes
  29. 2011Happy Feet Twoas Mumble (voice)
  30. 2011Wilfredas Ryan Newman · 49 episodes
  31. 2010The Romanticsas Chip
  32. 20099as #9 (voice)
  33. 2008The Oxford Murdersas Martin
  34. 2006Happy Feetas Mumble (voice)
  35. 2006Bobbyas William Avary
  36. 2006Paris Je T'aimeas Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)
  37. 2005Green Street Hooligansas Matt Buckner
  38. 2005Everything Is Illuminatedas Jonathan Safran Foer
  39. 2005Sin Cityas Kevin
  40. 2005American Dad!as Ethan (voice) · 1 episode
  41. 2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mindas Patrick
  42. 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingas Frodo
  43. 2003Spy Kids 3-D: Game Overas The Guy
  44. 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towersas Frodo
  45. 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringas Frodo
  46. 1999Family Guyas Elijah Wood (voice) · 1 episode
  47. 1998The Facultyas Casey
  48. 1998Deep Impactas Leo Biederman
  49. 1997The Ice Stormas Mikey Carver
  50. 1997King of the Hillas Jason (voice) · 1 episode
  51. 1996Flipperas Sandy Ricks
  52. 1994The Waras Stu Simmons
  53. 1994Northas North
  54. 1993The Good Sonas Mark Evans
  55. 1993Frasieras Ethan (voice) · 1 episode
  56. 1993The Adventures of Huck Finnas Huck Finn
  57. 1992Forever Youngas Nat Cooper
  58. 1992Radio Flyeras Mike
  59. 1990Internal Affairsas Sean
  60. 1989Back to the Future Part IIas Video Game Boy