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Elijah Wood
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn January 28, 1981 (45 years)
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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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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Filmography
| 2027 | The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum · as Frodo Baggins |
| 2026 | Ready or Not 2: Here I Come · as The Lawyer |
| 2025 | E.B. White's Charlotte's Web (TV Series) · as Adult Wilbur (voice) |
| 2025 | The Monkey · as Ted |
| 2025 | Among Us (TV Series) · as Green (voice) |
| 2024 | Bookworm · as Strawn Wise |
| 2023 | The Toxic Avenger · as Fritz Garbinger, His Creepy Brother |
| 2023 | I'm a Virgo (TV Series) · as Studious Guy |
| 2022 | The Afterparty (TV Series) · as 'yasper' |
| 2021 | Yellowjackets (TV Series) · as Walter (voice Only) |
| 2021 | No Man of God · as Bill Hagmaier |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Prince Humperdinck |
| 2019 | Come to Daddy · as Norval Greenwood |
| 2018 | Star Wars Resistance (TV Series) · as Jace Rucklin (voice) |
| 2018 | The Panama Papers · as John Doe (voice) |
| 2018 | Summer Camp Island (TV Series) · as Saxophone (voice) |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV Series) · as Todd Brotzman |
| 2016 | The Trust · as David Waters |
| 2015 | The Last Witch Hunter · as Dolan 37th |
| 2014 | Set Fire to the Stars · as John M. Brinnin |
| 2014 | Over the Garden Wall (TV Series) · as Wirt (voice) |
| 2014 | Cooties · as Clint |
| 2014 | Why Horror? · as Animation Vo (voice) |
| 2014 | Open Windows · as Nick Chambers |
| 2013 | Grand Piano · as Tom Selznick |
| 2013 | Tome of the Unknown · as Wirt (voice) |
| 2013 | Knife Fight (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Pawn Shop Chronicles · as Johnny Shaw |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Percy Shelley |
| 2013 | Peter Panzerfaust (TV Series) · as Peter |
| 2012 | Maniac · as Frank Zito |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · as Frodo Baggins |
| 2012 | The Narrative of Victor Karloch · as William Merriwether |
| 2012 | Celeste & Jesse Forever · as Scott |
| 2012 | Revenge for Jolly! · as Thomas |
| 2012 | Tron: Uprising (TV Series) · as Beck |
| 2012 | Treasure Island (2012) (TV Series) · as Ben Gunn |
| 2011 | The Death and Return of Superman · as Cyborg Superman |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two · as Mumble (voice) |
| 2011 | Wilfred (US) (TV Series) · as Ryan Newman |
| 2011 | Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited · as Ad-Rock (b-Boys 1) |
| 2010 | WWII in HD: The Air War · as Andy Rooney (voice) |
| 2010 | The Romantics · as Chip |
| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) · as James (segment: Boobie) |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries · as Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin |
| 2009 | Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen · as Frodo Baggins |
| 2009 | 9 · as #9 (voice) |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin DDS (TV Series) · as Chester Chislehurst |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders · as Martin |
| 2007 | Yo Gabba Gabba! (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Day Zero · as Aaron Feller |
| 2006 | Bobby · as William Avary |
| 2006 | Happy Feet · as Mumble (voice) |
| 2006 | Freak Show (TV Series) · as Freak Mart Squirrel |
| 2006 | Paris, Je T'aime · as Le Garçon (quartier De La Madeleine) |
| 2005 | Everything Is Illuminated · as Jonathan Safran Foer |
| 2005 | Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Green Street Hooligans · as Matt Buckner |
| 2005 | I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust · as Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice) |
| 2005 | Sin City · as Kevin |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Bailiff |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Ethan (voice) |
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| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · as Patrick |
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| 2003 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over · as The Guy |
| 2003 | Red vs. Blue (TV Series) · as Sigma |
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| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Frodo |
| 2002 | The Cranberries: The Best Videos 1992-2002 · as Boy With Hearphones (segment "ridiculous Thoughts") |
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| 2002 | Ash Wednesday · as Sean Sullivan |
| 2002 | All I Want · as Jones |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina · as Tom Thumb (voice) |
| 2002 | Lord of the Piercing · as Frodo |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Primetime Glick (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Chain of Fools · as Mikey |
| 1999 | The Bumblebee Flies Anyway · as Barney Snow |
| 1999 | Black & White · as Wren |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Elijah Wood (voice) |
| 1998 | The Faculty · as Casey Connor |
| 1998 | TRL (2017) (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Deep Impact · as Leo Biederman |
| 1997 | Oliver Twist · as The Artful Dodger |
| 1997 | Franklin (TV Series) · as Coyote |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as The Artful Dodger |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm · as Mikey Carver |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Jason (voice) |
| 1996 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV Series) · as Icarus (voice) |
| 1996 | Flipper · as Sandy Ricks |
| 1994 | The War · as Stu Simmons |
| 1994 | North · as North |
| 1993 | The Good Son · as Mark Evans |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Ethan (voice) |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn · as Huck Finn |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) · as Mcphee Broadman |
| 1992 | Forever Young · as Nat Cooper |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Mumble |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Day-O · as Day-O |
| 1992 | Radio Flyer · as Mike |
| 1991 | Paradise · as Willard Young |
| 1990 | Avalon · as Michael Kaye |
| 1990 | Child in the Night · as Luke |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs · as Sean Stretch |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II · as Video Game Boy |