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Elijah Wood
Actor, Producer
Born January 28, 1981 (41 years)
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).
Filmography
| 2021 | No Man of God · as Bill Hagmaier |
| 2021 | Yellowjackets (TV Series) · as Walter |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Prince Humperdinck |
| 2019 | Come to Daddy · as Norval Greenwood |
| 2018 | The Panama Papers · as Narrator |
| 2018 | Summer Camp Island (TV Series) · as Saxophone (voice) |
| 2018 | Star Wars Resistance (TV Series) · as Jace Rucklin (voice) |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | The Trust · as David Waters |
| 2016 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV Series) · as Todd Brotzman |
| 2015 | The Last Witch Hunter · as Dolan 37th |
| 2014 | Cooties · as Clint |
| 2014 | Set Fire to the Stars · as John M. Brinnin |
| 2014 | Why Horror? · as Animation VO (voice) |
| 2014 | Over the Garden Wall (TV Series) · as Wirt (voice) |
| 2014 | Open Windows · as Nick Chambers |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises · as Sone |
| 2013 | Pawn Shop Chronicles · as Johnny Shaw |
| 2013 | Grand Piano · as Tom Selznick |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as John Raines |
| 2013 | Knife Fight (TV Series) · as Actor |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · as Frodo |
| 2012 | Celeste & Jesse Forever · as Scott |
| 2012 | Maniac · as Frank |
| 2012 | Revenge for Jolly! · as Thomas |
| 2012 | The Narrative of Victor Karloch · as William Merriwether |
| 2012 | Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Ben Gunn |
| 2012 | Tron: Uprising (TV Series) · as Beck |
| 2012 | Treasure Island · as Ben Gunn |
| 2011 | Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited · as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1) |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two · as Mumble (voice) |
| 2011 | The Death and Return of Superman · as Cyborg Superman |
| 2011 | Wilfred (US) (TV Series) · as Ryan Newman |
| 2010 | The Romantics · as Chip |
| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) · as James |
| 2009 | 9 · as 9 (voice) |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin DDS (TV Series) · as Chester Chislehurst |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders · as Martin |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Yo Gabba Gabba! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime · as Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine) |
| 2006 | Happy Feet · as Mumble (voice) |
| 2006 | Bobby · as William Avary |
| 2006 | Freak Show (TV Series) · as Freak Mart Squirrel |
| 2005 | Sin City · as Kevin |
| 2005 | Everything Is Illuminated · as Jonathan Safran Foer |
| 2005 | Green Street Hooligans · as Matt Buckner |
| 2005 | Ringers: Lord of the Fans · as Unknown |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | The Friday Night Project (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Ethan (voice) |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · as Patrick |
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| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over · as The Guy |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Red vs. Blue (TV Series) · as Sigma |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Frodo |
| 2002 | Try Seventeen · as Jones |
| 2002 | Ash Wednesday · as Sean Sullivan |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina · as Tom Thumb (voice) |
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| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Bailiff |
| 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 | Deep Impact · as Leo Biederman |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm · as Mikey Carver |
| 1997 | Oliver Twist · as The Artful Dodger |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as The Artful Dodger |
| 1997 | Franklin (TV Series) · as Coyote |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Jason (voice) |
| 1996 | Flipper · as Sandy Ricks |
| 1996 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV Series) · as Icarus (voice) |
| 1994 | North · as North |
| 1994 | The War · as Stu Simmons |
| 1993 | The Good Son · as Mark Evans |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn · as Huck Finn |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life On The Street (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Ethan (voice) |
| 1992 | Forever Young · as Nat Cooper |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Radio Flyer · as Mike |
| 1991 | Paradise · as Willard Young |
| 1990 | Avalon · as Michael Kaye |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs · as Sean Stretch |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II · as Video Game Boy |
The Toxic Avenger · as Unknown |