Elijah Wood
Biography
Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He rose to international fame 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 multiple roles such as Avalon (1990) and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in several films including North (1994), Flipper (1996), and The Ice Storm (1997). Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Paris, je t'aime (2006), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017).
Wood's voice roles include Mumble in the Happy Feet film franchise (2006–2011), the title protagonist 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), Sigma in Season 10 of Red vs. Blue, and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). He 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).
Acting (94 movies)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Sin City
2005
Everything Is Illuminated
2005
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002
2002
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Avalon
1990
Forever Young
1992
Bobby
2006
Internal Affairs
1990
Chain of Fools
2001
Radio Flyer
1992
North
1994
Deep Impact
1998
Green Street Hooligans
2005
Ash Wednesday
2002
9
2009
The Oxford Murders
2008
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
The Good Son
1993
The Faculty
1998
Happy Feet
2006
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
The Romantics
2010
Flipper
1996
Try Seventeen
2002
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Day Zero
2007
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
Happy Feet Two
2011
Oliver Twist
1997
Paradise
1991
The Ice Storm
1997
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
The War
1994
The Heart is a Drum Machine
2010
Operation Filmmaker
2008
Celeste & Jesse Forever
2012
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
2000
Maniac
2012
Bookworm
2024
Open Windows
2014
Henry
2015
Child in the Night
1990
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004
Revenge for Jolly!
2012
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
2013
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
2003
Pawn Shop Chronicles
2013
Grand Piano
2013
Cooties
2014
Setup, Punch
2013
Nightmare Factory
2011
Day-O
1992
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
Set Fire to the Stars
2014
This Must Be the Only Fantasy
2013
Made in Japan
2015
Tome of the Unknown
2013
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
2023
WWII in HD: The Air War
2010
The Trust
2016
The Monkey
2025
Black and White
1999
The Ballad Of Danko Jones
2012
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas
2023
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
2017
78/52
2017
Quest for the Ring
2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
The Panama Papers
2018
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
Come to Daddy
2019
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Boobie
2011
Why Horror?
2014
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2005
No Man of God
2021
Behind Over the Garden Wall
2015
Solar Noise
2020
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
2002
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
2025
A Band Called Death
2013
The Making of The Two Towers
2003
The Making of the Return of the King
2004
The Postman Dreams 2
2017
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| LFO | 2013 | Executive Producer |
| Toad Road | 2013 | Executive Producer |
| Open Windows | 2014 | Executive Producer |
| Cooties | 2014 | Producer |
| A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | 2014 | Executive Producer |
| Made in Japan | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| The Boy | 2015 | Producer |
| The Greasy Strangler | 2016 | Producer |
| Bitch | 2017 | Producer |
| Mandy | 2018 | Producer |
| Daniel Isn't Real | 2019 | Producer |
| Color Out of Space | 2020 | Producer |
| Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss | 2020 | Producer |
| Archenemy | 2020 | Producer |
| No Man of God | 2021 | Producer |
| Welcome Space Brothers | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Bookworm | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Ebony & Ivory | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Rabbit Trap | 2025 | Producer |
| Dawning | 2025 | Executive Producer |