Elijah Wood
Acting
Born January 28, 1981 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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).
Films (103)
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027
Ready or Not: Here I Come
2026
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
2025
The Monkey
2025
Bookworm
2024
Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas
2023
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
2023
No Man of God
2021
Solar Noise
2020
Come to Daddy
2019
The Panama Papers
2018
The Postman Dreams 2
2017
78/52
2017
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
2017
The Trust
2016
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
Henry
2015
Behind Over the Garden Wall
2015
Made in Japan
2015
It's Better in Italian
2015
Set Fire to the Stars
2014
Cooties
2014
Why Horror?
2014
Open Windows
2014
This Must Be the Only Fantasy
2013
Mundos virtuales
2013
Tome of the Unknown
2013
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
2013
Grand Piano
2013
Pawn Shop Chronicles
2013
A Band Called Death
2013
Setup, Punch
2013
Maniac
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
The Ballad Of Danko Jones
2012
The Narrative of Victor Karloch
2012
Celeste & Jesse Forever
2012
Revenge for Jolly!
2012
Treasure Island
2012
Happy Feet Two
2011
Nightmare Factory
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Boobie
2011
WWII in HD: The Air War
2010
The Romantics
2010
The Heart is a Drum Machine
2010
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
9
2009
Operation Filmmaker
2008
The Oxford Murders
2008
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
2007
Day Zero
2007
Happy Feet
2006
Bobby
2006
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Green Street Hooligans
2005
Everything Is Illuminated
2005
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2005
Sin City
2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
From Book to Script: Finding the Story
2003
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
2003
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002
2002
Ash Wednesday
2002
Try Seventeen
2002
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
Quest for the Ring
2001
Chain of Fools
2001
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
2000
Black and White
1999
The Faculty
1998
Deep Impact
1998
The Ice Storm
1997
Oliver Twist
1997
Flipper
1996
The War
1994
North
1994
The Good Son
1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
Forever Young
1992
Day-O
1992
Radio Flyer
1992
The Witness
1992
Paradise
1991
Avalon
1990
Child in the Night
1990
Internal Affairs
1990
Back to the Future Part II
1989