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Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Birthday: 1981-01-28 | Place of Birth: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
No Man of God

as    Bill Hagmaier

2020
Come to Daddy

as    Norval Greenwood

2018
The Panama Papers

as    John Doe (voice)

2017
78/52

as    Self

2016
The Trust

as    David Waters

2016
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

as    Todd Brotzman

2015
Cooties

as    Clint

2015
The Last Witch Hunter

as    Dolan 37th

2015
Made in Japan

as    Himself (voice)

2014
Set Fire to the Stars

as    John M. Brinnin

2014
Open Windows

as    Nick Chambers

2014
Grand Piano

as    Tom Selznick

2014
Over the Garden Wall

as    Wirt (voice)

2013
Maniac

as    Frank

2013
Pawn Shop Chronicles

as    Johnny Shaw

2013
Peter Panzerfaust

as    Peter

2013
Setup, Punch

as    Reuben Stein

2013
A Band Called Death

as    Self

2013
Revenge for Jolly!

as    Thomas

2013
Tome of the Unknown

as    Wirt (voice)

2012
TRON: Uprising

as    Beck

2012
Treasure Island

as    Ben Gunn

2012
Treasure Island

as    Ben Gunn

2012
Celeste & Jesse Forever

as    Scott

2012
The Narrative of Victor Karloch

as    William Merriwether

2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited

as    Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1)

2011
Happy Feet Two

as    Mumble (voice)

2011
Wilfred

as    Ryan Newman

2011
Nightmare Factory

as    Self