Elijah Wood
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 28, 1981
- Birthplace
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elijah Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- The Land of Nod
The Land of Nod TBA
Producer
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes TBA
Producer
- Untitled 1408 Sequel
Untitled 1408 Sequel TBA
Actor
The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past TBA
as Frodo
- Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels
Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels TBA
as Pinocchio
L.A. Rush TBA
Actor
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum 2027
as Frodo Baggins
The Story of Wilfred 2026
as Self
Ready or Not: Here I Come 2026
as The Lawyer
Dawning 2025
Executive Producer
Rabbit Trap 2025
Producer
The Toxic Avenger Unrated 2025
as Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother
Ebony & Ivory 2025
Executive Producer
The Monkey 2025
as Ted
Bookworm 2024
as Strawn Wise, Executive Producer
Welcome Space Brothers 2023
Executive Producer
Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas 2023
as Elijah Wood
The Elephant 6 Recording Co. 2023
as Self
No Man of God 2021
as Bill Hagmaier, Producer
Archenemy 2020
Producer
Solar Noise 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss 2020
Producer
Color Out of Space 2020
Producer
Daniel Isn't Real 2019
Producer
Come to Daddy 2019
as Norval Greenwood
The Panama Papers 2018
as John Doe (voice)
Mandy 2018
Producer
The Postman Dreams 2 2017
Actor
78/52 2017
as Self
Bitch 2017
Producer
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore 2017
as Tony
The Greasy Strangler 2016
Producer
The Trust 2016
as David Waters
The Last Witch Hunter 2015
as Dolan 37th
The Boy 2015
Producer
Henry 2015
Actor
Behind Over the Garden Wall 2015
as Self
Made in Japan 2015
as Self (voice), Executive Producer
Deep Web 2015
Thanks
It's Better in Italian 2015
as Self
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 2014
Executive Producer
Set Fire to the Stars 2014
as John M. Brinnin, Co-Producer
Cooties 2014
as Clint, Producer
Why Horror? 2014
as Animation VO (voice)
Open Windows 2014
as Nick Chambers, Executive Producer
This Must Be the Only Fantasy 2013
as Trevor
Mundos virtuales 2013
Actor
Toad Road 2013
Executive Producer
Tome of the Unknown 2013
as Wirt (voice)
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013
Thanks
Maniac: The Making of Documentary 2013
as Self
Grand Piano 2013
as Tom Selznick
LFO 2013
Executive Producer
Pawn Shop Chronicles 2013
as Johnny Shaw
A Band Called Death 2013
as Self
Setup, Punch 2013
as Reuben Stein
Maniac 2012
as Frank Zito
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012
as Frodo Baggins
The Ballad Of Danko Jones 2012
as Mouse
The Narrative of Victor Karloch 2012
as William Merriwether
Celeste & Jesse Forever 2012
as Scott
Revenge for Jolly! 2012
as Thomas
Treasure Island 2012
as Ben Gunn
The Death and Return of Superman 2011
as Cyborg Superman / Hank Henshaw
Happy Feet Two 2011
as Mumble (voice)
Nightmare Factory 2011
as Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited 2011
as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1)
Boobie 2011
as James
WWII in HD: The Air War 2010
as Andy Rooney (voice)
The Romantics 2010
as Chip
The Heart is a Drum Machine 2010
as Self
Beyond All Boundaries 2009
as Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin
9 2009
as #9 (voice)
Operation Filmmaker 2008
as Self
The Oxford Murders 2008
as Martin
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm 2007
as Self
Day Zero 2007
as Aaron Feller
Happy Feet 2006
as Mumble (voice)
Bobby 2006
as William Avary
The Making of The Return of the King 2006
as Self
The Making of The Two Towers 2006
as Self
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring 2006
as Self
Paris Je T'aime 2006
as Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)
Green Street Hooligans 2005
as Matt Buckner
Everything Is Illuminated 2005
as Jonathan Safran Foer
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust 2005
as Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice)
Sin City 2005
as Kevin
Ringers: Lord of the Fans 2005
as Self
Dominic Monaghan Interviews Elijah Wood 2004
as Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' 2004
as Self
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
Actor
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! 2004
as Self
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
as Patrick
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision 2003
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
as Frodo
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King 2003
as Self
The Two Towers: Designing Middle-earth 2003
as Self
The Two Towers: From Book to Script: Finding the Story 2003
as Self
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' 2003
as Self
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina 2003
as Tom Thumb (voice)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 2003
as The Guy
The Long and Short of It 2003
First Assistant Director
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
as Frodo
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Of Videos 1992-2002 2002
as Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts")
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Soundscapes of Middle-earth 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: A Day in the Life of a Hobbit 2002
as Self
Ash Wednesday 2002
as Sean Sullivan
Try Seventeen 2002
as Jones
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
as Frodo
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' 2001
as Self
Quest for the Ring 2001
as Self
Chain of Fools 2001
as Mikey
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway 2000
as Barney Snow
Black and White 1999
as Wren
The Faculty 1998
as Casey
Deep Impact 1998
as Leo Biederman
The Ice Storm 1997
as Mikey Carver
Oliver Twist 1997
as The Artful Dodger
Flipper 1996
as Sandy Ricks
The War 1994
as Stu Simmons
North 1994
as North
The Good Son 1993
as Mark Evans
The Adventures of Huck Finn 1993
as Huck Finn
Forever Young 1992
as Nat Cooper
Day-O 1992
as Day-O
Radio Flyer 1992
as Mike
- The Witness
The Witness 1992
as Little Boy
Paradise 1991
as Willard Young
Avalon 1990
as Michael Kaye
Child in the Night 1990
as Luke
Internal Affairs 1990
as Sean
Back to the Future Part II 1989
as Video Game Boy
Credits from TMDB.