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