Elijah Wood

American Actor
Elijah Wood is an American actor and producer best known for his role as Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He started his acting career as a child and has since appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Wood has also done voice work for animated films and TV shows.

About Elijah Wood

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), The War (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).

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 film production company for horror films, The Woodshed, renamed SpectreVision in 2013. Wood is a disc jockey, and has toured globally with his friend Zach Cowie as the duo Wooden Wisdom.

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Frequently asked questions about Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Elijah Wood was born on January 28, 1981.

Elijah Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Paris, je t’aime, and I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore.

Elijah Wood has done voice work for animated films and TV shows, including the Happy Feet film franchise, the video game trilogy The Legend of Spyro, and the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall.

Elijah Wood founded the record label Simian Records in 2005, which was later dissolved in 2015. He also co-founded a film production company for horror films, The Woodshed, which was later renamed SpectreVision in 2013.

Elijah Wood made his film debut with a small part in Back to the Future Part II in 1989 and went on to achieve recognition as a child actor with roles in films like Avalon and The Good Son.

Elijah Wood played Ryan Newman on the FX dark comedy series Wilfred and Todd Brotzman in the BBC America series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.

Quotes by Elijah Wood

Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.

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I definitely don’t look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

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I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately when someone starts to cry, you want to comfort them, you know, “Poor thing.” I comforted her. I tried to make her feel better.

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I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

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If you cut off your arm instead of going ‘spurt, spurt, spurt’ wouldn’t it, like, go nuts? Or would it go with the beat of your heart?

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I’m kind of insane when it comes to music, a little obsessed.

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In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.

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So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.

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The worst kind of lying I’ve ever done is keeping things from people.

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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

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There’s a real purity in New Zealand that doesn’t exist in the states. It’s actually not an easy thing to find in our world anymore. It’s a unique place because it is so far away from the rest of the world. There is a sense of isolation and also being protected.

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