Elijah
Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and film producer.
He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). Landing a succession of larger roles, he was critically acclaimed as a child actor by age 9, being nominated for several Young Artist Awards.
As a child, he starred in the films Radio Flyer (1992), The Good Son (1993), North (1994), and Flipper (1996). He began to take on teenage roles in the films The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact and The Faculty (both 1998).
He is best known for his high-profile leading role as Frodo Baggins in Sir Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) and in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).
Since then, he has chosen varied roles in films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City, Green Street and Everything Is Illuminated (all 2005), and Bobby (2006).
Wood also provided the voices of the main character in the award-winning animated musical films, Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011), as well as the lead, 9, in the Tim Burton-produced action/science fiction film 9 (2009).
In 2005, he started his own record label, Simian Records. He did the voice acting for Spyro in the Legend of Spyro trilogy. In 2012, he began voicing Beck in the animated series Tron: Uprising, Sigma in the tenth season of the Rooster Teeth series, Red vs. Blue, and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014).
From 2011 to 2014, Wood played the role of Ryan Newman in FX's cult dark comedy, Wilfred.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Video-Game Boy #2 | |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs | Sean Stretch | |
| 1990 | Child in the Night | Luke | Television film Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special |
| 1990 | Avalon | Michael Kaye | Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film |
| 1991 | Paradise | Willard Young | Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film |
| 1992 | Day-O | Dayo | Television film |
| 1992 | Forever Young | Nat Cooper | |
| 1992 | Radio Flyer | Mike | Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film |
| 1993 | The Witness | Little Boy | Short film |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Huckleberry Finn | |
| 1993 | The Good Son | Mark Evans | Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor |
| 1994 | North | North | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film |
| 1994 | The War | Stuart "Stu" Simmons | Nominated—YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film |
| 1996 | Flipper | Sandy Ricks | Nominated—YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | Mikey Carver | Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor |
| 1997 | Oliver Twist | Jack "The Artful Dodger" Dawkins | Television film YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Leo Biederman | YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Sci-Fi |
| 1998 | The Faculty | Casey Connor | Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Horror |
| 1999 | The Bumblebee Flies Anyway | Barney Snow | Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor |
| 1999 | Black and White | Wren | |
| 2000 | Chain of Fools | Mikey | |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Frodo Baggins | Empire Award for Best Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—Kid's Choice Award/Blimp Award for Favorite Male Action Hero Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Film – Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure |
| 2002 | Ash Wednesday | Sean Sullivan | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Frodo Baggins | MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Sean Astin and Gollum/Andy Serkis) Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Visual Effects Society Award for Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film (shared with Sean Astin and Andy Serkis) Nominated—DVD Premiere Award for Best Audio Commentary, New Release Nominated—Kid's Choice Award/Blimp Award for Favorite Male Butt Kicker Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—SFX Award for Best SF or Fantasy Film Actor Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Film – Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Tom Thumb (voice) | Direct-to-video Nominated—DVD Premiere Award for Best Animated Character Performance (shared with Chaka and Glenn) |
| 2002 | All I Want | Jones Dillion | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Frodo Baggins | Interactive Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance – Male Critics Choice Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Saturn Award for Best Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Film – Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure |
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | The Guy | Cameo |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Patrick | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble |
| 2005 | Sin City | Kevin | Nominated—Critics Choice Award for Best Cast Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Bad Guy |
| 2005 | Everything Is Illuminated | Jonathan Safran Foer | |
| 2005 | Green Street | Matt Buckner | |
| 2006 | Bobby | William Avary | Hollywood Film Award for Ensemble of the Year Nominated—Critics Choice Award for Best Cast Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Mumble (voice) | |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Le garçon | Segment: "Quartier de la Madeleine" |
| 2007 | Day Zero | Aaron Feller | |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders | Martin | |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 (voice) | |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin (voices) | Short film |
| 2010 | The Romantics | Chip Hayes | |
| 2010 | Full of Regret | Mouse | Short film |
| 2011 | Fight For Your Right: Revisited | Ad-Rock | Short film |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Mumble (voice) | |
| 2011 | I Think Bad Thoughts | Mouse | Short film |
| 2011 | The Death and Return of Superman | Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman | Short film |
| 2012 | Celeste and Jesse Forever | Scott | |
| 2012 | Revenge for Jolly! | Thomas | |
| 2012 | The Narrative of Victor Karloch | William Merriwether (voice) | Short film |
| 2012 | Maniac | Frank | Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Leading Actor Fright Meter Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Frodo Baggins | Cameo |
| 2013 | Pawn Shop Chronicles | Johnny Shaw | |
| 2013 | Grand Piano | Tom Selznick | |
| 2014 | Cooties | Clint Hadson | Also producer |
| 2014 | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Producer | |
| 2014 | Open Windows | Nick Chambers | Also executive producer |
| 2014 | The Wind Rises | Sone (voice) | English dub |
| 2014 | Set Fire to the Stars | John Malcolm Brinnin | Also co-producer |
| 2015 | The Boy | Producer | |
| 2015 | The Last Witch Hunter | 37th Dolan | |
| 2016 | The Trust | David Waters | Post-production |
| 2016 | The Greasy Strangler | Post-production |