Biography
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.
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Known For
2026Ready or Not: Here I Come
The Lawyer
1999Family Guy
Elijah Wood (voice)
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
1996The Daily Show
Self
2005American Dad!
Ethan (voice)
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Filmography 187 credits
Upcoming
2025
2023
2020
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at NightExecutive Producer6.8 ★
- Set Fire to the Starsas John M. Brinnin5.6 ★
- Over the Garden Wallas Wirt (voice)8.6 ★
- Cootiesas Clint5.9 ★
- Why Horror?as Animation VO (voice)5.9 ★
- Open Windowsas Nick Chambers5.1 ★
- Late Night with Seth Meyersas Self - Guest5.2 ★
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonas Self5.9 ★
- Off Camera with Sam Jonesas Self
2013
- This Must Be the Only Fantasyas Trevor
- Mundos virtuales
- Toad RoadExecutive Producer4.7 ★
- Tome of the Unknownas Wirt (voice)7.3 ★
- Inside Llewyn DavisThanks7.2 ★
- Maniac: The Making of Documentaryas Self
- Grand Pianoas Tom Selznick6.0 ★
- LFOExecutive Producer6.2 ★
- Pawn Shop Chroniclesas Johnny Shaw5.8 ★
- Drunk Historyas Percy Shelley6.8 ★
- A Band Called Deathas Self7.2 ★
- Setup, Punchas Reuben Stein
- Peter Panzerfaustas Peter
2012
- Maniacas Frank Zito6.0 ★
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyas Frodo Baggins7.4 ★
- The Ballad Of Danko Jonesas Mouse
- The Narrative of Victor Karlochas William Merriwether
- Celeste & Jesse Foreveras Scott6.4 ★
- Revenge for Jolly!as Thomas4.6 ★
- TRON: Uprisingas Beck7.5 ★
- Double Fine Adventureas Himself
- Treasure Islandas Ben Gunn6.2 ★
2011
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
- The Colbert Reportas Self (uncredited)6.9 ★
- Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie
- Made in Hollywoodas Self
- Green Street Hooligansas Matt Buckner7.3 ★
- Everything Is Illuminatedas Jonathan Safran Foer7.3 ★
- I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaustas Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice)
- Sin Cityas Kevin7.5 ★
- American Dad!as Ethan (voice)7.0 ★
- The Friday Night Projectas Self - Host
- Ringers: Lord of the Fansas Self6.5 ★
2004
2003
- The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Visionas Self
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingas Frodo8.5 ★
- Beyond the Movie: The Return of the Kingas Self8.1 ★
- From Book to Script: Finding the Storyas Self
- The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'as Self
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelinaas Tom Thumb (voice)5.3 ★
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Overas The Guy5.1 ★
- The Making of 'The Two Towers'8.8 ★
- Red vs. Blueas Sigma7.6 ★
- Punk'das Self5.1 ★
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!as Self5.4 ★
- The Long and Short of ItFirst Assistant Director6.5 ★
2002
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towersas Frodo8.4 ★
- The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002as Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts")
- A Day in the Life of a Hobbitas Self
- Ash Wednesdayas Sean Sullivan5.5 ★
- Try Seventeenas Jones6.2 ★
- The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'as Self8.8 ★
- The Osbournesas Self6.0 ★
