Elijah Wood

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elijah Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Family Guy

American Dad!

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

All Movies (116)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum2027 · as Frodo Baggins
• Ready or Not: Here I Come2026 · as The Lawyer
• The Toxic Avenger Unrated2025 · as Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother
• The Monkey2025 · as Ted
• Bookworm2024 · as Strawn Wise
• Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas2023 · as Elijah Wood
• The Elephant 6 Recording Co.2023 · as Self
• No Man of God2021 · as Bill Hagmaier
• Solar Noise2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Come to Daddy2019 · as Norval Greenwood
• The Panama Papers2018 · as John Doe (voice)
• The Postman Dreams 22017
• 78/522017 · as Self
• I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore2017 · as Tony
• The Trust2016 · as David Waters
• The Last Witch Hunter2015 · as Dolan 37th
• Henry2015
• Behind Over the Garden Wall2015 · as Self
• Made in Japan2015 · as Self (voice)
• It's Better in Italian2015 · as Self
• Set Fire to the Stars2014 · as John M. Brinnin
• Cooties2014 · as Clint
• Why Horror?2014 · as Animation VO (voice)
• Open Windows2014 · as Nick Chambers
• This Must Be the Only Fantasy2013 · as Trevor
• Mundos virtuales2013
• Tome of the Unknown2013 · as Wirt (voice)
• Maniac: The Making of Documentary2013 · as Self
• Grand Piano2013 · as Tom Selznick
• Pawn Shop Chronicles2013 · as Johnny Shaw
• A Band Called Death2013 · as Self
• Setup, Punch2013 · as Reuben Stein
• Maniac2012 · as Frank Zito
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012 · as Frodo Baggins
• The Ballad Of Danko Jones2012 · as Mouse
• The Narrative of Victor Karloch2012 · as William Merriwether
• Celeste & Jesse Forever2012 · as Scott
• Revenge for Jolly!2012 · as Thomas
• The Death and Return of Superman2011 · as Cyborg Superman/Hank Henshaw
• Happy Feet Two2011 · as Mumble (voice)
• Nightmare Factory2011 · as Self
• Fight for Your Right Revisited2011 · as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1)
• Boobie2011 · as James
• WWII in HD: The Air War2010 · as Andy Rooney (voice)
• The Romantics2010 · as Chip
• The Heart is a Drum Machine2010 · as Self
• Beyond All Boundaries2009 · as Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin
• 92009 · as #9 (voice)
• Operation Filmmaker2008 · as Self
• The Oxford Murders2008 · as Martin
• Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm2007 · as Self
• Day Zero2007 · as Aaron Feller
• Happy Feet2006 · as Mumble (voice)
• Bobby2006 · as William Avary
• Paris Je T'aime2006 · as Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)
• Green Street Hooligans2005 · as Matt Buckner
• Everything Is Illuminated2005 · as Jonathan Safran Foer
• I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust2005 · as Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice)
• Sin City2005 · as Kevin
• Ringers: Lord of the Fans2005 · as Self
• A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
• Dominic Monaghan Interviews Elijah Wood2004 · as Self
• A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004
• Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!2004 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004 · as Patrick
• The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision2003 · as Self
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 · as Frodo
• Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King2003 · as Self
• From Book to Script: Finding the Story2003 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'2003 · as Self
• The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina2003 · as Tom Thumb (voice)
• Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over2003 · as The Guy
• The Making of 'The Two Towers'2003
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002 · as Frodo
• The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-20022002 · as Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts")
• A Day in the Life of a Hobbit2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Visualizing the Story2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale2002 · as Self
• The Soundscapes of Middle-earth2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..2002 · as Self
• Ash Wednesday2002 · as Sean Sullivan
• Try Seventeen2002 · as Jones
• The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'2002 · as Self
• Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring2001 · as Self
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001 · as Frodo
• Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'2001 · as Self
• Quest for the Ring2001 · as Self
• Chain of Fools2001 · as Mikey
• The Bumblebee Flies Anyway2000 · as Barney Snow
• Black and White1999 · as Wren
• The Faculty1998 · as Casey Connor
• Deep Impact1998 · as Leo Biederman
• The Ice Storm1997 · as Mikey Carver
• Oliver Twist1997 · as The Artful Dodger
• Flipper1996 · as Sandy Ricks
• The War1994 · as Stu Simmons
• North1994 · as North
• The Good Son1993 · as Mark Evans
• The Adventures of Huck Finn1993 · as Huck Finn
• Forever Young1992 · as Nat Cooper
• Day-O1992 · as Day-O
• Radio Flyer1992 · as Mike
• The Witness1992 · as Little Boy
• Paradise1991 · as Willard Young
• Avalon1990 · as Michael Kaye
• Child in the Night1990 · as Luke
• Internal Affairs1990 · as Sean Stretch
• Back to the Future Part II1989 · as Video Game Boy
• L.A. Rush—
• Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels— · as Pinocchio
• The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past— · as Frodo

All TV Shows (63)

• Among Us2026 · as Green (voice)
• I Love LA2025 · as Elijah Wood
• E.B. White's Charlotte's Web2025 · as Adult Wilbur (voice)
• I'm a Virgo2023 · as Studious Guy
• The Afterparty2022 · as 'Yasper'
• Yellowjackets2021 · as Walter
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as Prince Humperdinck
• Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
• Eli Roth's History of Horror2018 · as Self
• Star Wars Resistance2018 · as Jace Rucklin (voice)
• Summer Camp Island2018 · as Saxophone (voice)
• Talking with Chris Hardwick2017 · as Self
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency2016 · as Todd Brotzman
• Join or Die with Craig Ferguson2016 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Over the Garden Wall2014 · as Wirt (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Drunk History2013 · as Percy Shelley
• Peter Panzerfaust2013 · as Peter
• TRON: Uprising2012 · as Beck
• Double Fine Adventure2012 · as Himself
• Treasure Island2012 · as Ben Gunn
• Wilfred2011 · as Ryan Newman
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Glenn Martin, DDS2009 · as Chester Chislehurst
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien2009 · as Self - Guest
• Yo Gabba Gabba!2007
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Freak Show2006 · as Freak Mart Squirrel
• The Colbert Report2005
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self (uncredited)
• Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie2005
• Made in Hollywood2005 · as Self
• American Dad!2005 · as Ethan (voice)
• The Friday Night Project2005 · as Self - Host
• Red vs. Blue2003 · as Sigma
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• The Osbournes2002 · as Self
• Primetime Glick2001
• Family Guy1999 · as Elijah Wood (voice)
• TRL1998
• The Wonderful World of Disney1997 · as The Artful Dodger
• Taff1997 · as self
• King of the Hill1997 · as Jason (voice)
• Adventures from the Book of Virtues1996 · as Icarus (voice)
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin1994 · as self
• Frasier1993 · as Ethan (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as McPhee Broadman
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self