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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
Family Guy
1999
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
American Dad!
2005
Conan
2010
Saturday Night Live
1975
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
Family Guy
as Elijah Wood (voice) · 1999
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
American Dad!
as Ethan (voice) · 2005
Conan
as Self · 2010
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited) · 1975
The Colbert Report
· 2005
The Colbert Report
as Self (uncredited) · 2005
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
King of the Hill
as Jason (voice) · 1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Frasier
as Ethan (voice) · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
Hot Ones
as Self · 2015
Homicide: Life on the Street
as McPhee Broadman · 1993
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Frodo · 2001
Summer Camp Island
as Saxophone (voice) · 2018
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Frodo · 2003
Taff
as self · 1997
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 1981
Last Meals
as Self · 2021
Yellowjackets
as Walter · 2021
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Frodo · 2002
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Frodo Baggins · 2012
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
as self · 1994
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 2014
Punk'd
as Self · 2003
Back to the Future Part II
as Video Game Boy · 1989
The Monkey
as Ted · 2025
Red vs. Blue
as Sigma · 2003
Drunk History
as Percy Shelley · 2013
Star Wars Resistance
as Jace Rucklin (voice) · 2018
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 2009
Over the Garden Wall
as Wirt (voice) · 2014
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Patrick · 2004
Ready or Not: Here I Come
as The Lawyer · 2026
The Wonderful World of Disney
as The Artful Dodger · 1997
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
as Todd Brotzman · 2016
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Deep Impact
as Leo Biederman · 1998
Yo Gabba Gabba!
· 2007
TRL
· 1998
Made in Hollywood
as Self · 2005
The Afterparty
as 'Yasper' · 2022
Sin City
as Kevin · 2005
Wilfred
as Ryan Newman · 2011
I Love LA
as Elijah Wood · 2025
Happy Feet
as Mumble (voice) · 2006
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self · 2018
Glenn Martin, DDS
as Chester Chislehurst · 2009
The Last Witch Hunter
as Dolan 37th · 2015
Primetime Glick
· 2001
The Faculty
as Casey · 1998
9
as #9 (voice) · 2009
TRON: Uprising
as Beck · 2012
Happy Feet Two
as Mumble (voice) · 2011
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as The Guy · 2003
The Osbournes
as Self · 2002
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Prince Humperdinck · 2020
Among Us
as Green (voice) · 2026
I'm a Virgo
as Studious Guy · 2023
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
as Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother · 2025
The Ice Storm
as Mikey Carver · 1997
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
as Icarus (voice) · 1996
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
as Self · 2016
No Man of God
as Bill Hagmaier · 2021
Reunited Apart
as Self · 2020
Green Street Hooligans
as Matt Buckner · 2005
Forever Young
as Nat Cooper · 1992
The Good Son
as Mark Evans · 1993
Paris Je T'aime
as Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine) · 2006
Talking with Chris Hardwick
as Self · 2017
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
as Adult Wilbur (voice) · 2025
Cooties
as Clint · 2014
The Trust
as David Waters · 2016
Internal Affairs
as Sean · 1990
Treasure Island
as Ben Gunn · 2012
Freak Show
as Freak Mart Squirrel · 2006
Come to Daddy
as Norval Greenwood · 2019
The Oxford Murders
as Martin · 2008
Radio Flyer
as Mike · 1992
Maniac
as Frank Zito · 2012
Grand Piano
as Tom Selznick · 2013
Celeste & Jesse Forever
as Scott · 2012
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie
· 2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
as Frodo Baggins · 2027
Treasure Island
as Ben Gunn · 2012
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Huck Finn · 1993
Pawn Shop Chronicles
as Johnny Shaw · 2013
The War
as Stu Simmons · 1994
North
as North · 1994
Open Windows
as Nick Chambers · 2014
Bobby
as William Avary · 2006
Everything Is Illuminated
as Jonathan Safran Foer · 2005
Black and White
as Wren · 1999
Double Fine Adventure
as Himself · 2012
Avalon
as Michael Kaye · 1990
Flipper
as Sandy Ricks · 1996
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
as Tony · 2017
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
as Barney Snow · 2000
The Romantics
as Chip · 2010
Bookworm
as Strawn Wise · 2024
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
as Tom Thumb (voice) · 2003
Try Seventeen
as Jones · 2002
Ash Wednesday
as Sean Sullivan · 2002
Child in the Night
as Luke · 1990
Revenge for Jolly!
as Thomas · 2012
Day Zero
as Aaron Feller · 2007
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
as Self · 2006
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
as Self · 2001
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
as Self · 2003
Nightmare Factory
as Self · 2011
Chain of Fools
as Mikey · 2001
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Of Videos 1992-2002
as Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts") · 2002
Paradise
as Willard Young · 1991
Beyond All Boundaries
as Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin · 2009
Oliver Twist
as The Artful Dodger · 1997
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Self · 2001
Tome of the Unknown
as Wirt (voice) · 2013
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1) · 2011
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self · 2006
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
as Self · 2005
78/52
as Self · 2017
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
as Self · 2004
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
· 2004
Quest for the Ring
as Self · 2001
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
as Self · 2023
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
as Self · 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
as Self · 2002
Set Fire to the Stars
as John M. Brinnin · 2014
A Band Called Death
as Self · 2013
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self · 2004
The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past
as Frodo
The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
as Self · 2002
The Death and Return of Superman
as Cyborg Superman/Hank Henshaw · 2011
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
as Self · 2002
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
as Self · 2006
The Panama Papers
as John Doe (voice) · 2018
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
as Self · 2002
From Book to Script: Finding the Story
as Self · 2003
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
as Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice) · 2005
The Postman Dreams 2
· 2017
The Story of Wilfred
as Self · 2026
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
as Self · 2003
Setup, Punch
as Reuben Stein · 2013
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
as Self · 2002
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
as Self · 2003
A Day in the Life of a Hobbit
as Self · 2002
Why Horror?
as Animation VO (voice) · 2014
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
as Self · 2013
The Heart is a Drum Machine
as Self · 2010
It's Better in Italian
as Self · 2015
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
as Self · 2007
The Soundscapes of Middle-earth
as Self · 2002
The Narrative of Victor Karloch
as William Merriwether · 2012
WWII in HD: The Air War
as Andy Rooney (voice) · 2010
Behind Over the Garden Wall
as Self · 2015
Dominic Monaghan Interviews Elijah Wood
as Self · 2004
This Must Be the Only Fantasy
as Trevor · 2013
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
as Self · 2002
Day-O
as Day-O · 1992
Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas
as Elijah Wood · 2023
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 Ballad Of Danko Jones
as Mouse · 2012
Operation Filmmaker
as Self · 2008
Peter Panzerfaust
as Peter · 2013
Henry
· 2015
Solar Noise
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Mundos virtuales
· 2013
The Witness
as Little Boy · 1992
The Friday Night Project
as Self - Host · 2005
Boobie
as James · 2011
Made in Japan
as Self (voice) · 2015