Elijah Wood
Acting • Born 1981-01-28
Biography
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), 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).
Filmography
165 credits
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie • 2004
Patrick
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Frodo
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie • 2002
Frodo
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Frodo
Back to the Future Part II
Movie • 1989
Video Game Boy
Sin City
Movie • 2005
Kevin
Everything Is Illuminated
Movie • 2005
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002
Movie • 2002
Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts")
Paris Je T'aime
Movie • 2006
Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine)
Avalon
Movie • 1990
Michael Kaye
Forever Young
Movie • 1992
Nat Cooper
Bobby
Movie • 2006
William Avary
Internal Affairs
Movie • 1990
Sean Stretch
Chain of Fools
Movie • 2001
Mikey
Radio Flyer
Movie • 1992
Mike
North
Movie • 1994
North
Deep Impact
Movie • 1998
Leo Biederman
Green Street Hooligans
Movie • 2005
Matt Buckner
Ash Wednesday
Movie • 2002
Sean Sullivan
9
Movie • 2009
#9 (voice)
The Oxford Murders
Movie • 2008
Martin
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Movie • 2003
The Guy
The Good Son
Movie • 1993
Mark Evans
The Faculty
Movie • 1998
Casey Connor
Happy Feet
Movie • 2006
Mumble (voice)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Movie • 1993
Huck Finn
The Romantics
Movie • 2010
Chip
Flipper
Movie • 1996
Sandy Ricks
Try Seventeen
Movie • 2002
Jones
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Movie • 2003
Tom Thumb (voice)
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Movie • 2011
Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1)
Day Zero
Movie • 2007
Aaron Feller
The Witness
Movie • 1992
Little Boy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie • 2012
Frodo Baggins
Happy Feet Two
Movie • 2011
Mumble (voice)
Oliver Twist
Movie • 1997
The Artful Dodger
Paradise
Movie • 1991
Willard Young
The Ice Storm
Movie • 1997
Mikey Carver
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Movie • 2005
Self
The War
Movie • 1994
Stu Simmons
The Heart is a Drum Machine
Movie • 2010
Self
Operation Filmmaker
Movie • 2008
Self
Celeste & Jesse Forever
Movie • 2012
Scott
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
Movie • 2000
Barney Snow
Maniac
Movie • 2012
Frank Zito
L.A. Rush
Movie
Bookworm
Movie • 2024
Strawn Wise
Open Windows
Movie • 2014
Nick Chambers
Henry
Movie • 2015
Child in the Night
Movie • 1990
Luke
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
Movie • 2004
Self
Revenge for Jolly!
Movie • 2012
Thomas
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
Movie • 2013
Self
Pawn Shop Chronicles
Movie • 2013
Johnny Shaw
Grand Piano
Movie • 2013
Tom Selznick
Cooties
Movie • 2014
Clint
Setup, Punch
Movie • 2013
Reuben Stein
Nightmare Factory
Movie • 2011
Self
Day-O
Movie • 1992
Day-O
The Last Witch Hunter
Movie • 2015
Dolan 37th
Set Fire to the Stars
Movie • 2014
John M. Brinnin
This Must Be the Only Fantasy
Movie • 2013
Trevor
Made in Japan
Movie • 2015
Self (voice)
Tome of the Unknown
Movie • 2013
Wirt (voice)
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
Movie • 2023
Self
Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels
Movie
Pinocchio
WWII in HD: The Air War
Movie • 2010
Andy Rooney (voice)
The Trust
Movie • 2016
David Waters
The Monkey
Movie • 2025
Ted
Mundos virtuales
Movie • 2013
Black and White
Movie • 1999
Wren
The Narrative of Victor Karloch
Movie • 2012
William Merriwether
The Ballad Of Danko Jones
Movie • 2012
Mouse
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
Movie • 2003
Self
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Self
Tony Pizzas Tony Pizzas
Movie • 2023
Elijah Wood
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Movie • 2017
Tony
78/52
Movie • 2017
Self
Quest for the Ring
Movie • 2001
Self
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Movie • 2001
Self
The Panama Papers
Movie • 2018
John Doe (voice)
Beyond All Boundaries
Movie • 2009
Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
Movie • 2003
Self
Come to Daddy
Movie • 2019
Norval Greenwood
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Self
Boobie
Movie • 2011
James
Why Horror?
Movie • 2014
Animation VO (voice)
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
Movie • 2005
Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice)
No Man of God
Movie • 2021
Bill Hagmaier
Behind Over the Garden Wall
Movie • 2015
Self
Solar Noise
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Movie • 2002
Self
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
Movie • 2025
Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother
A Band Called Death
Movie • 2013
Self
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Movie • 2003
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
The Postman Dreams 2
Movie • 2017
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Movie • 2026
The Lawyer
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Movie • 2027
Frodo Baggins
Treasure Island
Movie • 2012
Ben Gunn
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
Movie • 2007
Self
From Book to Script: Finding the Story
Movie • 2003
Self
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie • 2004
It's Better in Italian
Movie • 2015
Self
Fellowship of the Ring: Weta Workshop
Movie • 2002
Self
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Ethan (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Elijah Wood (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Jason (voice)
The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
Self - Host
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie
TV • 2005
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Frasier
TV • 1993
Ethan (voice)
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Yo Gabba Gabba!
TV • 2007
Glenn Martin, DDS
TV • 2009
Chester Chislehurst
Yellowjackets
TV • 2021
Walter (voice only)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
TRL
TV • 1998
Peter Panzerfaust
TV • 2013
Peter
TRON: Uprising
TV • 2012
Beck
Red vs. Blue
TV • 2003
Sigma
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Wilfred
TV • 2011
Ryan Newman
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Freak Show
TV • 2006
Freak Mart Squirrel
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
Over the Garden Wall
TV • 2014
Wirt (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
McPhee Broadman
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2016
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Talking with Chris Hardwick
TV • 2017
Self
Treasure Island
TV • 2012
Ben Gunn
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
TV • 2016
Todd Brotzman
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Afterparty
TV • 2022
'Yasper'
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1997
The Artful Dodger
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
Prince Humperdinck
Double Fine Adventure
TV • 2012
Himself
Star Wars Resistance
TV • 2018
Jace Rucklin (voice)
Among Us
TV
Green (voice)
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
TV • 1996
Icarus (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Primetime Glick
TV • 2001
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Reunited Apart
TV • 2020
Self
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Saxophone (voice)
Taff
TV • 1997
self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
TV • 1994
self
I'm a Virgo
TV • 2023
Studious Guy
The Osbournes
TV • 2002
Self
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
TV • 2025
Adult Wilbur (voice)
I Love LA
TV • 2025
Elijah Wood
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self (uncredited)