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