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Elijah Wood(I)

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Elijah Wood is an American actor best known for portraying Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In addition to reprising the role in The Hobbit series, Wood also played Ryan in the FX television comedy Wilfred (2011) and voiced Beck in the Disney XD animated television series Tron: Uprising (2012).

Born Elijah Jordan Wood on 28 January, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wood is the son of Debbie (Krause) and Warren Wood, who ran a delicatessen. He has an older brother, Zach, and a younger sister, Hannah Wood. He is of English, German, Austrian, and Danish descent. Demonstrating a gift for performing at a young age, Wood's natural talent inspired his mother to take him to an International Modeling and Talent Association annual convention in Los Angeles. Soon after, he began to get bookings for small parts on television.

Although his first credit was a small part in Back to the Future Part II (1989), Wood's first major film role was in the 'Barry Levinson' historical family drama Avalon (1990). Following that, Wood became an in-demand child actor, appearing in a number of major films such as Paradise (1991), Radio Flyer (1992) and The Good Son (1993), in which he co-starred with Macaulay Culkin. This was followed by the first role for which he received top-billing, North (1994). Although the film was widely condemned and a disaster at the box office, Elijah was praised as the only good thing to come out of it.

In 1996 Elijah starred in a movie remake of an old TV show, Flipper (1996). Many critics wondered if his ability as a child actor to capture an audience was wearing thin, as had many child actors', but Wood deftly transitioned into a versatile performer with roles such as the endlessly curious Mikey Carver in Ang Lee' ensemble film The Ice Storm (1997), as well as parts in popcorn flicks like Deep Impact (1998) and The Faculty (1998). In 1999, Elijah was in three movies that never made it into wide release: The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999) (released on satellite TV), Black & White (1999) (released on home video) and Chain of Fools (2000).

Wood's work in Peter Jackson's film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), provided a major boost to his career. The actor followed his work in the astronomically successful trilogy with a broad range of interesting screen roles and voice work, including a supporting role in Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), as well as the part of a sinister mute sociopath in Sin City (2005). His voice work has been featured in such animated films as Happy Feet (2006) and 9 (2009), as well as on television series including American Dad! (2005) and Robot Chicken (2001). Wood also played Ad-Rock in the Beastie Boys' comedic video for Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011).

An avid music fan, Wood founded Simian records and released its first album, New Magnetic Wonder by The Apples in Stereo, in 2007.
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Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
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Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
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  • The Toxic Avenger
    • Post-production
  • Bookworm
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  • L.A. Rush
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  • Yellowjackets (2021)
    Yellowjackets
  • Psychonauts 2 (2021)
    Psychonauts 2
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  • No Man of God (2021)
    No Man of God
  • Summer Camp Island (2018)
    Summer Camp Island
    • (voice)
  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
    Home Movie: The Princess Bride
  • Suzie McGrath, Christopher Sean, Josh Brener, and Myrna Velasco in Star Wars Resistance (2018)
    Star Wars Resistance
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  • Peter Jackson and Stephen Colbert in Darrylgorn (2019)
    Darrylgorn
  • Drunk History (2013)
    Drunk History
  • Elijah Wood and Stephen McHattie in Come to Daddy (2019)
    Come to Daddy
  • 11-11: Memories Retold (2018)
    11-11: Memories Retold
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  • Elijah Wood and Samuel Barnett in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
    Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
  • The Postman Dreams 2 (2017)
    The Postman Dreams 2
  • Elijah Wood, Melanie Lynskey, and Michelle Moreno in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
    I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
  • Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood in The Trust (2016)
    The Trust
  • Vin Diesel in The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
    The Last Witch Hunter

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  • The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
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  • No Man of God (2021)
    No Man of God
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  • Joe Manganiello, Zolee Griggs, and Skylan Brooks in Archenemy (2020)
    Archenemy
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  • Nicolas Cage, Madeleine Arthur, and Julian Hilliard in Color Out of Space (2019)
    Color Out of Space
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  • Miles Robbins and Patrick Schwarzenegger in Daniel Isn't Real (2019)
    Daniel Isn't Real
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  • Transference (2018)
    Transference
  • Sam Huntington and Kate Micucci in Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss (2018)
    Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    Mandy
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  • Bitch (2017)
    Bitch
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  • Michael St. Michaels and Sky Elobar in The Greasy Strangler (2016)
    The Greasy Strangler
  • Made in Japan (2015)
    Made in Japan
  • Jared Breeze in The Boy (2015)
    The Boy
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  • Elijah Wood in Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
    Set Fire to the Stars
  • Elijah Wood, Neil Maskell, and Sasha Grey in Open Windows (2014)
    Open Windows
  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
  • Elijah Wood, Jorge Garcia, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson, Leigh Whannell, Jack McBrayer, and Nasim Pedrad in Cooties (2014)
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  • The Apples in Stereo: Energy (2007)
    The Apples in Stereo: Energy
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    • January 28, 1981
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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    Owns one of two prop rings used in "Lord of the Rings." The other went to Andy Serkis, who played Gollum.
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    [on celebrity:] "I won't change and my perspective won't change. I want to continue my life the way I live it, and I'm not going to let anything stop me from doing that. It isn't all about acting. There's a lot more to life than Hollywood."
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