Elijah Wood
Movies
Thumbsucker (2003) .... Justin Cobb
Try Seventeen (2003) .... Jones Dillon
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003) .... Frodo Baggins
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002) .... Frodo Baggins
Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina(2002) (V) (voice) .... Tom Thumb
Ash Wednesday (2002) .... Sean Sullivan
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001) .... Frodo Baggins
Chain of Fools (2000) .... Mikey
Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The (2000) .... Barney Snow
Black and White (1999) .... Wren
Seventeen: The Faces for Fall (1998) (TV) .... Himself
Faculty, The (1998) .... Casey Connor
Deep Impact (1998) .... Leo Biederman
Oliver Twist (1997) (TVmovie) .... The Artful Dodger
Ice Storm, The (1997) .... Mikey Carver
Flipper (1996) .... Sandy
The War(1994) .... Stuart 'Stu' Simmons
North (1994) .... North
The Good Son(1993) .... Mark
The Adventures of Huck Finn(1993) .... Huck Finn
Forever Young (1992) .... Nat Cooper
Day-O (1992) (TVmovie) .... Dayo
Radio Flyer (1992) .... Mike
Paradise (1991) .... Willard Young
Avalon (1990) .... Michael Kaye
Child in the Night (1990) (TV) .... Luke
Internal Affairs (1990) .... Sean
Back to the Future Part II (1989) .... Video Game Boy (Mickey)
TV
The Witness(1992) (TV) .... Little Boy
Paula Abdul: 'Straight Up' (1989) (MusicVideo) .... Himself
"Osbournes, The" (2002) playing "Himself" (episode # 1.2) 3/12/2002
"Electric Playground" (1997) (episode # 7.13) 1/5/2002
"SM:TV Live" (1998) playing "Himself" 8/12/2001
"Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) playing "McPhee Broadman" (episode # 5.8) 11/22/1996
"Frasier" (1993) playing "Ethan"(voice)(episode # 1.13) 1/6/1994
Mini Bio
Elijah Jordan Wood was born January 28th, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to parents Debbie and Warren who are now divorced. Elijah has a brother named Zack (who's 7 years older) and a sister named Hannah (who is two years younger). He has two dogs named Rascal and Levonne.
Elijah showed a knack for entertaining at an early age and his mother took him to Los Angeles for an Annual Internatioanl Modeling and Talent Association Convention. At first, Elijah landed jobs in many commericals and then broke in with small parts on television. His first major role was in the movie Avalon in 1990. Elijah's carreer shot off from there, when he landed roles in Paradise, Radio Flyer and Forever Young with Mel Gibson. After playing "Mark" in The Good Son opposite 'bad son' Macaulay Culkin, Elijah starred in North, a movie about a boy searching for the perfect parents. Although North was a flop at the box office, critics praised Elijah in that he was the only good thing to come out of that movie. In 1996, Elijah starred in the movie remake of the old TV show, Flipper. That movie seemed to catupolt him back into the public eye. He appeared in countless movies after Flipper and increased his power on the screen. Critics wondered if Elijah would fall into the statistic of being a 'child actor' but Elijah seemed stronger than the rest. This was proven when Elijah appeared in Deep Impact and The Faculty in 1998.
In 1999, Elijah was in the three movies that never made it to wide release in theaters: Black and White in 1999 (which can be seen on HBO), The Bumblebee Flies Anyway in 2000 (available on home video) and Chain of Fools (which has yet to be released ANYWHERE) also in 2000.
Elijah then set to work on what has been called the biggest project ever to hit movies: The Lord of the Rings trilogy based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Elijah plays hobbit, Frodo Baggins, the star of the films. The Fellowship was released in 2001 and the Two Towers will be out December 2002. Return of the King is set to be in theaters December 2003. All of the movies were shot at once, on location in New Zealand.
Because of Lord of the Rings, Elijah's popularity went through the roof. He is getting more media attention than he ever has before. But it doesn't seem to phase him.
Quick Facts
-Nicknames: Elwood, Lij, Monkey
-Height: 5'7"
-1st Recipient of the NATO/ShoWest Young Star of the Year Award
-Favorite band is the Smashing Pumpkins
-Melissa Joan Hart wanted him to play the male lead in Drive Me Crazy because she thought it would take some of the pressure of her in her first leading role. However, she was told that he looked too young next to her, and the role went to Adrian Grenier.
-Got a tatoo with the other members of the fellowship.
-Reportedly "not" dating co-star in upcomming movie "Try Seventeen", Franka Potente
Quotes
"I realized I had to embody a character that so many people are familiar with and had lived with, in a sense, for generations. It's a massive amount of pressure and it put me in a situation I've never really been in before." -Empire, 2002, on LOTR.
"Yeah Dom and Billy [Monaghan and Boyd - fellow hobbits.] showed me the way of the pub. We got that bit down pretty fast." - Empire, 2002
"Are you silly!? Can you imagine me wearing it like its an ordinary ring?" - Empire, 2002, when asked if he was wearing the one ring, which he kept after filming LOTR
"This is the first time I've played a fifty-year-old!" - LOTR Official Movie Guide, 2001, about his role, Frodo Baggins
"When you smoke and bite your nails at the same time, you know you've got issues." - AOL Chat, 2001
"I enjoy writing, and I know that if I can really focus on that and get some good tuturoing in English, I can be a really good writer when I get a little older. What's more fun than that? It's creating your own world." - Entertainment Weekly, 1994
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