Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actor of English, Austrian, German, and Danish descent. He is the middle of three children born to Warren and Debbie Wood, who nicknamed Elijah "Spark Plug" because he was a manically energetic child. He has a brother, Zack, a video game producer seven years his senior, as well as a younger sister by three years, Hannah, a poet and actor who has had small roles in a number of Wood's films.
A professional actor since the age of nine, Wood is best known for the role of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, which he briefly reprised in two of The Hobbit film trilogy.
Elijah Wood is the youngest member of The Lord of the Rings main cast. Interestingly, his character, Frodo, was chronologically the oldest of the four hobbits in the Fellowship. However, this irony could imply the One Ring's ability to arrest age as it did for Bilbo.
In May 2020, Elijah Wood appeared with Peter Jackson and much of the main cast of the films in a zoom reunion hosted by Josh Gad.
Wood with fellow hobbit actors Monaghan, Astin, and Boyd in 2004
Trivia[]
- Wood had voice-roles in both the 2006 animated film Happy Feet and its 2011 sequel Happy Feet Two, both of which also featured Hugo Weaving.
- He appeared in the 2008 film The Oxford Murders, which also featured John Hurt.
Documentary appearances[]
- The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices
- Part One: From Book to Vision > From Book to Script
- Part Two: From Vision to Reality > The Fellowship of the Cast and A Day in the Life of a Hobbit
- Part Two: From Vision to Reality > Visual Effects > Scale
- Part Two: From Vision to Reality > "The Road Goes Ever On..."
- Part Three: The Journey Continues > From Book to Script - Finding the Story, The Taming of Sméagol, and Gollum's 'stand-in'
- Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins > "The Battle for Helm's Deep is Over..."
- Part Five: The War of the Ring > From Book to Script - Forging the Final Chapter
- Part Six: The Passing of an Age > Cameras in Middle-earth
External links[]
Elijah Wood at Wikipedia- Elijah Wood at the Internet Movie Database
- Guest appearance on The Friendship Onion with Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan, June 2021
See also[]
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