Elijah Wood

45 years old Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. A prominent child actor of the 1990s and a prolific figure in major studio features of the early 2000s, he earned accolades including two Saturn Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award.

Wood made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989) at the age of eight and achieved recognition in the early 1990s as a child actor with roles such as Avalon (1990), Forever Young (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in the films North (1994), The War (1994), Flipper (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), and The Faculty (1998). Wood achieved international fame in the early 2000s for playing the hobbit Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy(2001–2003), based on the classic fantasy novel of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

As an adult, Wood appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City (2005), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017). He has had voice roles in projects such as Happy Feet (2006), The Legend of Spyro (2006–2008), 9 (2009), Tron: Uprising (2012–2013), and Over the Garden Wall (2014). On television, Wood starred in the series Wilfred (2011–2014), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017), and Yellowjackets (2023–2025).

Wood founded the record label Simian Records in 2005, which was dissolved in 2015. He directed the 2007 music video "Energy" for The Apples in Stereo. In 2010, Wood co-founded a horror film production company, The Woodshed, which was renamed SpectreVision in 2014. Wood is a disc jockey and has toured globally with his friend Zach Cowie as the duo Wooden Wisdom.

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Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (2027) Frodo Baggins -
2 Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026) The Lawyer 7.3
3 The Monkey (2025) Ted 6.7
4 The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2025) Fritz Garbinger, his Creepy Brother -
5 No Man of God (2021) Bill Hagmaier 7
6 Solar Noise (2020) Self (archive footage) -
7 Come to Daddy (2019) Norval Greenwood 6.8
8 The Panama Papers (2018) John Doe (voice) -
9 I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) Tony 7
10 78/52 (2017) Self 3
11 The Trust (2016) David Waters 5.8
12 The Last Witch Hunter (2015) Dolan 37th 6.2
13 Henry (2015) - -
14 Made in Japan (2015) Self (voice) -
15 Why Horror? (2014) Animation VO (voice) 6
16 Set Fire to the Stars (2014) John M. Brinnin 6
17 Cooties (2014) Clint 5.7
18 Open Windows (2014) Nick Chambers 5.9
19 This Must Be the Only Fantasy (2013) Trevor -
20 Tome of the Unknown (2013) Wirt (voice) 8
21 Grand Piano (2013) Tom Selznick 6.2
22 Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013) Johnny Shaw 5.6
23 A Band Called Death (2013) Self 8.8
24 Setup, Punch (2013) Reuben Stein -
25 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Frodo Baggins 8
26 Maniac (2012) Frank Zito 6.6
27 Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) Scott 6.9
28 The Narrative of Victor Karloch (2012) William Merriwether -
29 Revenge for Jolly! (2012) Thomas 7
30 Happy Feet Two (2011) Mumble (voice) 5.9
31 The Death and Return of Superman (2011) Cyborg Superman/Hank Henshaw 7
32 Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011) Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1) 9
33 Nightmare Factory (2011) Self 8
34 The Romantics (2010) Chip 5.3
35 The Heart is a Drum Machine (2010) Self -
36 9 (2009) #9 (voice) 7.1
37 Operation Filmmaker (2008) Self -
38 The Oxford Murders (2008) Martin 6
39 Day Zero (2007) Aaron Feller 4.7
40 Bobby (2006) William Avary 5.5
41 Paris Je T'aime (2006) Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine) 8
42 Happy Feet (2006)
Oscars 2007 		Mumble (voice) 6.5
43 Sin City (2005) Kevin 7.8
44 Green Street Hooligans (2005) Matt Buckner 7.1
45 Everything Is Illuminated (2005) Jonathan Safran Foer 7.8
46 Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005) Self -
47 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Oscars 2005 		Patrick 8.3
48 Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! (2004) Self -
49 Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003) Self -
50 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Frodo 8.9
51 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) The Guy 5
52 The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision (2003) Self -
53 Ash Wednesday (2002) Sean Sullivan 4
54 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Oscars 2003 		Frodo 8.7
55 Try Seventeen (2002) Jones 7.7
56 Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001) Self -
57 Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Self 7
58 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Frodo 8.8
59 Chain of Fools (2001) Mikey 8
60 Quest for the Ring (2001) Self -
61 The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (2000) Barney Snow -
62 Black and White (1999) Wren -
63 The Faculty (1998) Casey Connor 6.7
64 Deep Impact (1998) Leo Biederman 6.4
65 The Ice Storm (1997) Mikey Carver 6.6
66 Oliver Twist (1997) The Artful Dodger 5
67 Flipper (1996) Sandy Ricks 5.4
68 The War (1994) Stu Simmons 7
69 North (1994) North 4.5
70 The Good Son (1993) Mark Evans 7.3
71 The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) Huck Finn 6.3
72 Forever Young (1992) Nat Cooper 5.9
73 Radio Flyer (1992) Mike 8.3
74 Paradise (1991) Willard Young -
75 Internal Affairs (1990) Sean Stretch 6.4
76 Avalon (1990) Michael Kaye 8
77 Back to the Future Part II (1989) Video Game Boy 8