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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). 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 film production company for horror films, The Woodshed, renamed SpectreVision in 2013. Wood is a disc jockey, and has toured globally with his friend Zach Cowie as the duo Wooden Wisdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elijah Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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). 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 film production company for horror films, The Woodshed, renamed SpectreVision in 2013. Wood is a disc jockey, and has toured globally with his friend Zach Cowie as the duo Wooden Wisdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elijah Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report
The Wonderful World of Disney
SNL Digital Shorts
Yellowjackets
The Daily Show
Frasier
The Afterparty
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Primetime Glick
King of the Hill
Star Wars Resistance
Family Guy
Talking with Chris Hardwick
American Dad!
Freak Show
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Summer Camp Island
Eli Roth's History of Horror
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Back to the Future Part II
Sin City
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Showbiz Kids
The Romantics
The Monkey
Internal Affairs
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Robot Chicken
Deep Impact
Funny or Die Presents
The Last Witch Hunter
The Trust
TRON: Uprising
The Good Son
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
The Faculty
MADtv
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Happy Feet
Cooties
The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
No Man of God
Day Zero
Wilfred
Happy Feet Two
9
Over the Garden Wall
Production Credits
Mandy
Color Out of Space
Archenemy
No Man of God
Cooties
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