Elijah Wood
Celebrity
- Birthday
- January 28, 1981
- Age
- 45
- Birthplace
- Cedar Rapids
- Spouse
- Pamela Racine
About
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 during the 2000s, he has received various accolades including two Saturn Awards, an Actor Award, a Critics’ Choice Award and an Empire 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 age eight and gained 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 recognition in the early 2000s for playing Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), based on the classic fantasy novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien.
As an adult, Wood has 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…
Awards & Recognition
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