Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He is best known 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 roles in Avalon (1990), Paradise (1991), Radio Flyer (1992), Forever Young (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in films such as North (1994), The War (1994), Flipper (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), and The Faculty (1998). Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City (2005), Green Street Hooligans (2005), Everything Is Illuminated (2005), Paris, je t'aime (2006), Bobby (2006), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), Maniac (2012), Grand Piano, Cooties, The Last Witch Hunter (2015), The Trust (2016), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017), and Come to Daddy (2019). Wood's voice roles include Mumble in Happy Feet (2006) and its sequel (2011), the title character 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), and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). He also 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).
Movie | Bookworm | Strawn Wise | 2025 |
Movie | L.A. Rush | 2025 | |
Movie | The Elephant 6 Recording Co. | Self | 2023-08-25 |
Movie | The Toxic Avenger | Fritz Garbinger | 2023-09-21 |
Series | The Afterparty | 'Yasper' | 2022-01-28 |
Series | Yellowjackets | Self - Walter | 2021-11-14 |
Movie | No Man of God | Bill Hagmaier | 2021-08-19 |
Movie | Solar Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-19 |
Movie | Showbiz Kids | Self | 2020-07-14 |
Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | 2020-06-29 |
Movie | Come to Daddy | Norval Greenwood | 2019-04-25 |
Series | Summer Camp Island | Saxophone (voice) | 2018-07-07 |
Movie | The Panama Papers | John Doe (voice) | 2018-10-06 |
Series | Eli Roth's History of Horror | Unknown | 2018-10-14 |
Series | Star Wars Resistance | Jace Rucklin (voice) | 2018-10-07 |
Movie | 78/52 | Self | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore | Tony | 2017-01-19 |
Series | Talking with Chris Hardwick | Self | 2017-04-09 |
Movie | The Trust | David Waters | 2016-04-29 |
Series | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Todd Brotzman | 2016-10-22 |
Series | Join or Die with Craig Ferguson | Himself | 2016-02-18 |
Series | Hot Ones | Self | 2015-03-12 |
Movie | Made in Japan | Himself (voice) | 2015-03-17 |
Movie | The Last Witch Hunter | Dolan 37th | 2015-10-21 |
Movie | Behind Over the Garden Wall | Himself | 2015-07-08 |
Movie | Henry | 2015-07-28 | |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
Movie | Open Windows | Nick Chambers | 2014-07-04 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | Why Horror? | Animation VO (voice) | 2014-10-03 |
Movie | Set Fire to the Stars | John M. Brinnin | 2014-11-07 |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Frodo | 2014-12-10 |
Series | Over the Garden Wall | Wirt (voice) | 2014-11-03 |
Movie | Cooties | Clint | 2014-10-10 |
Movie | A Band Called Death | Self | 2013-06-27 |
Movie | Setup, Punch | Reuben Stein | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | Pawn Shop Chronicles | Johnny Shaw | 2013-07-12 |
Series | Peter Panzerfaust | Peter | 2013-04-04 |
Movie | Tome of the Unknown: Harvest Melody | Wirt (voice) | 2013-10-24 |
Movie | Mundos virtuales | 2013-12-14 | |
Movie | Moshi Monsters: The Movie | Roary (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
Movie | This Must Be the Only Fantasy | Trevor | 2013-12-31 |
Movie | The Wind Rises | Sone (voice) | 2013-07-20 |
Movie | Maniac: The Making of Documentary | 2013-10-15 | |
Movie | Grand Piano | Tom Selznick | 2013-10-11 |
Series | Double Fine Adventure | Himself | 2012-04-06 |
Series | Treasure Island | Ben Gunn | 2012-01-01 |
Series | TRON: Uprising | Beck | 2012-06-07 |
Movie | Celeste & Jesse Forever | Scott | 2012-08-03 |
Movie | Maniac | Frank | 2012-12-26 |
Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Frodo Baggins | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | The Narrative of Victor Karloch | William Merriwether | 2012-09-02 |
Movie | Revenge for Jolly! | Thomas | 2012-07-17 |
Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Ad-Rock (B-Boys 1) | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | Boobie | James | 2011-03-13 |
Movie | Nightmare Factory | Self | 2011-10-27 |
Movie | Happy Feet Two | Mumble (voice) | 2011-11-17 |
Series | Wilfred | Ryan Newman | 2011-06-23 |
Series | Funny or Die Presents | James | 2010-02-15 |
Movie | The Heart is a Drum Machine | Himself | 2010-03-09 |
Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
Movie | WWII in HD: The Air War | Andy Rooney (voice) | 2010-11-10 |
Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | The Romantics | Chip | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | 9 | 9 (voice) | 2009-08-19 |
Movie | Beyond All Boundaries | Corp. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin | 2009-11-09 |
Series | Glenn Martin, DDS | Chester Chislehurst | 2009-08-17 |
Movie | Operation Filmmaker | Himself | 2008-02-20 |
Movie | The Oxford Murders | Martin | 2008-01-18 |
Movie | Day Zero | Aaron Feller | 2007-04-27 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Series | Yo Gabba Gabba! | Unknown | 2007-08-20 |
Movie | Paris Je T'aime | Le garçon (Quartier de la Madeleine) | 2006-06-21 |
Movie | Happy Feet | Mumble (voice) | 2006-11-16 |
Movie | Bobby | William Avary | 2006-09-05 |
Series | Freak Show | Freak Mart Squirrel | 2006-10-04 |
Series | The Friday Night Project | Unknown | 2005-02-04 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Series | Robot Chicken | Bailiff | 2005-02-20 |
Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
Series | American Dad! | Ethan (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | Sin City | Kevin | 2005-04-01 |
Series | Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie | Unknown | 2005-10-01 |
Movie | Green Street Hooligans | Matt Buckner | 2005-09-09 |
Movie | Everything Is Illuminated | Jonathan Safran Foer | 2005-09-05 |
Movie | I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust | Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz (voice) | 2005-05-05 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005-09-30 |
Movie | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | Himself | 2004-07-23 |
Movie | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Patrick | 2004-03-19 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories | Himself | 2003-01-01 |
Series | Punk'd | Self | 2003-03-17 |
Series | Red vs. Blue | Sigma | 2003-04-01 |
Movie | The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision | Self | 2003-12-26 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Frodo Baggins | 2003-12-01 |
Movie | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | The Guy | 2003-07-25 |
Movie | The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2002-04-01 |
Movie | The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina | Tom Thumb (voice) | 2002-08-06 |
Movie | Try Seventeen | Jones | 2002-09-10 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Frodo Baggins | 2002-12-18 |
Movie | The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002 | Boy with Hearphones (segment "Ridiculous Thoughts") | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | Ash Wednesday | Sean Sullivan | 2002-10-11 |
Movie | Chain of Fools | Mikey | 2001-03-03 |
Series | Primetime Glick | Unknown | 2001-06-20 |
Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Frodo Baggins | 2001-12-18 |
Movie | The Bumblebee Flies Anyway | Barney Snow | 2000-01-01 |
Series | Family Guy | Elijah Wood (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Black and White | Wren | 1999-09-04 |
Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
Movie | The Faculty | Casey Connor | 1998-12-25 |
Movie | Deep Impact | Leo Biederman | 1998-05-08 |
Series | King of the Hill | Jason (voice) | 1997-01-12 |
Series | Taff | self | 1997-03-11 |
Series | The Wonderful World of Disney | The Artful Dodger | 1997-09-28 |
Movie | Oliver Twist | The Artful Dodger | 1997-05-15 |
Movie | The Ice Storm | Mikey Carver | 1997-02-05 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Flipper | Sandy Ricks | 1996-05-17 |
Series | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Icarus (voice) | 1996-09-02 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Series | Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin | self | 1994-03-01 |
Movie | North | North | 1994-07-22 |
Movie | The War | Stu Simmons | 1994-11-04 |
Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Huck Finn | 1993-04-02 |
Movie | The Good Son | Mark Evans | 1993-09-24 |
Series | Frasier | Ethan (voice) | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | The Witness | Little Boy | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Radio Flyer | Mike | 1992-02-21 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Day-O | Day-O | 1992-05-03 |
Movie | Forever Young | Nat Cooper | 1992-12-16 |
Movie | Paradise | Willard Young | 1991-09-18 |
Movie | Avalon | Michael Kaye | 1990-10-05 |
Movie | Child in the Night | Luke | 1990-05-01 |
Movie | Internal Affairs | Sean Stretch | 1990-01-12 |
Movie | Back to the Future Part II | Video Game Boy | 1989-11-22 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |