Elijah Wood
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Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a U.S. actor. He is the middle of the three children of Warren and Debbie Wood, who called Elijah "Spark Plug." He has a brother Zack, a video game producer and seven years his senior, as well as a younger sister Hannah, a poet and actress like Elijah. Zack introduced him to video games by playing them in front of him.
A professional actor since the age of six, he is best known for the role of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings movies. He took the stage in his elementary school's rendition of the play The Sound of Music. The following year, he graduated to the title character of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Wood also served as choir boy during the production of See How They Run, produced by the Marion Creative Council.
Filmography
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- Avalon (1990)
- Radio Flyer (1992)
- Day-O (1992)
- Huck Finn (1993)
- Forever Young (1992)
- North (1994)
- The Good Son (1993)
- The War (1994)
- Flipper (1996)
- The Ice Storm (1997)
- Oliver Twist (1997)
- Deep Impact (1998)
- The Faculty (1998)
- Black and White (1999)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- All I Want (2003)
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Sin City (2005)
- Hooligans (2005)
- MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed (2005)
- Everything Is Illuminated (Post-production)
- Happy Feet (voice) (Post-production)
External link
- Always & Forever Elijah Wood (http://always.ejwsites.net/)
- Elijah Wood Fan Network (http://www.elijah-wood.com/)
- Fan forums (http://forum.ewfn.org/)
- Chat community (http://www.newsgeek.org/chat/)
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