Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood
Wood in September 2014
Born	(1981-01-28) January 28, 1981 (age 35) Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
Residence	Austin, Texas, United States
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, producer, DJ
Years active	1988–present

Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, producer, and DJ. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). Landing a succession of larger roles, he was critically acclaimed as a child actor by age nine, being nominated for several Young Artist Awards. As a child, he starred in the films Radio Flyer (1992), The Good Son (1993), North (1994), and Flipper (1996).

He began to take on teenage roles in the films The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact and The Faculty (both 1998). He is best known for his high-profile leading role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–03). Since then, he has chosen varied roles in films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City, Green Street, Everything Is Illuminated (all 2005), and Bobby (2006).

Wood provided the voice of Mumble in the award-winning animated musical films Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011), as well as the eponymous lead in the Tim Burton-produced action/science fiction film 9 (2009). In 2005, he started his own record label, Simian Records. He did the voice acting for Spyro in the Legend of Spyro trilogy. In 2012, he began voicing Beck in the animated series Tron: Uprising, Sigma in the tenth season of the Rooster Teeth series, Red vs. Blue, and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). From 2011-14, Wood played the role of Ryan Newman in FX's dark comedy, Wilfred. As of late autumn 2016, he co-stars in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.