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Elijah Wood
Actor
Male
Born
Jan 28, 1981
Age
32
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Other Names
Wood, Elijah Jordan
Elijah Jordan Wood is an American actor. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II, then landed a succession of larger roles that made him a critically acclaimed child actor by age 9, being nominated for several Young Artist… Read More
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Liliana Greenfield Sanders: Tribeca Opening Night: Bluebird And Alia Shawkat's Birthday PartyHuffington Post - Apr 20, 2013
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Maniac Review: Elijah Wood Glares Bug Eyed At The Various Women He Slaughters, Mutilates And ScalpsDaily Mail (UK) - Mar 22, 2013 -
'Hobbit' Star Reveals One 'Unpleasant' Thing About FilmHuffington Post - Mar 18, 2013
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Relive The Best Celebrity Super Bowl CommercialsHuffington Post - Jan 29, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1981
Birth
Born on January 28, 1981.
1988
7 Years Old
Wood modeled and did local commercials before moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1988, where he got his first break, a small role in a video by Paula Abdul – "Forever Your Girl", directed by David Fincher.
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1990
9 Years Old
It was Wood's role as Aidan Quinn's son in Barry Levinson's 1990 film Avalon (the third film in the Baltimore trilogy containing 1982's Diner and 1987's Tin Men) that first gave Wood attention, as the film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards.
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TEENAGE
1993
12 Years Old
In 1993, he had the lead role in The Adventures of Huck Finn and also appeared with Macaulay Culkin in The Good Son.
In 1994 he starred in The War (1994), with Kevin Costner.
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1995
14 Years Old
In 1995, he appeared in the music video for The Cranberries "Ridiculous Thoughts".
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1997
16 Years Old
In 1997, he portrayed the pick-pocketing thief Jack "The Artful Dodger" Dawkins in Tony Bill's Oliver Twist. 1998's Deep Impact and The Faculty did not allow Wood the same degree of character development, but were great financial successes and further stepping stones in Wood's evolution from child star to young actor.
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TWENTIES
2001
20 Years Old
Wood was cast as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of director Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel. His most hotly anticipated project, the 2001 film gave Wood top billing as Baggins, alongside a cast that included Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Sean Bean, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban.
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In 2002, Wood lent his voice to the direct-to-video release of The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina.
2003
22 Years Old
In 2003, he starred in the direct-to-video movie All I Want (also titled Try Seventeen) and once again portrayed Frodo Baggins for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final part of Jackson's trilogy.
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On May 12, 2005, Wood hosted a program called "MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed", when the new Xbox 360 games console was launched.
In 2006, he was part of the ensemble cast in Emilio Estevez's Bobby, in which his character gets married to change his draft classification.
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Day Zero, a drama about the draft, had its debut at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
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2008
27 Years Old
On April 11, 2008, Wood was the guest host of Channel 4's Friday Night Project.
2009
28 Years Old
On April 25, 2009, Wood was honored with the Midnight Award by the San Francisco International Film Festival as a dynamic young American actor who "has made outstanding contributions to independent and Hollywood cinema, and who brings striking intelligence, exemplary talent and extraordinary depth of character to his roles".
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2010
29 Years Old
On April 23, 2010, in a charitable gesture, Wood visited the town of Curepto, Chile, one of the hardest hit by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on February 27, 2010.
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THIRTIES
In January 2011, it was confirmed that Wood would reprise the role of Frodo Baggins in the The Hobbit parts one and two films to be released in 2012 and 2013.
He is currently voicing Beck in the 2012 animated series Tron: Uprising, and Sigma in the tenth season of the Rooster Teeth series Red vs. Blue.
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