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Elijah (Jordan) Wood was born on
January 28th, 1981 in Cedar rapids (Iowa-USA). At an early
age, he showed
interest for entertaining and acting and his mother (Deborah
Wood) decided then to bring him to the International Modeling And Talent
Association Convention. Elijah soon appeared in commercials
and TV features. The career of a brilliant actor was
beginning...
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Nicknames : Elwood,
Lij, Monkey |
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Height : 5'6" (168 cm) |
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Eyes color : blue |
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Hair : brown |
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Family : a 7 years older brother
(Zacharia, born in 1974)
and a sister (Hannah, born in 1984) who is two years younger. His parents
(Warren and Debbie Wood) are now divorced.
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Particularity : a tattoo on the
lower right side of his torso, done after the footage of LOTR
and which eight members of the Fellowship cast got (but in different
places.) It's an
elvish sign which stands for the number nine. Elijah smokes
and wears glasses.
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: won a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Young
Actor in a Thriller / Fantasy with The Good Son, in
1994, won the award for "hottest, coolest, young
veteran" at the Movieline's 4th Annual Young Hollywood
Awards (2002). He won a 2003 MTV Movie Award with co-star Sean
Astin for Best On-Screen Team in The Two Towers.
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Casting on LOTR : Elijah dressed up like a hobbit,
filmed himself interpreting Frodo and
sent the tape to Peter Jackson (George Huang directed
Elijah in his audition tape).
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LOTR : see quotes
from the actor on the movies
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Career performances : complete
filmography on IMDB |
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Happy Feet (2006) as Mumble
(voice) |
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Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
as Jonathan |
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Hooligans (2005) as Matt
Buckman |
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Sin City (2005) as Kevin |
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Eternal Sunshine Of The
Spotless Mind (2004) as Patrick |
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The Lord Of The Rings :
The Return Of The King
(2003) as Frodo Baggins |
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The Lord Of The Rings :
The Two Towers
(2002) as Frodo Baggins |
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Try Seventeen (2002) |
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The Lord Of The Rings :
The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) as Frodo Baggins |
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Chain Of Fools (2000) as
Mikey |
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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
(2000) as Barney
Snow |
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Black and White (1999) as
Wren |
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The Faculty (1998) as
Casey Connor |
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Deep Impact (1998) as
Leo Biederman |
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Oliver Twist (1997-TV) as
Artful Dodger |
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The Ice Storm (1997) as
Mikey Carver |
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Flipper (1996) as
Sandy |
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North (1994) as
North |
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The Adventures of Huck Finn
(1993) as Huck Finn |
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The Good Son (1993) as
Mark |
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Forever Young (1992) as
Nat Cooper |
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Radio Flyer (1992) as
Mike |
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Paradise (1991) as
Willard Young |
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Back To The Future II (1989) as
The video game boy
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Elijah Wood on the WWW : check
out AHT
links |
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Write to Elijah Wood : |
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Elijah Wood, c/o Nicole David,
William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Drive, Beverly Hills,
California 90212, USA
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Elijah Wood, 2300 W Victory
Boulevard #
384, Burbank, CA 91505, USA |
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Elijah Wood, 760 North
La
Cienga Boulevard, suite 20, Los Angeles CA 90069, USA |
