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Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He rose to international fame 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 multiple roles such as Avalon (1990) and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in several films including North (1994), Flipper (1996), and The Ice Storm (1997). Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Paris, je t'aime (2006), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017). Wood's voice roles include Mumble in the Happy Feet film franchise (2006–2011), the title protagonist 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), Sigma in Season 10 of Red vs. Blue, and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). He 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).
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Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He rose to international fame 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 multiple roles such as Avalon (1990) and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in several films including North (1994), Flipper (1996), and The Ice Storm (1997). Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Paris, je t'aime (2006), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017). Wood's voice roles include Mumble in the Happy Feet film franchise (2006–2011), the title protagonist 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), Sigma in Season 10 of Red vs. Blue, and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). He 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).
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Colbert Report
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Daily Show
Frasier
The Afterparty
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Primetime Glick
King of the Hill
Star Wars Resistance
Family Guy
Yellowjackets
Talking with Chris Hardwick
American Dad!
I'm a Virgo
Freak Show
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Summer Camp Island
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Sin City
Back to the Future Part II
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Showbiz Kids
The Romantics
I Love LA
The Monkey
Ash Wednesday
Robot Chicken
Internal Affairs
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Among Us
Funny or Die Presents
Deep Impact
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
The Good Son
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
TRON: Uprising
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
MADtv
The Last Witch Hunter
The Trust
The Faculty
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Cooties
Over the Garden Wall
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Wilfred
Day Zero
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
No Man of God
9
Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet
Production Credits
No Man of God
Archenemy
Inside Llewyn Davis
Mandy
Toad Road
Cooties
Color Out of Space
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