Elijah Wood

{{Distinguish|Elijah Woods (disambiguation){{!}}Elijah Woods}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Elijah Wood

| image = Elijah Wood at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Wood in 2025

| birth_name = Elijah Jordan Wood

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|01|28}}

| birth_place = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actor
film producer

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| partner = Mette-Marie Kongsved

| years_active = 1989–present

| children = 2

| works = Full list

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Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. Wood made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989) at the age of eight and achieved recognition in the early 1990s as a child actor with roles such as Avalon (1990), Forever Young (1992), The Good Son (1993), and The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993). As a teenager, he starred in the films North (1994), The War (1994), Flipper (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), and The Faculty (1998). Wood achieved international fame in the early 2000s for playing the hobbit Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), based on the classic fantasy novel of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

As an adult, Wood appeared in a wide range of films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City (2005), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017). He has had voice roles in projects such as Happy Feet (2006), The Legend of Spyro (2006–2008), 9 (2009), Tron: Uprising (2012–2013), and Over the Garden Wall (2014). On television, Wood starred in the series Wilfred (2011–2014), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017), and Yellowjackets (2023–2025).

Wood founded the record label Simian Records in 2005, which was dissolved in 2015. He directed the 2007 music video "Energy" for The Apples in Stereo. In 2010, Wood co-founded a film production company for horror films, The Woodshed, renamed SpectreVision in 2013. Wood is a disc jockey, and has toured globally with his friend Zach Cowie as the duo Wooden Wisdom.

Early life

Wood was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on January 28, 1981,{{cite web |title=Elijah Wood Biography |url=http://www.biography.com/people/elijah-wood-9542562 |work=The Biography Channel |publisher=A+E Television Networks |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216035752/http://www.biography.com/people/elijah-wood-9542562 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |url-status=dead}} to Debbie ({{née|Krause}}) and Warren Wood, who operated a delicatessen together.{{cite news |last=Rauzi |first=Robin |title=Elijah Wood: Having Fun Acting as a Kid |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-06-ca-19743-story.html |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 6, 1993 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116143253/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-04-06/entertainment/ca-19743_1_elijah-wood-s-career |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=live}} He is of English, Danish,{{Cite AV media |title=Elijah Wood Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AJtb-uSTr4&feature=youtu.be&t=218 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7AJtb-uSTr4 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live |publisher=Wired |access-date=December 15, 2020 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}} Irish, and German ancestry, and was raised Catholic.{{cite web |url=http://always.ejwsites.net/HumoInterview.html |title='Hooligans' – The seven sins according to Elijah Wood |work=always.ejwsites.net |access-date=July 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723092638/http://always.ejwsites.net/HumoInterview.html |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Elijah Wood Biography |url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/elijah-wood.html |work=The Biography Channel |publisher=AETN UK |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108205439/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/elijah-wood.html |archive-date=January 8, 2014}}{{cite news |last=Heath |first=Chris |title=The Secret Life of Elijah Wood |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.angelfire.com/darkside/elijahchico/inter/stone1.html |date=April 11, 2002 |issue=893 |quote=His Catholic mother favored biblical names. His older brother was Zachariah, his younger sister would be Hannah. He got Elijah. "He was a prophet," Wood says, "a messenger of God." This Elijah does not imagine himself a messenger of God and has not stayed close to organized Catholicism, but he does try to pray every night before he goes to sleep.}} He has an older brother named Zachariah{{cite news |first=John |last=Gaudiosi |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2007-04-02/elijah-woods-got-gamebusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice |title=Elijah Wood's Got Game |work=Bloomberg News |date=April 2, 2007 |access-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202114853/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2007-04-02/elijah-woods-got-gamebusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=live }} and a younger sister named Hannah. At age seven, Wood began modeling and taking piano lessons in his hometown.{{cite news |last=Harnick |first=Chris |title=Elijah Wood Reveals Vintage Modeling Pictures On 'Conan' (VIDEO)|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/elijah-wood-child-model-conan_n_3509218.html |access-date=January 20, 2014 |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=June 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011813/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/elijah-wood-child-model-conan_n_3509218.html |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Hopewell |first=John |title=Elijah Wood at Sitges: 'Genre Is Getting the Respect It Deserves' |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/international/elijah-wood-at-sitges-genre-is-getting-the-respect-it-deserves-1200719009/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=Variety |date=October 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123020232/http://variety.com/2013/film/international/elijah-wood-at-sitges-genre-is-getting-the-respect-it-deserves-1200719009/ |archive-date=January 23, 2014 |url-status=live}} In elementary school, he appeared in The Sound of Music and played the title character in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He served as a choirboy in a production of See How They Run. Wood's parents sold their delicatessen in 1989 and the family, without his father, moved to Los Angeles to allow him to pursue an acting career; they divorced when he was 15.{{cite news |title=BIOGRAPHY: Elijah Wood |url=http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-elijah-wood |work=Lifetime |publisher=AETN UK |access-date=December 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029084141/http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-elijah-wood |archive-date=October 29, 2016}}

Career

=1988–1999: Early work=

Wood modeled and appeared in local commercials; his first appearance was in the music video for Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl", directed by David Fincher. This was followed by a pivotal role in the made-for-TV film, Child in the Night, and a minor role in Back to the Future Part II, as a boy from a futuristic 2015 who teases Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) for playing an arcade game because "you have to use your hands".{{cite news |last=Abramson |first=Andrew |date=November 20, 2013 |title=Forward to future; Post reporter sees Dolphins through Google glasses |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/21/forward-to-future-post-reporter/7542596007/ |work=The Palm Beach Post |access-date=December 7, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207101152/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/21/forward-to-future-post-reporter/7542596007/ |archive-date=December 7, 2022}} Nine-year-old Wood auditioned for a role in Kindergarten Cop, but was told by director Ivan Reitman that his performance was not believable, which Wood later said was "a harsh thing to say to a nine-year-old."{{cite podcast |url=https://play.acast.com/s/mydadwroteaporno/footnotes-elijah-wood |title=Footnotes: Elijah Wood |website=My Dad Wrote a Porno |publisher=Acast |date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2021}}

Playing Aidan Quinn's son in Avalon garnered professional attention for Wood; the film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards.{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |date=October 6, 1990 |title=9-Year-Old Elijah Wood Learned About the Bees in 'Avalon' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-06-ca-1279-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 7, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207151125/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-06-ca-1279-story.html |archive-date=February 7, 2020}} A small part in Richard Gere's Internal Affairs was followed by the role of a boy who brings estranged couple Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson back together in Paradise (1991). In 1992, Wood co-starred with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis in Forever Young,{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=December 16, 1992 |title=Review/Film: Forever Young; Mel Gibson In a Vehicle For an Age Of Miracles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/movies/review-film-forever-young-mel-gibson-in-a-vehicle-for-an-age-of-miracles.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526054814/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/movies/review-film-forever-young-mel-gibson-in-a-vehicle-for-an-age-of-miracles.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015}} and with Joseph Mazzello in Radio Flyer.{{cite news |last=Howe |first=Desson |date=February 21, 1992 |title='RADIO FLYER': SOARING SPIRIT |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/02/21/radio-flyer-soaring-spirit/149a1abb-65c8-4d85-b06e-dea28081fbcd/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 15, 2014}}

In 1993, Wood played the title character in Disney's adaptation of Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huck Finn, and co-starred with Macaulay Culkin in the psychological thriller The Good Son. The following year, he starred in The War, alongside Kevin Costner. Although the film received mostly negative reviews, Wood's performance earned praise.{{Cite news |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=4 November 1994 |title=FILM REVIEW; Family Values and Love in Vietnam Aftermath |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/04/movies/film-review-family-values-and-love-in-vietnam-aftermath.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=July 13, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Schwarzbaum |first=Lisa |author-link=Lisa Schwarzbaum |date=November 4, 1994 |title=Movie Review: 'The War' |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/11/04/movie-review-war/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 13, 2021}} Roger Ebert's review of the film praised Wood highly, stating that Wood "has emerged, I believe, as the most talented actor, in his age group, in Hollywood history."{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=The War Movie Review & Film Summary (1994)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-war-1994 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=Roger Ebert |date=November 4, 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116112437/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-war-1994 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=live}}

Wood's title role—opposite Bruce Willis—in the Robert Reiner film North (1994) was followed by a Super Bowl commercial for Lay's "Wavy" potato chips (with Dan Quayle).{{cite news |title=Wavy Lay's Super Bowl Commercial Finds Child Star Elijah Wood Waging 'Wavy Lay's Challenge' to Super Bowl Bound Troy Aikman |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WAVY+LAY'S+SUPER+BOWL+COMMERCIAL+FINDS+CHILD+STAR+ELIJAH+WOOD+WAGING...-a014762894 |access-date=January 20, 2014 |newspaper=PR Newswire |date=January 27, 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925122351/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WAVY+LAY'S+SUPER+BOWL+COMMERCIAL+FINDS+CHILD+STAR+ELIJAH+WOOD+WAGING...-a014762894 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=dead}} In 1995, Wood appeared in the music video for The Cranberries' "Ridiculous Thoughts",{{cite web |url=https://www.cpr.org/2015/01/13/10-great-music-videos-featuring-celebrities/ |title=10 great music videos featuring celebrities |last=Sweeney |first=Alisha |date=January 13, 2015 |website=Colorado Public Radio |access-date=January 13, 2015}} played the lead role in Flipper, and co-starred in Ang Lee's critically acclaimed The Ice Storm.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/elijah-wood-yellowjackets-season-2-christina-ricci-ice-storm-reunion/ |title=Elijah Wood joins Christina Ricci in Yellowjackets season 2 for Ice Storm reunion |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=August 19, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=August 19, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819172325/https://ew.com/tv/elijah-wood-yellowjackets-season-2-christina-ricci-ice-storm-reunion/ |archive-date=August 19, 2022}} In 1996, he guest starred in the episode entitled "The True Test" in Homicide: Life on the Street. In 1997, Wood played Jack "The Artful Dodger" Dawkins in a made-for-TV adaptation of Oliver Twist, alongside Richard Dreyfuss.{{cite news |last=Gallo |first=Phil |date=November 13, 1997 |title=Oliver Twist |url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/oliver-twist-2-1117339955/ |work=Variety |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194523/https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/oliver-twist-2-1117339955/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}} The following year, he had a leading role in the sci-fi disaster film Deep Impact, and a starring role in The Faculty, directed by Robert Rodriguez. In 1999, Wood played a suburban white teenager who affects hip-hop lingo in James Toback's Black and White, and a junior hitman in Chain of Fools.{{cite news |last=Rehlin |first=Gunnar |date=March 11, 2001 |title=Chain of Fools |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/chain-of-fools-1200467419/ |work=Variety |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823110044/https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/chain-of-fools-1200467419/ |archive-date=August 23, 2018}}

=1999–2003: ''The Lord of the Rings''=

File:One Ring Blender Render.png, Jackson gave Wood one of the One Ring props (artist's impression shown) used on the set. ]]

Wood played Frodo Baggins in the 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's multi-volume novel. Wood was a fan of the Hobbit,{{Cite web |date=2025-02-22 |title=Elijah Wood on The Hobbit, Making Horror Films, and the Best Holiday … |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/12/elijah-wood-the-woodshed-twitterview |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250222062520/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/12/elijah-wood-the-woodshed-twitterview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2025-02-22 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=archive.ph}} and he sent in an audition tape of himself dressed as Frodo, reading lines from the novel.{{cite book |last=Sibley |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Sibley |title=Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2006 |chapter=Three-Ring Circus |location=London |pages=388–444 |isbn=0-00-717558-2}} He was selected from 150 actors who auditioned.{{cite magazine |last=Flynn |first=Gillian |title=Ring Masters |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 16, 2001 |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/11/16/ring-masters/ |access-date=September 16, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125155650/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C253462%2C00.html |archive-date=November 25, 2007}} Wood was the first actor to be cast.{{cite news |title=Official Frodo Press Release! |publisher=The One Ring.net |date=July 9, 1999 |url=http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/931577666 |access-date =October 15, 2006}} This gave Wood top billing, alongside a cast full of stars.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018194153/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807537463/cast |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807537463/cast |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |website=Yahoo! Movies |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2019}}{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016165238/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804738128/cast |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804738128/cast |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |website=Yahoo! Movies |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2019}}{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014145739/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804738130/cast |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804738130/cast |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |website=Yahoo! Movies |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2019}}

The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed in New Zealand; principal photography took over a year, and pick-up shooting continued annually for the next four years.{{cite video |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers "Appendices" |medium=DVD |publisher=New Line Cinema |date=2003}}{{Cite book |last=Sibley |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Sibley |title=The Making of the Movie Trilogy |publisher=Harper Collins |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-618-26022-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lordofringsmakin00sibl |pages=44, 52}} Before the cast left the country, Jackson gave Wood two gifts: one of the One Ring props used on the set and Sting, Frodo's sword. He was also given a pair of prosthetic "hobbit feet" of the type worn during filming.{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Xan |date=March 7, 2013 |title=Elijah Wood: 'Frodo's never going away' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/07/elijah-wood-maniac-frodo |work=The Guardian |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010191955/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/07/elijah-wood-maniac-frodo |archive-date=October 10, 2015}}

In 2002, Wood lent his voice to the DTV release of The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina. Later that year, the second part of Peter Jackson's trilogy was released, titled The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

In 2003, Wood starred in the DTV film All I Want and cameoed as 'The Guy' in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. The concluding chapter of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released in December of that year.{{cite news |last=Neal |first=Rome |date=December 18, 2003 |title=The Return Of Elijah Wood |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-return-of-elijah-wood/ |work=CBS News |access-date=January 15, 2014}}

=2004–present=

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Wood's first role following his Lord of the Rings success was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), in which he played Patrick, an unscrupulous lab technician who pursues Kate Winslet. The film received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2005. He next played the silent serial killer Kevin in Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's comic book series, Sin City (2005). Wood's audition for the role only consisted of staring at a film camera while passages from the graphic novel were read.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/sin-city-movie-elijah-wood-kevin-audition-details/ |title=Elijah Wood's Sin City Audition Was Hilariously Simple |last=McClelland |first=Timothy |date=August 26, 2021 |website=Screen Rant |access-date=August 28, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828053650/https://screenrant.com/sin-city-movie-elijah-wood-kevin-audition-details/ |archive-date=August 28, 2021}} On May 12, 2005, Wood hosted MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed for the launch of the Xbox 360 video game console.{{cite news |title=New Xbox to kick off console wars |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4539835.stm |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=BBC News |date=May 12, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116100048/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4539835.stm |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=live}}

In Everything Is Illuminated (2005), Wood starred as a young Jewish-American man on a quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II. It was based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer. In Green Street (also 2005), he played an American college student who joins a violent British football firm. Both had limited release but were critically acclaimed.{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Mary Anne |date=January 19, 2007 |title=A Review of the Movie: Everything is Illuminated |url=http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/19430 |work=American Chronicle |access-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813135337/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/19430 |archive-date=August 13, 2012}}{{cite news |last=Hann |first=Michael |date=March 24, 2014 |title=My guilty pleasure: Green Street |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/24/my-guilty-pleasure-green-street |work=The Guardian |access-date=March 24, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324221657/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/24/my-guilty-pleasure-green-street |archive-date=March 24, 2014}}

Wood shot a small part in Paris, je t'aime (2006), which consists of 18 five-minute sections, each directed by a different director. Wood's section, called "Quartier de la Madeleine", was directed by Vincenzo Natali. The film played at the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite news |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |title=Who's making what? This week's announced projects |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/09/19/whos-making-what-this-weeks-announced-projects-6/ |access-date=October 20, 2019 |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 19, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021025439/https://ew.com/article/2006/09/19/whos-making-what-this-weeks-announced-projects-6/ |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |url-status=live}}

In George Miller's animated musical Happy Feet (2006), Wood provided the voice of Mumble, a penguin who can tap dance, but not sing.{{cite news |title=Filming Happy Feet 'was like jazz', says Elijah Wood |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15832892 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=BBC News |date=November 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925154353/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15832892 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=live}} Happy Feet grossed over $380 million worldwide, and received both the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. Wood reprised his role for the film's sequel, Happy Feet Two (2011).{{cite news |last=Weitzman |first=Elizabeth |date=November 17, 2011 |title=Elijah Wood is back as Mumble in 'Happy Feet Two' and parents should be happy they get a holiday break |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/elijah-wood-back-mumble-happy-feet-parents-happy-holiday-break-article-1.979151 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=January 15, 2014}}

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Also in 2006, he was part of the ensemble cast of Emilio Estevez's drama Bobby, a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968, shooting of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In the film, Wood marries Lindsay Lohan's character in order to avoid being drafted for the Vietnam War.{{cite news |title=Weinsteins To Present Estevez's 'Bobby' |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1646503/weinsteins_to_present_estevezs_quotbobbyquot/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=Rotten Tomatoes |date=March 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116132827/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1646503/weinsteins_to_present_estevezs_quotbobbyquot/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}} Bobby screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Wood, along with his co-stars, received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.{{cite web |url=https://www.sagaftra.org/nominees-13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=Nominees for the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |date=December 27, 2006 |website=SAG-AFTRA |access-date=October 19, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019024037/https://www.sagaftra.org/nominees-13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date=October 19, 2018}}

Later that year, Wood hosted the television special Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue for Discovery Kids;{{cite news |title=Elijah Wood Examines the Plight of Penguins in Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue |url=http://www.seaworld.org/education-resources/shamu-tv/broadcasts/pressrelease.htm |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=SeaWorld |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504001409/http://www.seaworld.org/education-resources/shamu-tv/broadcasts/pressrelease.htm |archive-date=May 4, 2008}} he received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming.{{cite news |last=Gough |first=Paul J. |title=PBS leads kids' Emmy noms with 18 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ib856b859909a99894bae61acefcee5b7 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311161851/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ib856b859909a99894bae61acefcee5b7 |archive-date=March 11, 2007}} That same year, it was announced that Wood was set to star in The Passenger, a biographical film about singer Iggy Pop.{{cite news |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Elijah-Wood-to-Play-Iggy-Pop-7418.shtml |title=Elijah Wood to play Iggy Pop |publisher=Softpedia |access-date=October 18, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828083629/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Elijah-Wood-to-Play-Iggy-Pop-7418.shtml |archive-date=August 28, 2006}} However, the project failed to come to fruition after years in development.{{cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/iggy_pop_nixes_biopic |title=Iggy Pop Nixes Biopic |last=Thiessen |first=Brock |date=March 31, 2009 |website=Exclaim! |access-date=April 22, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008162659/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/iggy_pop_nixes_biopic |archive-date=October 8, 2015}}

Wood has provided voiceovers for video games, including the voice of Spyro the Dragon in The Legend of Spyro game trilogy (2006–2008),{{cite news |last=Kuo |first=Li C. |title=Elijah Wood is Spyro the Dragon |url=http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/spyro-6/705793p1.html |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=GameSpy |date=May 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008152208/http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/spyro-6/705793p1.html |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |url-status=live}} as well as reprising Mumble in the game version of Happy Feet (2006–2011).{{cite news |title=Happy Feet star Elijah Wood |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6190000/newsid_6192700/6192788.stm |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=CBBC Newsround |date=November 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116100952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6190000/newsid_6192700/6192788.stm |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=live}}

On January 4, 2007, Wood joined Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg in a live telecast to announce the nominees for the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.{{cite news |title=Actor Recipients Sandra Oh and Elijah Wood Join Sag President Alan Rosenberg to Announce Nominees |url=http://thesop.org/story/press_releases/2006/12/28/actor-recipients-sandra-oh-and-elijah-wood-join-sag-president-alan-rosenberg-to-announce-nominees.php |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=The Student Operated Press |date=December 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115215624/http://thesop.org/story/press_releases/2006/12/28/actor-recipients-sandra-oh-and-elijah-wood-join-sag-president-alan-rosenberg-to-announce-nominees.php |archive-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live}} Later that year, he starred in Day Zero, a drama about conscription in the United States, which had its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Day Zero |url=http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512d05361c7d76e046002752-day-zero |work=Tribeca Film Festival |publisher=Tribeca Enterprises |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116082733/http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512d05361c7d76e046002752-day-zero |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

In The Oxford Murders (2008), a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Guillermo Martínez, Wood played a graduate student who investigates a series of bizarre, mathematically based murders in Oxford.{{cite news |last=Rolfe |first=Pamela |title=Wood joins suspects in 'Murders' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wood-joins-suspects-murders-147579 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 27, 2006 |agency=AP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314022654/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wood-joins-suspects-murders-147579 |archive-date=March 14, 2014 |url-status=live}} The following year, he voiced the lead in the animated feature film 9, which was produced by Tim Burton.{{cite news |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=Elijah Wood Goes Animated For Post-Apocalyptic Animated Epic, '9' |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/25/elijah-wood-goes-animated-for-post-apocalyptic-animated-epic-9/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=MTV Movies Blog |date=November 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122741/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/25/elijah-wood-goes-animated-for-post-apocalyptic-animated-epic-9/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

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Wood's first starring television role came in the FX series, Wilfred, where he played Ryan Newman, who is described as "an introverted and troubled young man struggling unsuccessfully to make his way in the world until he forms a unique friendship with Wilfred, his neighbor's canine pet."{{cite web |url=http://www.fxnetworks.com//shows/originals/wilfred/cast.php |title=Elijah Wood as 'Ryan' |publisher=FX |access-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829061936/http://www.fxnetworks.com//shows/originals/wilfred/cast.php |archive-date=August 29, 2011}} The pilot episode was shot in the summer of 2010,{{cite news |last=Stanhope |first=Kate |title=Elijah Wood Signs on For First Starring TV Role with Wilfred Pilot |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Elijah-Wood-Wilfred-1020036.aspx |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=TV Guide |date=June 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116083031/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Elijah-Wood-Wilfred-1020036.aspx |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}} and the series lasted four seasons, with the final episode airing in the U.S. on August 13, 2014. For his role, Wood received a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2011/ |title=2011 |website=International Press Academy |access-date=September 27, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927092636/https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2011/ |archive-date=September 27, 2013}}

In January 2011, it was confirmed that Wood had signed on to reprise the role of Frodo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first film of the Hobbit trilogy, directed again by Peter Jackson.{{cite news |title=Elijah Wood returns as Frodo in 'The Hobbit' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/elijah-wood-returns-as-frodo-in-the-hobbit-2181027.html |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=The Independent |date=January 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126031010/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/elijah-wood-returns-as-frodo-in-the-hobbit-2181027.html |archive-date=January 26, 2014 |url-status=dead}} The film was released the following year and grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.{{Cite news |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hobbit.htm |title=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216054758/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hobbit.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |url-status=live}}

Wood featured in the Beastie Boys' 2011 music video for "Make Some Noise," along with Seth Rogen and Danny McBride.{{cite magazine |first=Jillian |last=Mapes |date=April 21, 2011 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/471938/beastie-boys-star-studded-make-some-noise-video-premieres |title=Beastie Boys' Star-Studded 'Make Some Noise' Video Premieres |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 7, 2013}} He then starred in the Flying Lotus music video "Tiny Tortures," where he played a recent amputee coming to grips with his new situation. The psychedelic video was described as "menacing and magical."{{cite news |title=Elijah Wood Takes A Dark Trip With Flying Lotus In 'Tiny Tortures' |url=https://fastcompany.com/1682028/elijah-wood-takes-a-dark-trip-with-flying-lotus-in-tiny-tortures |work=Fast Company |date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071914/https://www.fastcompany.com/1682028/elijah-wood-takes-a-dark-trip-with-flying-lotus-in-tiny-tortures |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}

In 2012, Wood had a supporting role in the romantic comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever, and starred in the horror film Maniac, for which he received the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor.{{cite web |title=The 2014 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Results! |url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2014-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-results/ |website=FANGORIA® |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924052525/http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2014-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-results/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015}} Maniac was mostly shot from a first person point of view of Wood's character.{{cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Phelim |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Maniac is still nasty but it's a cut above most horror remakes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/15/maniac-remake-a-cut-above |work=The Guardian |access-date=December 6, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206171652/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/15/maniac-remake-a-cut-above |archive-date=December 6, 2013}}

Wood played the leading role in the 2013 Hitchcockian suspense thriller Grand Piano.{{cite web |url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/578929-fantastic-fest-2013-elijah-wood-eugenio-mira-on-grand-piano |title=Fantastic Fest 2013: Elijah Wood & Eugenio Mira on Grand Piano |last=Topel |first=Fred |date=September 30, 2013 |website=CraveOnline |access-date=January 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108123744/http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/578929-fantastic-fest-2013-elijah-wood-eugenio-mira-on-grand-piano |archive-date=January 8, 2014}} He voiced Shay, one of two main characters in the adventure game Broken Age, for which he received the 2014 Performance in a Comedy, Lead award from National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR).{{cite web |title=NAVGTR Awards (2014)|url=http://navgtr.org/archives/2445 |website=National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers |access-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322064850/http://navgtr.org/archives/2445/ |archive-date=March 22, 2017}} Next, Wood provided the voice of main character Wirt in Cartoon Network's animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall.{{cite news |url=https://www.agentsofgeek.com/2014/11/over-the-garden-wall-is-the-best-thing-that-the-cartoon-network-has-done-review/ |title=Over the Garden Wall is the best thing that the cartoon network has done - Review|last=Bree |first=Jason |work=Agents of Geek |date=April 11, 2014 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227034508/http://www.agentsofgeek.com/2014/11/over-the-garden-wall-is-the-best-thing-that-the-cartoon-network-has-done-review/ |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=dead}} The series collected three Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015, including Outstanding Animated Program.{{cite news |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/cartoon-networks-over-the-garden-wall-wins-four-emmys-119334.html |work=Cartoon Brew |title=Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall Wins Three Emmys |last=Thill |first=Scott |date=September 16, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227135901/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/cartoon-networks-over-the-garden-wall-wins-four-emmys-119334.html |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |url-status=live }} This was followed by prominent roles in films The Last Witch Hunter (2015), opposite Vin Diesel; The Trust (2016), opposite Nicolas Cage; and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017), opposite Melanie Lynskey. The latter film was awarded the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in January 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.sundance.org/pdf/festival-info/2017AwardWinners-withSundayMondaySchedules.pdf |title=2017 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners |website=Sundance Film Festival |publisher=Sundance Organization |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619043621/http://www.sundance.org/pdf/festival-info/2017AwardWinners-withSundayMondaySchedules.pdf |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

From 2016 to 2017, Wood co-starred with Samuel Barnett as Todd Brotzman in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. It was announced in December 2017 that the show had not been renewed for a third season.{{cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/dirk-gently-s-holistic-detective-agency/54139/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-has-been-cancelled |title=Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency has been cancelled |last1=Ahr |first1=Michael |last2=Howard |first2=Kirsten |work=Den of Geek |date=December 19, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001200111/http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/dirk-gently-s-holistic-detective-agency/54139/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-has-been-cancelled |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |url-status=dead}} Wood provided the voice of Nick Johnsmith / Gristol Malik in Psychonauts 2.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1192436-interview-elijah-wood-talks-no-man-of-god |title=Interview: Elijah Wood Talks No Man of God, Psychonauts 2, and Favorite Kanye Albums |last=Treese |first=Tyler |date=August 27, 2021 |website=ComingSoon.net |access-date=28 August 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828171414/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1192436-interview-elijah-wood-talks-no-man-of-god |archive-date=28 August 2021}}

In 2019, Wood starred as the musician Norval Greenwood in Ant Timpson's black comedy thriller Come to Daddy.{{cite news |last=Dujsik |first=Mark |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/come-to-daddy-movie-review-2020 |title='Come to Daddy' |work=RogerEbert.com |date=7 Feb 2020 |access-date=March 2, 2024}} He both starred as Special Agent Bill Hagmaier and helped to produce Amber Sealey's 2021 crime mystery No Man of God, based on the real life story of Hagmaier's relationship with serial killer Ted Bundy.{{cite web |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/no-man-of-god-2021 |title=No Man of God |work=Tribeca Film Festival |access-date=March 2, 2024}} In 2023, Wood played the starring role of Fritz Garbinger in Macon Blair's superhero comedy horror movie The Toxic Avenger, one of a series.{{Cite web |last=Tilly |first=Chris |date=2023-08-17 |title=The Toxic Avenger: Plot, cast & more |url=https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/the-toxic-avenger-release-date-plot-cast-trailer-2253815/ |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=Dexerto}}

Other activities

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Wood appeared in The Cranberries' music video for "Ridiculous Thoughts" and in Danko Jones' three-piece series: "Full of Regret," "Had Enough," and "I Think Bad Thoughts."{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/elijah-wood-birthday-here-are-his-lesser-known-works-4495920/ |title=Yes, the guy in the middle of nowhere in the music video of 'Ridiculous Thoughts' of The Cranberries is young Elijah Wood |last=Das |first=Samarpita |work=The Indian Express |date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110132950/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/elijah-wood-birthday-here-are-his-lesser-known-works-4495920/ |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://bravewords.com/news/danko-jones-actors-elijah-wood-ralph-macchio-and-jena-malone-discuss-below-the-belt-video-trilogy-in-new-video-epk |title=Danko Jones - Actors Elijah Wood, Ralph Macchio And Jena Malone Discuss Below The Belt Video Trilogy In New Video EPK |work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110132948/http://bravewords.com/news/danko-jones-actors-elijah-wood-ralph-macchio-and-jena-malone-discuss-below-the-belt-video-trilogy-in-new-video-epk |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |url-status=live}} He also appeared in the Beastie Boys music video "Make Some Noise."{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beastie-boys-star-studded-make-some-noise-236854/ |title=First video from 'Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2' features Elijah Wood as a young Ad-Rock |last=Perpetua |first=Matthew |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 21, 2011 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110133844/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beastie-boys-star-studded-make-some-noise-236854/ |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |url-status=live}}

On April 11, 2008, Wood was the guest host of Channel 4's Friday Night Project. On April 25, 2009, he was honored with the Midnight Award by the San Francisco International Film Festival as an 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."{{cite news |title=Double Woods Honored at Midnight Awards |url=http://www.internationalfilmguide.com/p.aspx?t=news&fn=4&mid=37&did=179 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=International Film Guide |date=April 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319023058/http://www.internationalfilmguide.com/p.aspx?t=news&fn=4&mid=37&did=179 |archive-date=March 19, 2012}}

Wood has become a well-known disc jockey. Together with his friend Zach Cowie, they formed Wooden Wisdom and have toured around the world. They have spun at events such as the Bushmills Live 2012 festival at the Old Bushmills Distillery, the opening of the Brickell City Centre and at the pre-Emmy party at The London West Hollywood hotel.{{cite news |title=Actor Elijah Wood of DJ Wooden Wisdom to Perform at 'Bushmills Live' |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/actor-elijah-wood-dj-wooden-130000521.html |work=Yahoo! Finance |access-date=June 23, 2012 |date=April 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527063138/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/actor-elijah-wood-dj-wooden-130000521.html |archive-date=May 27, 2012}}

Wood signed up to co-produce and star in the film Black Wings Has My Angel, based on the noir novel of the same name, with Anthony Moody and Rob Malkani of Indalo Productions. Wood, alongside Tom Hiddleston and Anna Paquin, was set start shooting in late 2012, but the production of the movie was delayed.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i24b21916578451e52e9d905fd230d4fa?imw=Y |title=Wood to Produce 'Black Wings' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222227/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i24b21916578451e52e9d905fd230d4fa?imw=Y |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |first=Borys |last=Kit |date=April 19, 2007}}

Wood together with Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, and Karl Urban, plus writer Philippa Boyens and director Peter Jackson on May 31, 2020, joined Josh Gad's YouTube series Reunited Apart which reunites the cast of popular movies through video-conferencing, and promotes donations to non-profit charities.{{cite news |last=O'Kane |first=Caitlin |date=June 1, 2020 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/actor-josh-gad-reunites-stars-of-lord-of-the-rings-while-raising-money-for-kids-in-need/ |title=Actor Josh Gad Reunites Stars of 'Lord of the Rings' While Raising Money for Kids in Need |work=CBS News |access-date=June 6, 2020}}

Business ventures

In 2005, Wood started his own record label called Simian Records. On September 19, 2006, Wood announced that Simian had signed The Apples in Stereo as their first band, with their new album New Magnetic Wonder released in February 2007.{{cite news |title=Elijah Wood's Label to Release New Apples in Stereo Album |url=https://www.spin.com/2006/09/elijah-woods-label-release-new-apples-stereo-album/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=Spin |date=September 26, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926014416/http://www.spin.com/2006/09/elijah-woods-label-release-new-apples-stereo-album/ |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |url-status=live}} In addition, he also directed the band's 2007 music video for "Energy."{{cite news |last=Mills |first=Fred |title=Apples In Stereo, Elijah Wood Make Synergy and Video 'Energy' |url=http://harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=10805 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=Harp |date=January 11, 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315065714/http://harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=10805 |archive-date=March 15, 2009}}

In 2010, Wood, together with Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller, founded The Woodshed, a production company that promotes horror films. In 2013, the company was re-branded as SpectreVision.{{cite news |last=Yamato |first=Jen |date=September 4, 2013 |url=https://deadline.com/2013/09/elijah-wood-woodshed-production-company-spectrevision-577850/ |title=Elijah Wood's Woodshed Rebrands As SpectreVision, Adds Music Management |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226120327/http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/elijah-wood-woodshed-production-company-spectrevision/ |archive-date=February 26, 2014 |work=Deadline Hollywood |url-status=live |access-date=May 5, 2015}}

Personal life

Wood and his partner, the Danish film producer Mette-Marie Kongsved, have two children together, a son (b. 2019) and a daughter (b. 2022).{{cite news |last=Hearon |first=Sarah |date=February 19, 2020 |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/elijah-wood-mette-marie-kongsved-quietly-welcomed-baby-no-1/ |title=Elijah Wood and Mette-Marie Kongsved Quietly Welcomed Their 1st Child Together |work=Us Weekly |access-date=June 3, 2020}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kirkpatrick |first=Emily |date=2023-03-28 |title=Elijah Wood Reveals He and Partner Mette-Marie Kongsved Welcomed Their Second Child Last Year |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/03/elijah-wood-mette-marie-kongsved-welcome-baby-girl-last-year-second-child |access-date=2023-03-29 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}

Wood has a tattoo of the Elvish Sindarin word "nine", written in Tolkien's constructed script of Tengwar, below his waist on the right side. It refers to his character as one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring.{{cite web |url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue348/interview.html |title=The stars of The Lord of the Rings trilogy reach their journey's end |last=Lee |first=Patrick |website=SciFi.com |access-date=May 31, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306100400/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue348/interview.html |archive-date=March 6, 2007}}

In May 2006, Wood was ranked at No. 7 on Autograph Collector Magazine{{'s}} list of the "10 Best Hollywood Autograph Signers."{{cite news |title=Johnny Depp Best Autograph Signer; Cameron Diaz Worst |work=Fox News |url= https://www.foxnews.com/story/johnny-depp-best-autograph-signer-cameron-diaz-worst |date=May 13, 2006 |access-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820000844/https://www.foxnews.com/story/johnny-depp-best-autograph-signer-cameron-diaz-worst |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |url-status=live }}

On April 23, 2010, in a charitable gesture, Wood visited the Chilean town of Curepto, one of the hardest hit by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck on February 27, 2010. He made personal visits to many of the victims and was accompanied by the First Lady of Chile, Cecilia Morel.{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707005838/http://www.3tv.cl/index.php?m=video&v=11498 |title= Elijah Wood visita a los damnificados del terremoto en Curepto |date=April 23, 2010 |work=3TV |url=http://www.3tv.cl/index.php?m=video&v=11498 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |language=es}}{{cite news |url=http://latercera.com/contenido/661_253608_9.shtml |title=Visit the 27F earthquake victims |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713185107/http://latercera.com/contenido/661_253608_9.shtml |date=July 13, 2011 |work=La Tercera |language=es |access-date= May 5, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2011}}

Wood participated in the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement.{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Drew |date=November 16, 2011 |title=Elijah Wood Rides Subway Like Plebeian, 'Today' Hosts Shocked [Video] |url=https://observer.com/2011/11/elijah-wood-rides-subway-like-plebeian-today-hosts-shocked-video/ |work=The Observer |access-date=April 18, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418212954/https://observer.com/2011/11/elijah-wood-rides-subway-like-plebeian-today-hosts-shocked-video/ |archive-date=April 18, 2021}} He was an active supporter of Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential election.{{cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/elijahwood/status/715578848000086016 |first=Elijah |last=Wood |user=elijahwood |number=715578848000086016 |title=Join me in supporting Bernie Sanders via @actblue |access-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211031451/https://twitter.com/elijahwood/status/715578848000086016 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |url-status=live}}

During a 2016 interview with The Sunday Times, Wood accused Hollywood of being organized by pedophiles who preyed on children within the industry, including many of his fellow child actors. Wood credited his mother with protecting him from these "vipers" and parties "where that kind of thing was going on".{{cite news |last=Thring |first=Oliver |date=May 22, 2016 |title=Hollywood's evil secret |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/hollywoods-evil-secret-mxsb5f3zl |work=The Sunday Times |access-date=June 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620193555/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/past-six-days/2016-05-22/news-review/hollywoods-evil-secret-mxsb5f3zl |archive-date=June 20, 2016}} After the interview made international headlines, Wood clarified that he had "no firsthand experience or observation of the topic" and that his comments had been partly based on the documentary An Open Secret that he had seen.{{cite news |last=Victor |first=Daniel |date=May 24, 2016 |title=Elijah Wood Clarifies Comments on Hollywood Pedophilia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/movies/elijah-wood-hollywood-child-star-pedophilia.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 29, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527144259/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/movies/elijah-wood-hollywood-child-star-pedophilia.html |archive-date=May 27, 2016}}

Filmography and awards

{{main|Elijah Wood filmography|List of awards and nominations received by Elijah Wood|l2=awards and nominations}}

References

External links

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[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elijah_wood Elijah Wood] at Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster Inc.
[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/elijah-wood-vn6779899 Elijah Wood] at AllMovie, All Media Network
[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/elijah-wood-484753 Elijah Wood] at Internet Broadway Database, The Broadway League.