Elijah Wood

Age: 29
Height: 5' 6"

Birth Place: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Born: Jan. 28th, 1981

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Elijah Wood's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Adventures from the Book of Virtues	Icarus
Player$	Elijah Wood

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Elijah Jordan Wood was born on January 28, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Warren and Debbie Wood. He has an older brother Zack and a younger sister Hannah Wood (I). At an early age Elijah showed a knack for entertaining and wowing audiences, and his mother decided to take him to Los Angeles for an Annual International Modeling and Talent Association convention. He quickly landed himself an acting job. Soon he began popping up in commercials and then in small parts on television, but he got his first major part appearing in Avalon (1990) in 1990. His acting career took off from there, and he began appearing in films such as Paradise (1991), Radio Flyer (1992) and Forever Young (1992), with Mel Gibson (I). After The Good Son (1993) with Macaulay Culkin, Elijah appeared in North (1994). Although the film was deemed a flop at the box office, Elijah was praised as the only good thing to come out of it. In 1996 Elijah starred in a movie remake of an old TV show, Flipper (1996), and immediately regained his old strength. He appeared in countless films after that. Many critics wondered if his ability as a child actor to capture an audience was wearing thin, as had many child actors', but Elijah has proved that it has only made him stronger. Deep Impact (1998) and The Faculty (1998) were produced after that, and were quite successful. In 1999 Elijah was in three movies that never made it into wide release: The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999) (released on satellite TV), Black and White (1999/I) (released on home video) and Chain of Fools (2000). Elijah next went to work on what has been called the biggest project ever to hit the movies, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

TRIVIA:

Considers Frodo Baggins to be his best role.
He became a child model when his mother wanted him to burn off excessive energy.
Suffered acute appendicitis and was briefly hospitalized [August 2003]
Received an injury under his eyebrow during the filming of _Hooligans (2005)_ (qv) (aka "The Yank), leaving a visible scar.
'Smashing Pumpkins' (qv) is his favorite band.
As of December 2003, Elijah lived in a New York apartment with his sister 'Hannah Wood (I)' (qv). However, within a few months he moved back into his mother's guest house in Santa Monica, California, where he lived previously, stating he couldn't justify the rent on the apartment since he spent so little time there.
His favorite movie is _Harvey (1950)_ (qv).
Each of the nine Fellowship members got the same tattoo: the number nine written in Elvish. Elijah's is on his pelvic bone on the right side.

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