Elijah Wood Bio | Wiki
Elijah Wood is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy from 2001 to 2003 and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 2012.
Elijah made his film debut with a small part in Back to the Future Part II. He went on to achieve recognition as a child actor with roles in Avalon, Paradise, Radio Flyer, and Forever Young among others. Elijah founded the record label Simian Records in 2005, which was dissolved in 2015. He founded the film production company SpectreVision in 2010.
Elijah Wood Age
Elijah was born on January 28, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. He is 41 years old.
Elijah Wood Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx. 1.68 m).
Elijah Wood Family
He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to his parents Debbie and Warren Wood. Elijah’s parents operated a delicatessen together. He is of English, Danish, Irish, and German ancestry, and was raised Catholic. Elijah has an older brother named Zachariah and a younger sister named Hannah. At age seven, he began modeling and taking piano lessons in his hometown. His parents divorced when he was 15.
Elijah Wood Married | Wife
Elijah is in a relationship with Danish film producer Mette-Marie Kongsved. The couple started dating in 2018 and welcomed their first child together, a boy, in 2019. In 2013 he purchased a house in the south Austin, TX neighborhood of Bouldin Creek.
Elijah Wood Education
In elementary school, Elijah appeared in The Sound of Music and played the title character in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He also served as a choirboy in a production of See How They Run. His parents sold their delicatessen in 1989 and the family, without his father, moved to Los Angeles in order for him to pursue an acting career.
Elijah Wood Back To The Future
He had a minor role in Back to the Future Part II, a 1989 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Bob Gale and a story by both. It is the sequel to the 1985 film Back to the Future and the second installment in the Back to the Future franchise. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, and Jeffrey Weissman.
Elijah Wood Sin City
Elijah played the serial killer Kevin in Robert Rodriguez’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s comic book series, Sin City, a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is based on Miller’s graphic novel of the same name.
Much of the film is based on the first, third, and fourth books in Miller’s original comic series. The Hard Goodbye is about an ex-convict who embarks on a rampage in search of his one-time sweetheart’s killer.
Elijah Wood In Lord Of The Rings | Frodo
Elijah played Frodo Baggins in 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. He was the first actor to be cast.
This gave Elijah top billing, alongside a cast that included Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, and Miranda Otto among others. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed in New Zealand, in a process taking more than one year for principal photography alone, with pick-up shots annually for the next four years.
Elijah Wood The Hobbit
In January 2011, it was confirmed that Elijah 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. The film was released the following year and grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
Elijah Wood Flipper
In 1995, he played Sandy Ricks the lead role in Flipper, a 1996 American adventure film, and a remake of the 1963 film of the same name. Written and directed by Alan Shapiro, the film stars Elijah as Sandy Ricks, a boy who has to spend the summer with his Uncle Porter, who lives on the Florida Gold Coast.
Elijah Wood Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Elijah’s estimated net worth is $20 million.
Is Elijah Wood Married
No. He is in a relationship with Danish film producer Mette-Marie Kongsved. The couple started dating in 2018 and welcomed their first child together, a boy, in 2019.