Wood was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on January 28, 1981, to Debbie (née Krause) and Warren Wood, who operated a delicatessen together. He is of English, Danish, Irish, and German ancestry, and was raised Catholic. He has an older brother named Zachariah and a younger sister named Hannah. At age seven, Wood began modeling and taking piano lessons in his hometown. 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.
Elijah Wood
January 28, 1981 • 43 y.o.
Full Name | Elijah Jordan Wood |
Place of Birth | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States |
Citizenship | United States |
Career | 1989 — ... |
Genres | Comedy, Drama, Adventure |
Height | 1.68 m |
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- Adventure 9%
- Thriller 7%
- Fantasy 6%
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Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, 49 min
United States
Crime, Drama
United States, China • Jiahuang Peng...
Adventure
New Zealand • Ant Timpson
Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, 1 hr 42 min
United States • Macon Blair
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, 30 min
United States • Boots Riley
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, 35 min
United States • Christopher Miller...
Horror, Drama, Mystery, 1 hour
United States • Eva Sørhaug...
Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 40 min
United States • Amber Sealey
Short, Comedy, Fantasy, 7 min
United States • Jason Reitman
Comedy, Horror, Mystery, 1 hr 36 min
Ireland, Canada, New Zealand • Ant Timpson
Short, Comedy, Fantasy, 8 min
United States • Stephen Colbert
Documentary, 1 hr 36 min
United States • Alex Winter
Animation, Sci-Fi, Action, 30 min
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Animation, Short, Fantasy, 11 min
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Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 36 min
United States • Macon Blair
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Fantasy, Action, Adventure, 1 hr 46 min
United States, China, Canada • Breck Eisner
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Fantasy, Adventure, 2 hr 24 min
New Zealand, United States • Peter Jackson
Biography, Drama, 1 hr 37 min
United Kingdom • Andy Goddard
Animation, Short, Fantasy, 11 min
United States • Nate Cash
Horror, Documentary, Biography, 1 hr 21 min
Canada • Nicolas Kleiman...
Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 40 min
Spain, United States • Nacho Vigalondo
Short, Adventure, Fantasy, 12 min
United States • Todd Cole
Short, Comedy, Drama, 19 min
United States • David Schlussel
Animation, Short, Fantasy, 9 min
United States • Patrick McHale
Action, Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 52 min
United States • Wayne Kramer
Comedy, History, 22 min
United States • Jeremy Konner...
Animation, Action, Adventure, 1 hour
United States • Jeff Krelitz
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United States • Charlie Bean...
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Drama, Music, Mystery, 1 hr 30 min
Spain, United States • Eugenio Mira
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 25 min
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Fantasy, Adventure, 2 hr 49 min
New Zealand, United States • Peter Jackson
Horror, Thriller, 1 hr 29 min
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Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 29 min
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Short, Action, Drama, 24 min
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United Kingdom, Ireland • Steve Barron
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Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 57 min
Australia, United States • George Miller...
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, 22 min
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Short, Comedy, Music, 30 min
United States • Adam Yauch
Documentary, History, War, 1 hr 28 min
United States • Sammy Jackson
Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 35 min
United States • Galt Niederhoffer
Short, War, 30 min
United States • David Briggs
Animation, Sci-Fi, Action, 1 hr 20 min
United States, Germany • Shane Acker
Animation, Comedy, 22 min
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Comedy, 22 min
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Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 48 min
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Animation, Short, Fantasy, 3 min
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Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 48 min
Australia, United States • George Miller...
Biography, Drama, History, 1 hr 57 min
United States • Emilio Estevez
Animation, Comedy, 30 min
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Comedy, Drama, Romance, 2 hours
France, Germany, Liechtenstein • Olivier Assayas...
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 46 min
United States • Liev Schreiber
Documentary, History, 48 min
United States • Lauren Lazin
Action, Thriller, Crime, 2 hr 4 min
United States • Robert Rodriguez...
Animation, Comedy, 22 min
United States • Ron Hughart...
Animation, Short, Sci-Fi, 12 min
United States • Tom Sheppard...
Fantasy, Action, Drama, 53 min
United States, New Zealand • Peter Jackson
Crime, Drama, Sport, 1 hr 49 min
United Kingdom, United States • Lexi Alexander
Sci-Fi, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 48 min
United States • Michel Gondry
Fantasy, Action, Drama, 56 min
New Zealand, United States • Peter Jackson
Fantasy, Action, Adventure, 3 hr 21 min
New Zealand, United States • Peter Jackson
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, 1 hr 24 min
United States • Robert Rodriguez
Animation, Short, Fantasy, 6 min
United States • Burnie Burns...
Fantasy, Action, Drama, 50 min
United States, New Zealand • Peter Jackson
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 33 min
United States, Canada • Jeffrey Porter
Fantasy, Action, Adventure, 2 hr 59 min
United States, New Zealand • Peter Jackson
Crime, Drama, 1 hr 38 min
United States • Edward Burns
Fantasy, Action, Adventure, 2 hr 58 min
New Zealand, United States • Peter Jackson
Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 38 min
United States • Pontus Löwenhielm...
Animation, Family, Fantasy, 1 hr 15 min
United States • Glenn Chaika
Drama, Romance, 1 hr 35 min
United States • Martin Duffy
Crime, Drama, Music, 1 hr 38 min
United States • James Toback
Animation, Comedy, 22 min
United States • James Purdum...
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1 hr 44 min
United States, Mexico • Robert Rodriguez
Sci-Fi, Action, Drama, 2 hr 1 min
United States • Mimi Leder
Animation, Comedy, Drama, 23 min
Canada, France, United States • Gary Hurst...
Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, 2 hours
United States • Simon Wincer...
Drama, 1 hr 53 min
United States, France • Ang Lee
Animation, Comedy, Drama, 22 min
United States • Wesley Archer...
Animation, Adventure, Drama, 30 min
United States • Joanna Romersa...
Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 31 min
United States • Alan Shapiro...
Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 27 min
United States • Rob Reiner
Thriller, Drama, 1 hr 27 min
United States • Joseph Ruben
Comedy, 22 min
United States • David Lee...
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 48 min
United States • Stephen Sommers
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 47 min
United States • Kenneth Fink...
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United States • Chris Gerolmo
Sci-Fi, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 42 min
United States • Steve Miner
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, 2 hours
United States • Michael Schultz
Drama, 1 hr 54 min
United States • Richard Donner...
Drama, 1 hr 51 min
United States • Mary Agnes Donoghue
Animation, Short, Family, 13 min
United States • Dianne Haak-Edson
Drama, 2 hr 8 min
United States • Barry Levinson
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 35 min
Italy, United States • Mike Robe
Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 55 min
United States, Canada • Mike Figgis
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Adventure, 1 hr 48 min
United States • Robert Zemeckis
Comedy, Music, 1 hr 30 min
United States • Dave Wilson...
Horror
United States • Bryn Chainey
Horror
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Horror
United States • Jorge Michel Grau
Horror
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Biography, Comedy
United States • Joe Dante
Documentary
United States • Jodi Wille
Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 40 min
United States • Amber Sealey
Action, Adventure, Crime, 1 hr 30 min
United States • Adam Egypt Mortimer
Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery, 1 hr 51 min
United States, Malaysia, Portugal • Richard Stanley
Horror, Drama, Fantasy, 1 hr 40 min
United States • Adam Egypt Mortimer
Comedy, Horror, Thriller, 1 hr 38 min
United States • Vivieno Caldinelli
Thriller, Action, Horror, 2 hr 1 min
United States, United Kingdom, Belgium • Panos Cosmatos
Comedy, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 33 min
United States • Marianna Palka
Comedy, Horror, 1 hr 33 min
United States • Jim Hosking
Documentary, Drama, History, 1 hr 30 min
Japan, United States • Josh Bishop
Horror, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 51 min
United States • Craig William Macneill
Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, 1 hr 28 min
United States • Jonathan Milott...
Biography, Drama, 1 hr 37 min
United Kingdom • Andy Goddard
Horror, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 41 min
United States • Ana Lily Amirpour
Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 40 min
Spain, United States • Nacho Vigalondo
Sci-Fi, Drama, 1 hr 34 min
Sweden, Denmark • Antonio Tublen
Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, 1 hr 16 min
United States • Jason Banker