Birth Name: Elijah Jordan Wood
Height: 5' 6''"
Nationality: American
Date: January 28, 1981
Birth Place: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Occupation: actor
Education: Enrolled in modeling school at Avant Studios in Cedar Rapids.

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Facts about Elijah Wood:

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, starring Elijah Wood, took in $62 million in its opening weekend -- that was up from a $47.2 million weekend debut a year before for THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, the first installment of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic of hobbits, wizards and dark sorcerers.

Elijah Wood joined Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson and Mark Ruffalo in director Michel Gondry’s THE ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND.

His big break came in 1999 when he was cast for the part of Frodo Baggins in the $300,000,000 production of J.R.R Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS, which was filmed for 2 years in stunning New Zealand. Elijah Wood, who is a huge fan of Tolkien's epic adventure, has hit out at claims Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee have a gay relationship in the JRR Tolkien novel -- he thinks they are just good friends.

Wood has finally cleared up the romantic mystery around his relationship with BOURNE IDENTITY star Franka Potente - it's purely professional. (October 16, 2002)

Melissa Joan Hart wanted him to play the male lead in DRIVE ME CRAZY (1999) because she thought it would take some of the pressure of her in her first leading role. However, she was told that he looked too young next to her, and the role went to Adrian Grenier.

He presented at Academy Awards in place of Macaulay Culkin.

He is the first recipient of the NATO/ShoWest Young Star of the Year Award.

Elijah Wood heard about THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy while filming THE FACULTY (1998). Immediately, he sensed that this was the chance of a lifetime. Director George Huang, a personal friend of Wood's, filmed his audition tape for THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. He shot the scene from different angles which were cut together for the video. They sent the video off to New Zealand for director Peter Jackson and a few months later, he got the part.

His favorite band is the Smashing Pumpkins.

His tattoo—the Elvish symbol for 9 at a tattoo parlor in Wellington, New Zealand, to commemorate the experience of the movie—is on his lower stomach, just like eight of the nine members of the Fellowship.

Peter Jackson gave the ring used in the movies to Elijah Wood as gift when the shoot was finished.

The hobbits needed to appear about three to four feet tall - tiny compared with the seven-foot Gandalf. This was often accomplished using forced perspective, placing Ian McKellen (Gandalf) consistently closer to the camera than Elijah Wood in order to trick the eye into thinking McKellen is towering.

He donned hobbit-forming breeches and a flowing shirt and took to the hills for his LOTR audition tape. He even recruited buddy George Huang, writer and director of the Hollywood satire SWIMMING WITH SHARKS (1994), to direct him.

He starred in the movie "Radio Flyer" when he was 9

Paul Jackson could only give him 2 weeks of vacation when they where shooting The Lord of the Rings.

His first on-screen kiss was in FLIPPER but was later cut out.

Elijah is addicted to clover cigarettes after picking up the habit from Josh Hartnett while filming THE FACULTY, and he frequently buys cartons of them.

Elijah learns singing professionally. He also owns a guitar and piano which he can't play very well yet.

He has been acting since he was seven years old.

His interests are computer, STAR WARS, singing and cooking.

He never actually attended high school, because he was always on the road, he was mostly tutored on sets.

Went on holiday with Orlando Bloom and some others from the cast of LORD OF THE RINGS after the shoot.

Got annoyed in the making of LORD OF THE RINGS because of the fake feet he had to wear kept falling off.

He wears glasses.

He drives a red Ferrari.

Quotes
"My childhood is great apart from things that have been happening to me."

"What you are is God's gift to you. What you make of it is your gift to God."

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your fellow self.”

Awards
Won the Best On-Screen Team award that his shared with Sean Astin for his role in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS at MTV Movie Awards. (June 2003)

He won Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Thriller/Fantasy in 1994 for THE GOOD SON.