Appearances

Title	Role	Year	Approx. Age
Treasure Island 2012	Ben Gunn	2012	31
Chain of Fools	Mikey	2000	19
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway	Barney Snow	1999	18
The Ice Storm	Mikey Carver	1997	16
Oliver Twist (1997)	The Artful Dodger	1997	16
Flipper 1996	Sandy	1996	15
North	North	1994	13
The War	Stuart 'Stu' Simmons	1994	13
The Adventures of Huck Finn 1993	Huck Finn	1993	12
The Good Son	Mark Evans	1993	12
The Witness 1992	Little Boy	1992	11
Forever Young	Nat Cooper	1992	11
DayO	Dayo	1992	11
Radio Flyer	Mike	1992	11
Paradise 1991	Willard Young	1991	10
Child in the Night	Luke	1990	9

Elijah Jordan Wood was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has an older brother Zack and a younger sister Hannah Wood. 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). 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). 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. 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. He next went to work on what has been called the biggest project ever to hit the big screen, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

John Holmstrom of The Moving Picture Boy book described little Elijah as "Intelligent and emotional... A genuine actor!"