Elijah Wood

Full name: Elijah Jordan Wood
Nicknames: Lij, Eli, Monkey, Elwood, The Funny
Date of Birth: Jan 28th 1981
Place of birth: Cedar Rapids, Iowa US
Nationality: American
Height: 5'6"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Current Residence: LA
Tatoos: One: a small Quenya (elvish) "9" symbol on his right hip.
Hobbies: Photography, Cooking, Singing, Reading, Star Wars geek-ism, CD collecting

Random Facts
- He thinks Trekkies are strange
- Elijah loves playing video games
- Elijahs family owned a Deli in Cedar Rapids but sold it so they could move for Elijah's career.
- Elijahs childhood idol is George Lucas, of Star Wars fame (amongst many many others)
- During shooting the faculty Elijah picked up his smoking habit from fellow star, Josh Hartnett.
- Melissa Joan Hart wanted him to play the male lead in Drive Me Crazy 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.
- Elijah thinks "Godzilla" and "Pearl Harbour" are the worst movies ever
- Attended St. Patrick's Catholic School K through 3rd grade, then was home-schooled by his parents as he began his film career.
- His first on screen kiss was in Flipper, but it was cut out of the movie
- It is rumoured that Elijah auditioned for the role of "Christian" in Moulin Rouge
- He wears glasses
- He drinks coffee and smokes clove cigarettes
- His favorite scene in Two Towers is the Passage of the Dead Marshes
- He didn't like the character of Sandy who he played in Flipper
- He is literally obsessed with music, and has over 1,500 CDs in his collection!
- Elijah arrived in New Zealand to start filming Lord of the Rings on August 30, 1999.
- August 2003, Elijah's appendix burst. He had to have it removed and spent a week in the hospital.
- December 2003, Elijah moved from where he was living in his mother's guest house in Santa Monica, CA., to his own apartment in the "Ironpan district" in Manhatten Island, New York. He said on Jay Leno that he was planning on moving back to LA since he never get to spend any time in his apartment.

Filmography

2006: Happy Feet
2005: Everything is Illuminated
2005: Sin City
2005: Green Street Hooligans
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2003: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The
2003: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2002: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The
2002: Try Seventeen also known s All I Want
2002: Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, The
2002: Ash Wednesday
2001: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The
2000: Chain of Fools
1999: Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The
1999: Black and White
1998: Faculty, The
1998: Deep Impact
1997: Oliver Twist (TV)
1997: Ice Storm, The
1996: Flipper
1994: War, The
1994: North
1993: Good Son, The
1993: The Adventures of Huck Finn
1992: Witness, The (TV)
1992: Forever Young
1992: Day-O (TV)
1992: Radio Flyer
1991: Paradise
1990: Avalon
1990: Child in the Night (TV)
1989: Internal Affairs
1989: Back to the Future Part II