Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, age 44) is an American actor, producer, and DJ. He is known for portraying Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and its prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and Mumble in Happy Feet.
Elijah appeared in "Eat," the first episode of Yo Gabba Gabba!, teaching Muno, Foofa, Brobee, Toodee, and Plex how to do the "Puppet Master" for a Dancey Dance. In 2023, he reunited with Brobee and Darla Jacobs at the Los Angeles Comic Con.
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- His parents, Debbie (née Krause) and Warren Wood, operated a delicatessen together.
- He is of English, Danish, Irish, and German ancestry, and was raised Catholic.
- He is the second of three kids, with an older brother named Zachariah, and a younger sister named Hannah.
- When he was seven, he began modeling and taking piano lessons in his hometown.
- 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.
- On April 11, 2008, he was the guest host of Channel 4's Friday Night Project.
- He and his partner, Danish film producer Mette-Marie Kongsved, have two children together: a son born in 2019, and a daughter born in 2022.
- In May 2006, he was ranked at No. 7 on Autograph Collector Magazine's list of the "10 Best Hollywood Autograph Signers".
- He was an active supporter of Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential election.