Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor. Making his film debut with a minor part in the Back to the Future Part II (1989), he landed a succession of subsequent larger roles and became a critically acclaimed child actor by age 13.

After his high-profile role as the Frodo Baggins in Peter Jacksons The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings film trilogy) trilogy, he has resisted typecasting (typecasting (acting)) by choosing varied roles in critically-acclaimed films such as Bobby (Bobby (2006 film)), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sin City (Sin City (film)), Green Street and Everything Is Illuminated (Everything Is Illuminated (film)). Most recently he starred in the film Day Zero (2007) and provided the voice of the main character, Mumble (Mumble (Happy Feet)), in the award-winning animated film Happy Feet. He also played an American tourist turned vampire in Paris, je taime. In 2005, he started his own record label, Simian Records. His next project is the upcoming Iggy Pop biopic (Iggy_Pop#Future_biopic) The Passenger.

In 2006, he became a well-known voice actor in video gaming and would soon become the voice of the video game icon, Spyro the Dragon (Spyro the Dragon (character)), a role he assumed from Jess Harnell.

In 2008, he set a new world record when he became the first person ever to cross the Victoria Falls on ropes during an appearance on Jack Osbournes show Adrenaline Junkie.