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Elijah Wood Biography

Birth Name:
Elijah Jordan Wood
Birth Place:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
Profession
Actor, model

Fast Facts

  • Appeared in 1989's Back to the Future II as a video-game kid
  • Played a student in Paula Abdul's 1989 music video for "Forever Your Girl
  • " Collects Star Wars memorabilia and visited the set of Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones while filming The Lord of the Rings trilogy
  • Got a matching tattoo with his fellow LOTR actors to commemorate their friendship and work on the movies
  • Founded his own record label, Simian Records, in 2005
  • In 2008, became the first person to cross Africa's Victoria Falls by rope

Awards

  • 2007Critics' Choice Awards-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
  • 2006Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2006Critics' Choice Awards-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
  • 2004Critics' Choice Awards-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
  • 2003Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2002Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2001Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated

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