Elijah Woods
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Born Elijah Jordan Wood on January 28, 1981, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Elijah Wood has built a distinguished career in the entertainment industry. His parents, Debra and Warren Wood, raised him alongside two siblings. Of German, Austrian, Polish, and Danish descent, Wood displayed creative inclinations from a young age. He began learning piano early and started working as a child model at just seven years old.
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- Birth Date
- 28 Jan, 1981
- Age
- 39 yrs
- Occupations
- Actor
Television actor
Film actor
Voice actor
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- Citizenship
- United States of America
- Birth Place
- Cedar Rapids
- residence
- Austin
- Gender
- Male
- Description
- American actor
- Twitter Id
- Elijahwood
- Spouse
- Pamela Racine
- Net Worth 2021
- 20 million
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Early Beginnings in Film and Television
Wood began his acting career with local commercials, steadily transitioning into film and television roles. His first film appearance was a small part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). After the family moved to Los Angeles, he appeared in a music video directed by David Fincher, which helped solidify his interest in acting. His early film roles, including Avalon and Tin Men, earned him critical praise, establishing his reputation as a promising young actor.
Throughout the early 1990s, Wood acted alongside established names such as Mel Gibson, Joseph Mazzello, and Jamie Lee Curtis. He played the title role in The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) and earned award nominations for his performance in The War (1994), in which he starred opposite Kevin Costner. Additional notable films from the 1990s include Ang Lee's The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), Chain of Fools (2000), and Black and White (1999).
