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Born January 28, 1981, Elijah Wood has grown up to be one of the most well-respected and steadily employed actors of his generation. Born in Cedar Rapids, IA, Wood modeled and did local commercials before moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1988. It was there that Wood got his first break, a small role in a Paula Abdul video. Film work almost instantly followed, with a bit part in the 1989 Back to the Future II. It was Wood's role as Aidan Quinn's son in Barry Levinson's 1990 Avalon (the third film in the Baltimore trilogy containing Diner [1982] and Tin Men [1987]) that first gave Wood attention, as the film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards. After a small part in the Richard Gere potboiler Internal Affairs (1990), Wood secured his first starring role in Paradise (1991), in which he played a young boy who brings estranged couple Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson back together. He received good reviews for his performance -- some said it was one of the best things about the film -- and from there went on to co-star with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis in Forever Young and in Radio Flyer (both 1992).

In 1993, Wood co-starred with Macaulay Culkin in The Good Son, which was a failure both at the box office and with filmgoers who couldn't stomach the idea of the little blond boy from Home Alone as a pre-teen psychopath. In casting Wood as the good to Culkin's evil, the film helped further establish the kind of characters Wood was to become known for: thoughtful, well meaning, and perhaps a bit confused. Wood's next film, the same year's The Adventures of Huck Finn, provided a departure from this type of character, but The War (1994) with Kevin Costner marked something of a return. Also in 1994, Wood had the title role in North, a film remarkable for the volume of bad reviews and bad box office it received, but also for the fact that practically every bad review contained a positive assessment of Wood's performance. Wood's follow-up, the 1996 Flipper, was hardly an improvement, but the subsequent critical and financial success of Ang Lee's The Ice Storm (1997) provided a positive development in the young actor's career. As the soulfully dazed and confused Mikey Carver, Wood gave a portrayal remarkable for its rendering of the thoughtfulness and exquisite hopelessness inherent in the character. 1998's Deep Impact and The Faculty did not allow Wood the same degree of character development, but were great financial successes and further stepping stones in Wood's evolution from winsome child star to impressive young actor.

Following a brief turn as the boyfriend of a wannabe hip-hop groupie in James Toback's problematic Black and White (1999), Wood further evolved as an actor in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installation of director Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. His most hotly anticipated project, the 2001 film gave Wood top billing as Frodo Baggins alongside a glittering cast that included Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, and Liv Tyler. That same year the young actor could be seen in less mystical surroundings courtesy of Ed Burns' Ash Wednesday, a crime drama that also featured Oliver Platt and Rosario Dawson. In 2002, Wood let his vocal chords for Disney's straight-to-video release of The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina. Of course, his most substantial role of 2002 is unarguably his return to the role of hobbit Frodo Baggins in the second installment of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy; specifically, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

2003 proved to be a similar year for Wood -- after two relatively small jobs (his role credited only as "The Guy" in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and his stint as First Assistant Director in Sean Astin's The Long and Short of It served purely as a break for Elijah), the young actor once again resumed his role for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Though Return of the King is the last in the Tolkien trilogy, 2004 nonetheless looks to be a significant year for Wood, as he is slated to star in soccer flick Hooligans, as well work alongside Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in director Michel Gondry's fantasy feature Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In the latter, Wood significantly stretched his image by playing the Machiavellian Patrick, who slimily attempts to wheedle Kate Winslet away from Jim Carrey by trading on insider knowledge of the couple's sweet nothings.

Riding high on the quadruple successes of the three Rings films and Eternal Sunshine, Wood projected wisdom and demonstrated great care in selecting his projects over the course of 2005 - his three features from that year scored with reviewers and at the box. Those included: Robert Rodriguez's critical darling Sin City, a testosterone-infused, live action adaptation of a comic book; Green Street Hooligans, where Wood tackles the challenging role of an expulsionary Harvard student thrust into the brutality of English football; and Liev Schrieber's bittersweet comedy-drama Everything is Illuminated, as Jonathan, a young man who travels to the Ukraine on a quest to find the woman who saved his grandmother's life.

Over the course of 2006, Wood's fans can catch him in the period piece Bobby (on the assassination of RFK), the animated feature Happy Feet, and the military drama Day Zero, on the reinstatement of the USAF draft. Recent news reports, confirmed by Wood, have cited his plans to portray Iggy Pop in a biopic on the singer's life, slated to begin production in 2006.



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Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2011.
Born Elijah Jordan Wood
(1981-01-28) January 28, 1981 (age 31)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Occupation Actor
Years active 1989–present

Elijah Jordan Wood (play /ɪˈlə ˈɔrdən ˈwʊd/; born January 28, 1981) is an American actor. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989), then landed a succession of larger roles that made him a critically acclaimed child actor by age 9, being nominated for several Young Artist Awards. He is best known for his high-profile role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's critically acclaimed The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its upcoming prequels The Hobbit films. Since then, he has resisted typecasting by choosing varied roles in critically acclaimed films such as Bobby, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sin City, Green Street and Everything Is Illuminated.

Wood starred in the film Day Zero (2007) and provided the voice of the main character in the award-winning animated musical films Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two. Wood also voiced the lead as 9 in the Tim Burton-produced action/science fiction film 9. He played an American tourist turned vampire in Paris, je t'aime. In 2005, he started his own record label, Simian Records. He currently appears as Ryan in FX's dark comedy Wilfred, which debuted on June 23, 2011.


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Early life

Wood, the second of three children, was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Debra D. (née Krause) and Warren W. Wood, delicatessen operators.[1] He is of English, German, Austrian, and Danish descent.[2] Wood has a brother, Zachariah "Zach" Wood, and a sister, Hannah Wood. At age ten, Wood began modeling in his hometown and took piano lessons. He took to the stage in his elementary school's staging of the play The Sound of Music. The following year, he graduated to the title character in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He also served as choir boy during the production of See How They Run, produced by the Marion Creative Council.

Career

Early career 1988-1998

Wood modeled and did local commercials before moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1988, where he got his first break, a small role in a video by Paula Abdul – "Forever Your Girl", directed by David Fincher. More work followed, including a pivotal role in the television movie Child in the Night (1990) with JoBeth Williams and Tom Skerritt and a minor role in Back to the Future Part II (1989). It was Wood's role as Aidan Quinn's son in Barry Levinson's 1990 film Avalon (the third film in the Baltimore trilogy containing 1982's Diner and 1987's Tin Men) that first gave Wood attention, as the film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards.

After a small part in the Richard Gere movie Internal Affairs (1990), he secured his first starring role in Paradise (1991), playing a young boy who brings estranged couple Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson back together. From there, he went on to co-star with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis in Forever Young and with Joseph Mazzello in Radio Flyer (both were released in 1992).

In 1993, he had the lead role in The Adventures of Huck Finn and also appeared with Macaulay Culkin in The Good Son. In 1994 he starred in The War (1994), with Kevin Costner. His performance in this movie gained him a nomination for a 'Young Star Award' (for which he was nominated four times, and won twice), and Roger Ebert said in his review of the film:

"Elijah Wood has emerged, I believe, as the most talented actor, in his age group, in Hollywood history".[3]

Also in 1994, he had the title role in North, and was featured in a Super Bowl commercial for Wavy Lay's potato chips that had him repeatedly exchanging seats with spectators at a football game (including Dan Quayle) using its famous slogan.[4] In 1995, he appeared in the music video for The Cranberries "Ridiculous Thoughts". The following year, Wood got the lead role in Flipper (1996), which was not very successful, but the subsequent critical and financial success of Ang Lee's The Ice Storm (1997) provided a positive development in the young actor's career.

In 1997, he portrayed the pick-pocketing thief Jack "The Artful Dodger" Dawkins in Tony Bill's Oliver Twist. 1998's Deep Impact and The Faculty did not allow Wood the same degree of character development, but were great financial successes and further stepping stones in Wood's evolution from child star to young actor.

Wood's next role was as the boyfriend of a wannabe hip-hop groupie in James Toback's Black and White (1999). He followed this with a role as a junior hitman in Chain of Fools.

1999–2003: The Lord of the Rings

Wood was cast as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of director Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel. His most hotly anticipated project, the 2001 film gave Wood top billing as Baggins, alongside a cast that included Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Sean Bean, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban.

The Lord of the Rings was filmed in New Zealand and, before the cast left the country, Jackson gave Wood two gifts: one of the One Ring props used on the set and Sting, Frodo's sword. He was also given a pair of prosthetic "hobbit feet" which were worn during filming. The same year, the actor appeared in Ed Burns' Ash Wednesday, a crime drama that also featured Oliver Platt and Rosario Dawson.

In 2002, Wood lent his voice to the direct-to-video release of The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina. His most substantial role of 2002 was his return to the role of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

In 2003, he starred in the direct-to-video movie All I Want (also titled Try Seventeen) and once again portrayed Frodo Baggins for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final part of Jackson's trilogy.

He is set to reprise his role as Frodo in the 2012 up-coming film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

2004–present: Recent career

Hot on the heels of the trilogy, Wood quickly appeared in his first post-Frodo role in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), playing a lab technician who helps erase heartbreaking memories but then uses his knowledge of the past relationship of an unknowing former patient (Kate Winslet) to woo her. He then played bespectacled serial killer Kevin in director Robert Rodriguez and writer-artist Frank Miller's adaptation of Miller's crime noir comic book series Sin City (2005), appearing opposite Mickey Rourke in the segment "The Hard Goodbye". On May 12, 2005, Wood hosted a program called "MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed", when the new Xbox 360 games console was launched.[5]

Also in 2005, Wood starred in Everything Is Illuminated, in which he plays a young American Jewish man on a quest to find the woman who once saved his grandfather during World War II, and Green Street Hooligans, as an American college student who falls in with a violent English football firm. Both had limited release, but were critically acclaimed.

Wood shot a small part in Paris, je t'aime, which consists of 18 five-minute sections. Each section is directed by a different director. Wood’s section, called "Quartier de la Madeleine", was directed by Vincenzo Natali. The film opened on May 18 at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and was shown at 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. First Look Pictures acquired the North American rights, and the film opened in the US in early 2007.[6]

In 2006, he was part of the ensemble cast in Emilio Estevez's Bobby, in which his character gets married to change his draft classification.[7] It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was released on November 17, 2006, in New York and Los Angeles. Wide release followed on November 23.

In Happy Feet,[8] Wood provided the voice of Mumble, a penguin who can tap dance, but not sing. Happy Feet was released on November 17, 2006, and has grossed over $380 million worldwide. The movie also received a Golden Globe Award nomination and won an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Animated Feature.

Day Zero,[9] a drama about the draft, had its debut at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Wood portrays draftee Aaron Feller.

In 2006, Wood hosted the special "Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue" for Discovery Kids Channel,[10] for which he has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy in the category of acting in a children/youth/family special.[11] On January 4, 2007, Wood joined Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg to announce the nominees for the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.[12]

In The Oxford Murders, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Guillermo Martínez, Wood plays a graduate student who investigates a series of bizarre, mathematically-based murders in Oxford.[13][14] It was released in Spain on January 18, 2008.

Wood at WonderCon 2009.

Wood also voiced the lead in the animated feature film version of the short film 9.[15][16] A project in which Wood was set to star in, a biopic about singer Iggy Pop, putatively named The Passenger,[17] has not come to fruition after years in development.[18]

Wood's first starring TV role is on the FX series Wilfred in which he plays Ryan. The pilot was shot in the summer of 2010.[19]

In January 2011, it was confirmed that Wood would reprise the role of Frodo Baggins in the The Hobbit parts one and two films to be released in 2012 and 2013.[20]

Wood also starred in The Beastie Boys music video for Make Some Noise, along with Seth Rogen and Danny McBride.

Other work

Wood DJ'ing at the box.com launch party in New York in 2012

In 2005 Wood started his own record label called Simian Records. On September 19, 2006, Wood announced that Simian had signed The Apples in Stereo as their first band, with their new album New Magnetic Wonder released in February 2007.[21] In addition he also directed the music video for "Energy".[22] The other band signed to Simian thus far is Heloise and the Savoir Faire.

Wood has also provided voiceovers for videogames, providing the current voice for Spyro the Dragon since 2006's The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning,[23][24] as well as reprising Mumble in the game version of Happy Feet.[25] He also contributed his talents to fellow Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen's album Pandemoniumfromamerica, singing and playing various instruments on the album.[26]

Wood has signed to co-produce the film Black Wings Has My Angel, based on the noir novel of the same name, with Anthony Moody and Rob Malkani of Indalo Productions.[27]

On April 11, 2008, Wood was the guest host of Channel 4's Friday Night Project.

On April 25, 2009, Wood was honored with the Midnight Award by the San Francisco International Film Festival as a dynamic young American actor who "has made outstanding contributions to independent and Hollywood cinema, and who brings striking intelligence, exemplary talent and extraordinary depth of character to his roles"[citation needed].[28] Wood also starred in an episode of Yo! Gabba Gabba entitled "Eat" where he danced and "went crazy" alongside the rest of the Yo! Gabba Gabba crew. Wood can be seen in a short film on stepthroughtheportal.com. The site is an interactive website created by Simian Records artist' The Apples in Stereo, promoting their upcoming album, Travelers in Space and Time. At PAX East in April 2012, it was confirmed that Wood will give the voice to Agent Maine/The Meta's AI, Sigma, in Season 10 of Red vs. Blue.

Wood in February 2006

Wood has also expressed his interest in pursuing a career in the music industry, with desires to both start his own record label and to DJ under the name 'DJ Frodo'.[citation needed]

Personal life

Elijah Wood is the older brother of actress Hannah Wood.

In an interview about Everything Is Illuminated, director Liev Schreiber commented that Wood has a "generosity of spirit" and a "sincere goodness as a human being."[29] He supported campaigns for charity as Keep a Child Alive or ALDO/YouthAIDS. Wood is a music lover, owning 4,000 CDs and at one time citing his favorite band as Smashing Pumpkins.[30][31]

Wood has a tattoo of the word "nine" written in Tengwar script, but in the English language (rather than Quenya or Sindarin as is widely believed) below his waist on the right side, a reference to his character as one of the Fellowship of the Ring. This is somewhat of a coincidence, as he would later star in 9. The other actors of "The Fellowship" got the same tattoo with the exception of John Rhys-Davies. Rhys-Davies's stunt double from the film got the tattoo instead, thus the cast can still assert that "all" the members of the Fellowship acquired a tattoo.[32]

In May 2006, Autograph Collector Magazine published its list of 10 Best & 10 Worst Hollywood Autograph Signers, Wood was ranked #7 of Best Signers.[33]

On April 23, 2010, in a charitable gesture, Wood visited the town of Curepto, Chile, one of the hardest hit by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on February 27, 2010. He made personal visits to many of the victims and was accompanied by the first lady of Chile, Ms. Cecilia Morel.[34][35]

In 2008, he became the first person to cross Victoria Falls on ropes during an appearance on Jack Osbourne's show Adrenaline Junkie.[36]


Filmography

Films

Year Film Character Notes
1989 Back to the Future Part II Video-Game Boy #2 (Mickey)
1990 Child in the Night Luke TV film
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special
Internal Affairs Sean Stretch
Avalon Michael Kaye Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film
Witness, TheThe Witness Little Boy TV Short film
1991 Paradise Willard Young Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film
1992 Day-O Dayo TV film
Forever Young Nat Cooper
Radio Flyer Mike Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film
1993 Adventures of Huck Finn, TheThe Adventures of Huck Finn Huckleberry Finn
Good Son, TheThe Good Son Mark Evans Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
1994 North North Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film
War, TheThe War Stuart "Stu" Simmons Nominated—YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film
1996 Flipper Sandy Ricks Nominated—YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film
1997 Oliver Twist Jack "The Artful Dodger" Dawkins TV Film
First adult role
YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie
Ice Storm, TheThe Ice Storm Mikey Carver Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
1998 Deep Impact Leo Biederman YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film
Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor - Sci-Fi
Faculty, TheThe Faculty Casey Connor Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Horror
1999 Bumblebee Flies Anyway, TheThe Bumblebee Flies Anyway Barney Snow
Black and White Wren
2000 Chain of Fools Mikey Direct-to-video
2001 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, TheThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Frodo Baggins Empire Award for Best Actor
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Kid's Choice Award/Blimp Award for Favorite Male Action Hero
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Film - Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure
Ash Wednesday Sean Sullivan
2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, TheThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Frodo Baggins MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Sean Astin and Gollum/Andy Serkis)
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Visual Effects Society Award for Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film (shared with Sean Astin and Andy Serkis)
Nominated—DVD Premiere Award for Best Audio Commentary, New Release
Nominated—Kid's Choice Award/Blimp Award for Favorite Male Butt Kicker
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—SFX Award for Best SF or Fantasy Film Actor
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Film - Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure
Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, TheThe Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina Tom Thumb Direct-to-video
Voice only
Nominated—DVD Premiere Award for Best Animated Character Performance (shared with Chaka and Glenn)
All I Want aka Try Seventeen Jones Dillon Direct-to-video
2003 The Long and Short of It Short film
Not acting, first assistant director only
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, TheThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Frodo Baggins Interactive Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Male
Critics Choice Award for Best Cast
National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
Saturn Award for Best Actor
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Film - Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure
Long and Short of It, TheThe Long and Short of It First Assistant Director Short film
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over The Guy Cameo
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Patrick Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2005 Sin City Kevin Nominated—Critics Choice Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Bad Guy
Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer
Green Street Hooligans Matt Buckner
2006 Bobby William Avary Hollywood Film Award for Ensemble of the Year
Nominated—Critics Choice Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Happy Feet Mumble Voice only
2007 Paris, je t'aime David
Day Zero Aaron Feller
2008 Oxford Murders, TheThe Oxford Murders Martin
2009 9 9 Voice only[37][38]
2010 Romantics, TheThe Romantics Chip
2011 Fight For Your Right: Revisited Ad Rock Short film
Happy Feet Two Mumble Voice only
As Seen By Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Voice-Over Role[39][40]
2012 The Death & Return of Superman Hank Henshaw (Cyborg Superman) Short film
Celeste and Jesse Forever Scott
Revenge For Jolly Thomas
The Narrative of Victor Karloch William Merriwether Short film
Voice only
Red vs. Blue Sigma Voice only[41]
Maniac Frank
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, TheThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Frodo Baggins Filming
Grand Piano Pre-production
2013 Black Wings Has My Angel Pre-production
Also producer
Hobbit: There And Back Again, TheThe Hobbit: There And Back Again Frodo Baggins Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Frasier Ethan Voice only
"Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast"
1996 Homicide: Life on the Street McPhee Broadman "The True Test"
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor
Adventures from the Book of Virtues Icarus Voice only
"Responsibility"
2002 Franklin Coyote Voice only
Electric Playground, TheThe Electric Playground  ?
2003 Saturday Night Live Host
2004 The Osbournes Himself
King of the Hill Jason Voice only
"Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon"
2005 I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust Klaus Langer / Dawid Rubinowicz Voice only
2006 American Dad! Ethan Voice only
"Iced, Iced Babies"
Punk'd Himself
Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue Host and Narrator Television special
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special
2007 Yo Gabba Gabba! Himself
2008 Friday Night Project Himself Guest host
Celebrity Adrenaline Junkie Himself [42] Became the first person to cross the Victoria Falls on ropes.
2009 Saturday Night Live Himself SNL Digital Short
Threw It On The Ground[43]
2010 Family Guy Himself Voice only
"Brian Griffin's House of Payne"
WW2 HD: The Air War Andy Rooney Voice only
2011 The Graham Norton Show Himself Guest
2011–Present Wilfred Ryan Newman TV Series
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
2012 Treasure Island Ben Gunn TV Two-Part Miniseries
Tron: Uprising Beck Voice only

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game), TheThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game) Frodo Baggins Reprised character role from the film.
2003 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game), TheThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game) Frodo Baggins Reprised character role from the film.
2006 Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, TheThe Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning Spyro
2007 Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, TheThe Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night Spyro
2008 Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, TheThe Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Spyro
2010 God of War III Deimos Voice only
Cameo
2012 Red Vs Blue Sigma

Music videos


Audiobooks

  • 1999 The Most Beautiful Gift: A Christmas Story
  • 2009 Witch & Wizard
  • 2010 Witch & Wizard: The Gift
  • 2010 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Nominated— Audie Award for Best Audiobook Performance
  • 2011 Witch & Wizard: The Fire

References

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Further reading

  • Sibley, Brian. The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ISBN 0-618-15402-7.

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