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Full name: Elijah Jordan Wood
Nicknames: Elwood, Lij, The Funny, Sparkplug and Monkey
Date Of Birth: 28 January, 1981
Elijah

Star Sign: Aquarius
Place of birth: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Height: 168 cm (5'6")
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Brown
Heritage: has English, Irish, German, and Polish ancestry
Parents: Warren and Deborah (divorced)
Siblings: Zachariah (7 yrs older) Hannah (2 yrs younger)
Marital Status: Currently in a relationship with Pamela Racine
Current Residence: Los Angeles, US
Pets: Two dogs named Levonne and Rascal
Car: Mini Cooper
(Bad) Habbits: Bites finger AND toenails, smokes clove cigarrettes
Features: Piercing blue eyes (from his mother), tattoo of the number 9 in elvish
Interests: reading, photography, directing, cooking, sports (basketball, hockey, rollerblading), music, video games

Preferences ...

Colour: Blue
Musical: Les Miserables
Bands: the Smashing Pumpkins, White Stripes, Hives, Beatles, Radiohead, Massive Attack, Jimi Hendrix more?
Books: The Hobbit and The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Elijah

Film: Harvey (50), Star Wars Trilogy
Least Favourite Film: Godzilla and Pearl Harbour
City: London
Clothing line: Banana Republic
Actor/Actress: Tim Roth, Emma Thompson
Food: Homemade Potato Salad
TV Show: Entertainment Weekly and Extra
School Subject: English
Superhero: Batman
Sport: In-Line Skating

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Was payed $250,000 for his role in "Try Seventeen" (2002).
Collects Star Wars items.
Bites his fingernails.
Loves to wear glasses.
Plays the piano and guitar.
Owns a record label, Simian Records.
His favorite movie is Harvey (1950).
Studies singing professionally.
Likes dark haired girls and loves accents. (German, Italian, Brittish, French)
Dated Franka Potente
Honesty, kindness, intelligence, inner and outer beauty is what he looks for in a girl.
Elijahs childhood idol was George Lucas.
Considers Frodo Baggins to be his best role.
Elijah's uncle is Turk E. Krause from the band Molly Nova and the Hawk.
Wears clear contact lenses and glasses.
Is a HUGE fan of music, and has about 3000-4000 CD's.
According to a survey of movie stars done by PC Gamer magazine, The Secret of Monkey Island is his favorite videogame.
In an interview about his latest film Everything Is Illuminated, director Liev Schreiber commented that his leading man Elijah Wood has a "generosity of spirit" and a "sincere goodness as a human being".
The cast of the Rings movies was nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for three years in a row. They finally won in 2003, for the third film The Return of the King. For his performance as Frodo Baggins, Elijah Wood was nominated by the MTV Movie Awards.
He dated German actress Franka Potente but the relationship ended late in 2002. Wood blamed the separation on age difference and distance, but still wears a ring Potente gave him which bears a Hebrew inscription meaning "if not now, when?".
During a recent interview with Conan O'Brien, he laughed off rumors that he is gay, even recommending one website which makes such claims, calling it "hilarious".
Supports West Ham United Football Club.
Currently dating Gogol Bordello drummer and dancer Pamela Racine, since at least December of 2004, if not earlier.
Now lives in Venice, California.
Made #4 on Star's Big Hollywood Countdown. The topic was Top 10 young stars.
Wood has shaved off all his hair for his role as a young man drafted into the military in new movie Day Zero.
Elijah leads the cast voices of the new game The Legend of Spyro: A new begining. He voices Spyro the Dragon (character).
Says "Godzilla" and "Pearl Harbour" are the worst movies ever.
He attended St. Patrick's Catholic School, but was later home-schooled by his parents when his filming career began.
August 30, 1999 Elijah arrived in New Zealand to start filming Lord of the Rings.
His first kiss on screen kiss was in Flipper. The kiss scene was cut out of the movie.
Elijah didn't like Sandy who he played in 'Flipper'.
Smokes cloves cigarrettes. Picked it up from Josh Harnett ("Faculty" co-star) during the shooting of the film.
He loves playing video games.
Melissa Joan Hart wanted him to play the male lead in Drive Me Crazy (1999) because she thought it would take some of the pressure off her in her first leading role. However, she was told that he looked too young next to her, and the role went to Adrian Grenier.
Elijah has an older (7 years) brother Zack and a younger sister Hannah Wood (born 7th November 1983).
Presented at Academy Awards in place of Macaulay Culkin.
He was the first recipient of the NATO/ShoWest Young Star of the Year Award.
He heard about the Lord of the Rings trilogy while filming The Faculty (1998). Immediately, he sensed that this was the chance of a lifetime. Director George Huang, a personal friend of Wood's, filmed his audition tape for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. He shot the scene from different angles which were cut together for the video. They sent the video off to New Zealand for director Peter Jackson and a few months later, he got the part.
Owns one of two prop rings used in "Lord of the Rings." The other went to Andy Serkis, who played Gollum.
Rumours say that Elijah auditioned for the role of Christian in Moulin Rouge.
The Passage of the Dead Marshes is his favorite scene in the Two Towers.
As of December 2003, Elijah lived in a New York apartment with his sister Hannah Wood. However, within a few months he moved back into his mother's guest house in Santa Monica, California, where he lived previously, stating he couldn't justify the rent on the apartment since he spent so little time there.
He became a child model when his mother wanted him to burn off excessive energy.
Two of his favorite books are "The Hobbit" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
Is a fan of ex-Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan's new band, Zwan.
Is the first member of the official "Lord of the Rings" fanclub.
Suffered acute appendicitis and had to have it removed, so he spent week in the hospital. [August 2003]
Dressed up and rode on a float as the god of wine and mirth to head the Bacchus 2004 parade in New Orleans, Louisiana, for Mardi Gras in February, 2004.
In the original book The Lord of the Rings, Frodo is 50 years old when he leaves Bag End, which makes him the oldest of the four lead hobbits. Elijah Wood is actually the youngest of the four actors.
Each of the nine Fellowship members got the same tattoo: the number nine written in Elvish. Elijah's is just below his waist.
Received an injury under his eyebrow during the filming of "The Yanks" leaving a visible scar.
Favorite food is fried artichoke hearts dipped in ranch dressing. During the filming of Lord of the Rings he found a small restaurant that served him artichokes at least three times a week.
Frequently attends the popular annual gaming convention known as E3 (Electronic Entertainment Exposition) which takes places in Los Angeles at the convention center. The week long event features all of the soon-to-be-released games and gaming systems and is open to those working in the gaming industry.
Has worked with directors including, David Fincher, Robert Zemeckis, Barry Levinson, Richard Donner, Mike Figgis, Stephen Sommers, Ang Lee, Michel Gondry, Peter Jackson, Robert Rodriguez,Vincenzo Natali and George Miller, Liev Schreiber, Emilio Estevez and Edward Burns.
Has worked on films produced by Tim Burton and Steven Spielberg.
In addition to sharing the role of Frodo with Ian Holm, he and Holm have also both appeared in films about parasitic aliens: Holm was in Alien, and Wood was in The Faculty, which lead to his Rings role. They have also both played roles in which they murder prostitutes: Holm played Jack the Ripper in From Hell, and Wood played the silent "Kevin" in Sin City.
Elijah was in his elementary school's production of The Sound of Music.
New Zealand was the first place to allow Elijah Wood to vote!