Elijah Jordan Wood > Milestones

• 1988 Mother enrolled him in modeling school
• 1989 Feature debut in "Back to the Future II"
• 1989 Traveled to L.A. (date approximate)
• 1990 Played first leading role in a feature film in Barry Levinson's "Avalon"
• 1990 TV debut in "Child in the Night" (CBS)
• 1992 Co-starred with Joseph Mazzello in "Radio Flyer"
• 1994 Played the title role in Rob Reiner's comedy "North"
• 1997 Portrayed the Artful Dodger (complete with Cockney accent) in the "Wonderful World of Disney" presentation "Oliver Twist" (ABC)
• 1997 Won praise for his performance as the older son of Jamey Sheridan and Sigourney Weaver in Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm"
• 1998 Co-starred in the surprise blockbuster "Deep Impact" and the Robert Rodriquez thriller "The Faculty"
• 2000 Featured in James Toback's "Black and White"
• 2000 Starred as an amnesiac in "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", aired on Starz! in lieu of theatrical release
• 2001 Acted in "Life Without Dick"; aired on on Encore in lieu of theatrical release; released on video
• 2001 Cast as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's film version of the J.R.R. Tolkein classic "The Lord of the Rings" (filmed 1999-2000); released in three parts over three years: "The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), "The Two Towers" (2002) and "The Return of the King" (2003)
• 2002 Portrayed the younger brother of Edward Burns' character in Burns' "Ash Wednesday"
• 2002 Starred opposite Mandy Moore in "Try Seventeen"
• 2003 Appeared as Frodo in the final installment of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King
• 2004 Acted opposite Kirsten Dunst and Mark Ruffalo in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," written by Charlie Kaufman
• 2005 Played a journalist turned thug in "Green Street Hooligans," a film about the violent gangs, or 'firms' associated with England's soccer teams
• 2005 Starred in "Sin City" the adaptation of comic book icon Frank Miller's uber-noir series of grapic novels; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez
• 2005 Starred in the directing debut of actor Liev Schreiber, "Everything Is Illuminated," as a young American in search of the woman who saved his Jewish grandfather during the Nazi invasion in Ukraine
• 2006 Cast in Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby," an ensemble centered around the night of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination