Editing Elijah Wood (section)

==Career==

===1988–1999: Early work===

Wood modeled and appeared in local commercials; his first appearance was in the music video for [[Paula Abdul]]'s "[[Forever Your Girl (song)|Forever Your Girl]]", directed by [[David Fincher]]. This was followed by a pivotal role in the made-for-TV film, ''[[Child in the Night]],'' and a minor role in ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'', as a boy from a futuristic 2015 who teases [[Marty McFly]] ([[Michael J. Fox]]) for playing an arcade game because "you have to use your hands".<ref>{{cite news |last=Abramson |first=Andrew |date=November 20, 2013 |title=Forward to future; Post reporter sees Dolphins through Google glasses |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/21/forward-to-future-post-reporter/7542596007/ |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=December 7, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207101152/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/21/forward-to-future-post-reporter/7542596007/ |archive-date=December 7, 2022}}</ref> Nine-year-old Wood auditioned for a role in ''[[Kindergarten Cop]]'', but was told by director [[Ivan Reitman]] that his performance was not believable, which Wood later said was "a harsh thing to say to a nine-year-old."<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://play.acast.com/s/mydadwroteaporno/footnotes-elijah-wood |title=Footnotes: Elijah Wood |website=[[My Dad Wrote a Porno]] |publisher=[[Acast]] |date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=August 19, 2021}}</ref>

Playing [[Aidan Quinn]]'s son in ''[[Avalon (1990 film)|Avalon]]'' garnered professional attention for Wood; the film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards.<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |date=October 6, 1990 |title=9-Year-Old Elijah Wood Learned About the Bees in 'Avalon' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-06-ca-1279-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=February 7, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207151125/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-06-ca-1279-story.html |archive-date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> A small part in [[Richard Gere]]'s ''[[Internal Affairs (film)|Internal Affairs]]'' was followed by the role of a boy who brings estranged couple [[Melanie Griffith]] and [[Don Johnson]] back together in ''[[Paradise (1991 film)|Paradise]]'' (1991). In 1992, Wood co-starred with [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] in ''[[Forever Young (1992 film)|Forever Young]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=December 16, 1992 |title=Review/Film: Forever Young; Mel Gibson In a Vehicle For an Age Of Miracles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/movies/review-film-forever-young-mel-gibson-in-a-vehicle-for-an-age-of-miracles.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526054814/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/movies/review-film-forever-young-mel-gibson-in-a-vehicle-for-an-age-of-miracles.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref> and with [[Joseph Mazzello]] in ''[[Radio Flyer (film)|Radio Flyer]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Howe |first=Desson |date=February 21, 1992 |title='RADIO FLYER': SOARING SPIRIT |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/02/21/radio-flyer-soaring-spirit/149a1abb-65c8-4d85-b06e-dea28081fbcd/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref>

In 1993, Wood played the [[Huckleberry Finn|title character]] in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s adaptation of [[Mark Twain]]'s novel, ''[[The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)|The Adventures of Huck Finn]]'', and co-starred with [[Macaulay Culkin]] in the [[psychological thriller]] ''[[The Good Son (film)|The Good Son]]''. The following year, he starred in ''[[The War (1994 film)|The War]]'', alongside [[Kevin Costner]]. Although the film received mostly negative reviews, Wood's performance earned praise.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=4 November 1994 |title=FILM REVIEW; Family Values and Love in Vietnam Aftermath |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/04/movies/film-review-family-values-and-love-in-vietnam-aftermath.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Schwarzbaum |first=Lisa |author-link=Lisa Schwarzbaum |date=November 4, 1994 |title=Movie Review: 'The War' |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/11/04/movie-review-war/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]]'s review of the film praised Wood highly, stating that Wood "has emerged, I believe, as the most talented actor, in his age group, in Hollywood history."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=The War Movie Review & Film Summary (1994)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-war-1994 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[Roger Ebert]] |date=November 4, 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116112437/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-war-1994 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Wood's title role—opposite [[Bruce Willis]]—in the [[Robert Reiner]] film ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]'' (1994) was followed by a [[Super Bowl]] commercial for [[Lay's]] "Wavy" potato chips (with [[Dan Quayle]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Wavy Lay's Super Bowl Commercial Finds Child Star Elijah Wood Waging 'Wavy Lay's Challenge' to Super Bowl Bound Troy Aikman |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WAVY+LAY'S+SUPER+BOWL+COMMERCIAL+FINDS+CHILD+STAR+ELIJAH+WOOD+WAGING...-a014762894 |access-date=January 20, 2014 |newspaper=[[PR Newswire]] |date=January 27, 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925122351/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WAVY+LAY'S+SUPER+BOWL+COMMERCIAL+FINDS+CHILD+STAR+ELIJAH+WOOD+WAGING...-a014762894 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1995, Wood appeared in the music video for [[The Cranberries]]' "[[Ridiculous Thoughts]]",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cpr.org/2015/01/13/10-great-music-videos-featuring-celebrities/ |title=10 great music videos featuring celebrities |last=Sweeney |first=Alisha |date=January 13, 2015 |website=[[Colorado Public Radio]] |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> played the lead role in ''[[Flipper (1996 film)|Flipper]]'', and co-starred in [[Ang Lee]]'s critically acclaimed ''[[The Ice Storm (film)|The Ice Storm]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/elijah-wood-yellowjackets-season-2-christina-ricci-ice-storm-reunion/ |title=Elijah Wood joins Christina Ricci in Yellowjackets season 2 for Ice Storm reunion |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=August 19, 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=August 19, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819172325/https://ew.com/tv/elijah-wood-yellowjackets-season-2-christina-ricci-ice-storm-reunion/ |archive-date=August 19, 2022}}</ref> In 1996, he guest starred in the episode entitled "The True Test" in ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''. In 1997, Wood played [[The Artful Dodger|Jack "The Artful Dodger" Dawkins]] in a made-for-TV adaptation of ''[[Oliver Twist (1997 film)|Oliver Twist]]'', alongside [[Richard Dreyfuss]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gallo |first=Phil |date=November 13, 1997 |title=Oliver Twist |url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/oliver-twist-2-1117339955/ |work=Variety |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194523/https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/oliver-twist-2-1117339955/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> The following year, he had a leading role in the sci-fi [[disaster film]] ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]],'' and a starring role in ''[[The Faculty]]'', directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]]. In 1999, Wood played a suburban white teenager who affects hip-hop lingo in [[James Toback]]'s ''[[Black and White (1999 drama film)|Black and White]]'', and a junior hitman in ''[[Chain of Fools (film)|Chain of Fools]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rehlin |first=Gunnar |date=March 11, 2001 |title=Chain of Fools |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/chain-of-fools-1200467419/ |work=Variety |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823110044/https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/chain-of-fools-1200467419/ |archive-date=August 23, 2018}}</ref>

===1999–2003: ''The Lord of the Rings''===

{{further|Production of The Lord of the Rings film series}}

[[File:One Ring Blender Render.png|thumb|upright=0.6|After the lengthy filming of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings]]'', Jackson gave Wood one of the [[One Ring]] props (artist's impression shown) used on the set.<ref name="Brooks 2013"/> ]]

Wood played [[Frodo Baggins]] in the 2001 ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', the first installment of [[Peter Jackson]]'s adaptation of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s multi-volume novel. Wood was a fan of [[the Hobbit]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-22 |title=Elijah Wood on The Hobbit, Making Horror Films, and the Best Holiday … |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/12/elijah-wood-the-woodshed-twitterview |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250222062520/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/12/elijah-wood-the-woodshed-twitterview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2025-02-22 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=archive.ph}}</ref> and he sent in an audition tape of himself dressed as Frodo, reading lines from the novel.<ref name=circus>{{cite book |last=Sibley |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Sibley |title=Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2006 |chapter=Three-Ring Circus |location=London |pages=388–444 |isbn=0-00-717558-2}}</ref> He was selected from 150 actors who auditioned.<ref name=bumps>{{cite magazine |last=Flynn |first=Gillian |title=Ring Masters |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 16, 2001 |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/11/16/ring-masters/ |access-date=September 16, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125155650/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C253462%2C00.html |archive-date=November 25, 2007}}</ref> Wood was the first actor to be cast.<ref>{{cite news |title=Official Frodo Press Release! |publisher=The One Ring.net |date=July 9, 1999 |url=http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/931577666 |access-date =October 15, 2006}}</ref> This gave Wood top billing, alongside a cast full of stars.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018194153/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807537463/cast |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807537463/cast |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016165238/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804738128/cast |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804738128/cast |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014145739/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804738130/cast |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1804738130/cast |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref> 
The ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy was filmed in New Zealand; principal photography took over a year, and [[pick-up (filmmaking)|pick-up]] shooting continued annually for the next four years.<ref name="TTT SEE">{{cite video |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers "Appendices" |medium=DVD |publisher=[[New Line Cinema]] |date=2003}}</ref><ref name="Trilogy book">{{Cite book |last=Sibley |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Sibley |title=The Making of the Movie Trilogy |publisher=Harper Collins |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-618-26022-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lordofringsmakin00sibl |pages=44, 52}}</ref> Before the cast left the country, Jackson gave Wood two gifts: one of the [[One Ring]] props used on the set and [[Sting (Middle-earth)|Sting]], Frodo's sword. He was also given a pair of prosthetic "hobbit feet" of the type worn during filming.<ref name="Brooks 2013">{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Xan |date=March 7, 2013 |title=Elijah Wood: 'Frodo's never going away' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/07/elijah-wood-maniac-frodo |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010191955/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/07/elijah-wood-maniac-frodo |archive-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref>

In 2002, Wood lent his voice to the [[direct-to-video|DTV]] release of ''[[The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina]]''. Later that year, the second part of Peter Jackson's trilogy was released, titled ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''. 
In 2003, Wood starred in the [[direct-to-video|DTV]] film ''[[All I Want (film)|All I Want]]'' and cameoed as 'The Guy' in ''[[Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over]]''. The concluding chapter of the ''Rings'' trilogy, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' was released in December of that year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Neal |first=Rome |date=December 18, 2003 |title=The Return Of Elijah Wood |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-return-of-elijah-wood/ |work=[[CBS News]] |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref>

===2004–present===

[[File:Elijah Wood-D.jpg|upright|left|thumb|In February 2006]]

Wood's first role following his ''Lord of the Rings'' success was in ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' (2004), in which he played Patrick, an unscrupulous lab technician who pursues [[Kate Winslet]]. The film received the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]] in 2005. He next played the silent serial killer [[Kevin (Sin City)|Kevin]] in [[Robert Rodriguez]]'s adaptation of [[Frank Miller]]'s comic book series, ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'' (2005). Wood's audition for the role only consisted of staring at a film camera while passages from the graphic novel were read.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/sin-city-movie-elijah-wood-kevin-audition-details/ |title=Elijah Wood's Sin City Audition Was Hilariously Simple |last=McClelland |first=Timothy |date=August 26, 2021 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |access-date=August 28, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828053650/https://screenrant.com/sin-city-movie-elijah-wood-kevin-audition-details/ |archive-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref> On May 12, 2005, Wood hosted [[Xbox 360 launch|''MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed'']] for the launch of the [[Xbox 360]] video game console.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Xbox to kick off console wars |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4539835.stm |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[BBC News]] |date=May 12, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116100048/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4539835.stm |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''[[Everything Is Illuminated (film)|Everything Is Illuminated]]'' (2005), Wood starred as a young [[Jewish-American]] man on a quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather during [[World War II]]. It was based on the [[Everything Is Illuminated|novel of the same name]] by [[Jonathan Safran Foer]]. In ''[[Green Street (film)|Green Street]]'' (also 2005), he played an American college student who joins a violent British [[football firm]]. Both had limited release but were critically acclaimed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Mary Anne |date=January 19, 2007 |title=A Review of the Movie: Everything is Illuminated |url=http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/19430 |work=American Chronicle |access-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813135337/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/19430 |archive-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hann |first=Michael |date=March 24, 2014 |title=My guilty pleasure: Green Street |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/24/my-guilty-pleasure-green-street |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=March 24, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324221657/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/24/my-guilty-pleasure-green-street |archive-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>

Wood shot a small part in ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]'' (2006), which consists of 18 five-minute sections, each directed by a different director. Wood's section, called "Quartier de la Madeleine", was directed by [[Vincenzo Natali]]. The film played at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] and the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |title=Who's making what? This week's announced projects |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/09/19/whos-making-what-this-weeks-announced-projects-6/ |access-date=October 20, 2019 |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=September 19, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021025439/https://ew.com/article/2006/09/19/whos-making-what-this-weeks-announced-projects-6/ |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[George Miller (director)|George Miller]]'s animated [[musical film|musical]] ''[[Happy Feet]]'' (2006), Wood provided the voice of Mumble, a penguin who can tap dance, but not sing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filming Happy Feet 'was like jazz', says Elijah Wood |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15832892 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[BBC News]] |date=November 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925154353/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15832892 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Happy Feet'' grossed over $380 million worldwide, and received both the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film]]. Wood reprised his role for the film's sequel, ''[[Happy Feet Two]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite news |last=Weitzman |first=Elizabeth |date=November 17, 2011 |title=Elijah Wood is back as Mumble in 'Happy Feet Two' and parents should be happy they get a holiday break |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/elijah-wood-back-mumble-happy-feet-parents-happy-holiday-break-article-1.979151 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Elijah Wood by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|right|upright|At the 2011 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]

Also in 2006, he was part of the ensemble cast of [[Emilio Estevez]]'s drama ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'', a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968, shooting of U.S. Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]]. In the film, Wood marries [[Lindsay Lohan]]'s character in order to avoid being [[Conscription in the United States|drafted]] for the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Weinsteins To Present Estevez's 'Bobby' |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1646503/weinsteins_to_present_estevezs_quotbobbyquot/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=March 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116132827/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1646503/weinsteins_to_present_estevezs_quotbobbyquot/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Bobby'' screened in competition at the [[Venice Film Festival]]. Wood, along with his co-stars, received a nomination for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sagaftra.org/nominees-13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=Nominees for the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |date=December 27, 2006 |website=[[SAG-AFTRA]] |access-date=October 19, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019024037/https://www.sagaftra.org/nominees-13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date=October 19, 2018}}</ref>

Later that year, Wood hosted the television special ''Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue'' for [[Discovery Kids]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Elijah Wood Examines the Plight of Penguins in Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue |url=http://www.seaworld.org/education-resources/shamu-tv/broadcasts/pressrelease.htm |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[SeaWorld]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504001409/http://www.seaworld.org/education-resources/shamu-tv/broadcasts/pressrelease.htm |archive-date=May 4, 2008}}</ref> he received a nomination for the [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gough |first=Paul J. |title=PBS leads kids' Emmy noms with 18 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ib856b859909a99894bae61acefcee5b7 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311161851/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ib856b859909a99894bae61acefcee5b7 |archive-date=March 11, 2007}}</ref> That same year, it was announced that Wood was set to star in ''[[Iggy Pop#Future biopic|The Passenger]]'', a biographical film about singer [[Iggy Pop]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Elijah-Wood-to-Play-Iggy-Pop-7418.shtml |title=Elijah Wood to play Iggy Pop |publisher=[[Softpedia]] |access-date=October 18, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828083629/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Elijah-Wood-to-Play-Iggy-Pop-7418.shtml |archive-date=August 28, 2006}}</ref> However, the project failed to come to fruition after years in development.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/iggy_pop_nixes_biopic |title=Iggy Pop Nixes Biopic |last=Thiessen |first=Brock |date=March 31, 2009 |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=April 22, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008162659/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/iggy_pop_nixes_biopic |archive-date=October 8, 2015}}</ref>

Wood has provided voiceovers for video games, including the voice of [[Spyro the Dragon (character)|Spyro the Dragon]] in ''[[The Legend of Spyro]]'' game trilogy (2006–2008),<ref>{{cite news |last=Kuo |first=Li C. |title=Elijah Wood is Spyro the Dragon |url=http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/spyro-6/705793p1.html |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[GameSpy]] |date=May 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008152208/http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/spyro-6/705793p1.html |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as reprising Mumble in the game version of ''[[Happy Feet (video game)|Happy Feet]]'' (2006–2011).<ref>{{cite news |title=Happy Feet star Elijah Wood |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6190000/newsid_6192700/6192788.stm |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[CBBC Newsround]] |date=November 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116100952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6190000/newsid_6192700/6192788.stm |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 4, 2007, Wood joined [[Screen Actors Guild]] president [[Alan Rosenberg]] in a live [[television broadcasting|telecast]] to announce the nominees for the 13th Annual [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor Recipients Sandra Oh and Elijah Wood Join Sag President Alan Rosenberg to Announce Nominees |url=http://thesop.org/story/press_releases/2006/12/28/actor-recipients-sandra-oh-and-elijah-wood-join-sag-president-alan-rosenberg-to-announce-nominees.php |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=The Student Operated Press |date=December 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115215624/http://thesop.org/story/press_releases/2006/12/28/actor-recipients-sandra-oh-and-elijah-wood-join-sag-president-alan-rosenberg-to-announce-nominees.php |archive-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, he starred in ''[[Day Zero (2007 film)|Day Zero]]'', a drama about conscription in the United States, which had its debut at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Day Zero |url=http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512d05361c7d76e046002752-day-zero |work=[[Tribeca Film Festival]] |publisher=[[Tribeca Enterprises]] |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116082733/http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512d05361c7d76e046002752-day-zero |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In ''[[The Oxford Murders (film)|The Oxford Murders]]'' (2008), a film adaptation of the novel of the [[The Oxford Murders (novel)|same name]] by [[Guillermo Martínez (writer)|Guillermo Martínez]], Wood played a [[graduate student]] who investigates a series of bizarre, mathematically based murders in [[Oxford]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rolfe |first=Pamela |title=Wood joins suspects in 'Murders' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wood-joins-suspects-murders-147579 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=December 27, 2006 |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314022654/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wood-joins-suspects-murders-147579 |archive-date=March 14, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, he voiced the lead in the animated feature film ''[[9 (2009 animated film)|9]]'', which was produced by [[Tim Burton]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=Elijah Wood Goes Animated For Post-Apocalyptic Animated Epic, '9' |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/25/elijah-wood-goes-animated-for-post-apocalyptic-animated-epic-9/ |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[MTV Movies Blog]] |date=November 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122741/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/25/elijah-wood-goes-animated-for-post-apocalyptic-animated-epic-9/ |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:DJ Frodo.jpg|thumb|left|Wood DJing at the [[Box (service)|box.com]] launch party in 2012]]

Wood's first starring television role came in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] series, ''[[Wilfred (U.S. TV series)|Wilfred]],'' where he played Ryan Newman, who is described as "an introverted and troubled young man struggling unsuccessfully to make his way in the world until he forms a unique friendship with Wilfred, his neighbor's canine pet."<ref name=website-ryan>{{cite web |url=http://www.fxnetworks.com//shows/originals/wilfred/cast.php |title=Elijah Wood as 'Ryan' |publisher=[[FX (TV channel)|FX]] |access-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829061936/http://www.fxnetworks.com//shows/originals/wilfred/cast.php |archive-date=August 29, 2011}}</ref> The [[Television pilot|pilot episode]] was shot in the summer of 2010,<ref>{{cite news |last=Stanhope |first=Kate |title=Elijah Wood Signs on For First Starring TV Role with Wilfred Pilot |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Elijah-Wood-Wilfred-1020036.aspx |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[TV Guide]] |date=June 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116083031/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Elijah-Wood-Wilfred-1020036.aspx |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the series lasted four seasons, with the final episode airing in the U.S. on August 13, 2014. For his role, Wood received a nomination for the [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2011/ |title=2011 |website=[[International Press Academy]] |access-date=September 27, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927092636/https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2011/ |archive-date=September 27, 2013}}</ref>

In January 2011, it was confirmed that Wood had signed on to reprise the role of [[Frodo Baggins]] in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'', the first film of the [[The Hobbit (film series)|''Hobbit'' trilogy]], directed again by [[Peter Jackson]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Elijah Wood returns as Frodo in 'The Hobbit' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/elijah-wood-returns-as-frodo-in-the-hobbit-2181027.html |access-date=January 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=January 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126031010/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/elijah-wood-returns-as-frodo-in-the-hobbit-2181027.html |archive-date=January 26, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was released the following year and grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hobbit.htm |title=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216054758/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hobbit.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Wood featured in the [[Beastie Boys]]' 2011 music video for "[[Make Some Noise (Beastie Boys song)|Make Some Noise]]," along with [[Seth Rogen]] and [[Danny McBride]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jillian |last=Mapes |date=April 21, 2011 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/471938/beastie-boys-star-studded-make-some-noise-video-premieres |title=Beastie Boys' Star-Studded 'Make Some Noise' Video Premieres |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=July 7, 2013}}</ref> He then starred in the [[Flying Lotus]] music video "Tiny Tortures," where he played a recent [[amputation|amputee]] coming to grips with his new situation. The [[psychedelic art|psychedelic]] video was described as "menacing and magical."<ref>{{cite news |title=Elijah Wood Takes A Dark Trip With Flying Lotus In 'Tiny Tortures' |url=https://fastcompany.com/1682028/elijah-wood-takes-a-dark-trip-with-flying-lotus-in-tiny-tortures |work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] |date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071914/https://www.fastcompany.com/1682028/elijah-wood-takes-a-dark-trip-with-flying-lotus-in-tiny-tortures |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Wood had a supporting role in the romantic comedy ''[[Celeste and Jesse Forever]]'', and starred in the [[Horror film|horror]] film ''[[Maniac (2012 film)|Maniac]]'', for which he received the [[Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2014 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Results! |url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2014-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-results/ |website=FANGORIA® |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924052525/http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2014-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-results/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> ''Maniac'' was mostly shot from a first person [[Point of view shot|point of view]] of Wood's character.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Phelim |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Maniac is still nasty but it's a cut above most horror remakes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/15/maniac-remake-a-cut-above |work=The Guardian |access-date=December 6, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206171652/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/15/maniac-remake-a-cut-above |archive-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

Wood played the leading role in the 2013 [[Hitchcockian]] suspense thriller ''[[Grand Piano (film)|Grand Piano]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/578929-fantastic-fest-2013-elijah-wood-eugenio-mira-on-grand-piano |title=Fantastic Fest 2013: Elijah Wood & Eugenio Mira on Grand Piano |last=Topel |first=Fred |date=September 30, 2013 |website=[[CraveOnline]] |access-date=January 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108123744/http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/578929-fantastic-fest-2013-elijah-wood-eugenio-mira-on-grand-piano |archive-date=January 8, 2014}}</ref> He voiced Shay, one of two main characters in the adventure game ''[[Broken Age]]'', for which he received the 2014 ''Performance in a Comedy, Lead'' award from National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR).<ref>{{cite web |title=NAVGTR Awards (2014)|url=http://navgtr.org/archives/2445 |website=National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers |access-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322064850/http://navgtr.org/archives/2445/ |archive-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> Next, Wood provided the voice of main character Wirt in [[Cartoon Network]]'s animated miniseries ''[[Over the Garden Wall]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.agentsofgeek.com/2014/11/over-the-garden-wall-is-the-best-thing-that-the-cartoon-network-has-done-review/ |title=Over the Garden Wall is the best thing that the cartoon network has done - Review|last=Bree |first=Jason |work=Agents of Geek |date=April 11, 2014 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227034508/http://www.agentsofgeek.com/2014/11/over-the-garden-wall-is-the-best-thing-that-the-cartoon-network-has-done-review/ |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The series collected three [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 2015, including [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/cartoon-networks-over-the-garden-wall-wins-four-emmys-119334.html |work=[[Cartoon Brew]] |title=Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall Wins Three Emmys |last=Thill |first=Scott |date=September 16, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227135901/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/cartoon-networks-over-the-garden-wall-wins-four-emmys-119334.html |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> This was followed by prominent roles in films ''[[The Last Witch Hunter]]'' (2015), opposite [[Vin Diesel]]; ''[[The Trust (2016 film)|The Trust]]'' (2016), opposite [[Nicolas Cage]]; and ''[[I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore]]'' (2017), opposite [[Melanie Lynskey]]. The latter film was awarded the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sundance.org/pdf/festival-info/2017AwardWinners-withSundayMondaySchedules.pdf |title=2017 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners |website=[[Sundance Film Festival]] |publisher=Sundance Organization |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619043621/http://www.sundance.org/pdf/festival-info/2017AwardWinners-withSundayMondaySchedules.pdf |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

From 2016 to 2017, Wood co-starred with [[Samuel Barnett (actor)|Samuel Barnett]] as Todd Brotzman in the [[BBC America]] series ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series)|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''. It was announced in December 2017 that the show had not been renewed for a third season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/dirk-gently-s-holistic-detective-agency/54139/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-has-been-cancelled |title=Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency has been cancelled |last1=Ahr |first1=Michael |last2=Howard |first2=Kirsten |work=[[Den of Geek]] |date=December 19, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001200111/http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/dirk-gently-s-holistic-detective-agency/54139/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-has-been-cancelled |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Wood provided the voice of Nick Johnsmith / Gristol Malik in ''[[Psychonauts 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1192436-interview-elijah-wood-talks-no-man-of-god |title=Interview: Elijah Wood Talks No Man of God, Psychonauts 2, and Favorite Kanye Albums |last=Treese |first=Tyler |date=August 27, 2021 |website=ComingSoon.net |access-date=28 August 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828171414/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1192436-interview-elijah-wood-talks-no-man-of-god |archive-date=28 August 2021}}</ref>

In 2019, Wood starred as the musician Norval Greenwood in [[Ant Timpson]]'s black comedy thriller ''[[Come to Daddy (film)|Come to Daddy]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dujsik |first=Mark |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/come-to-daddy-movie-review-2020 |title='Come to Daddy' |work=[[RogerEbert.com]] |date=7 Feb 2020 |access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref> He both starred as Special Agent Bill Hagmaier and helped to produce [[Amber Sealey]]'s 2021 crime mystery ''[[No Man of God]]'', based on the real life story of Hagmaier's relationship with serial killer [[Ted Bundy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/no-man-of-god-2021 |title=No Man of God |work=Tribeca Film Festival |access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref> In 2023, Wood played the starring role of Fritz Garbinger in [[Macon Blair]]'s superhero comedy horror movie ''[[The Toxic Avenger (2023 film)|The Toxic Avenger]]'', one of a series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tilly |first=Chris |date=2023-08-17 |title=The Toxic Avenger: Plot, cast & more |url=https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/the-toxic-avenger-release-date-plot-cast-trailer-2253815/ |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=Dexerto}}</ref>