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Full name: Elijah Jordan Wood
D.O.B: Jan 28th 1981
Place of birth: Cedar Rapids, Iowa US
Current Residence: LA, in his mothers guest house / Wellington, NZ
Nationality: Caucasian
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 163 lbs.
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Religion: Catholic
Nicknames: Lij, Eli, Monkey, Elwood, Fozzie
Siblings: Older brother, Zack, 27, and Younger sister, Hannah, 19 (?)
Hobbies: Fencing, Photography, Swimming, Basketball, Rollerblading, Cooking, Singing, Playing Hockey, Riding Bike, Reading, Collecting Star Wars Memorbilia
Car: Red Ferrari
Pets: 2 dogs, Levonne and Rascal


Favorites
Color: Blue
City: London
Clothing line: Banana Republic
Musical: Les Miserables
Movies: Braveheart, Star Wars, Amelie, Mohalland Drive, Pulp Fiction, Heavenly Creatures..
Books: The Hobbit, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (when he was a little younger).
Actor: Tim Roth
Actress: Emma Thompson
Kind of Music: Basically Everything. Elijah says he's obsessed with music.
Band: Smashing Pumpkins, The Strokes, The Sonics, The Hives, The White Stripes, The Beatles, Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, Massive Attack, Propellerhead, Liquid Soul, John Lennon)

CD's: Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness (Smashing Pumpkins)
Superhero: Batman
Favorite Food: Homemade Potato Salad
Favorite TV Show: Entertainment Weekly and Extra
Subject in School: English
Least Favorite Movie: Godzilla (it "sucked")and Pearl Harbor (this was a "peice of sh**")

Other
Looks for in a girl: Kindness, Intelligence, Inner and Outer beauty.. Real and Honest..
Future Plans: Attend Columbia University majoring in English, or to attend a good film college such as USC or UCLA!
Tattoo: One, stands for the number 9, in Elvish, each member of the fellowship got one! (Elijah wants to get another tatoo, a simple white or black line on his chest to represent Frodo's scar)
Marital Status: Elijah was rumored to be dating actress and costar Franka Potente. however, they have apparently broken up recently...Franka refuses to speak of their relationship. she'd "rather not talk about it"
Boxers or Briefs: Boxers
One Wish: To save all the rainforest from mass destruction
Bad Habbits: Smokes (Sapoerna) Clove Cigarrettes, Bites his fingernails


Random
- Elijahs family owned a Deli in Cedar Rapids but sold it so they could move for Elijahs career.

- Elijahs childhood idol is George Lucas, of Star wars fame (amongst many many others)

- For his audition part in "Lord of the Rings", Elijah shot a mini-movie of himself being a hobbit in his friends back yard!

- During shooting the faculty Elijah picked up his smoking habit from The Faculty costar Josh Hartnett.

- Melissa Joan Hart wanted him to play the male lead in Drive Me Crazy because she thought it would take some of the pressure of 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.

- One of Elijah's nickname's is "Monkey"

- Was home-schooled by his parents

Cool Quotes
"I'm not a star. A star is nothing but a ball of gas."



"There was tons of silly shit like that. It really helped to ease the tension"
-On LOTR down-time



"N: Elijah Wood is a great porno name, isn’t it?

E: El – is it?!

N: Elijah Wood! That’d be a great name!

E: Oh, the “Wood”! Yes, yes it is.

N: Like the “Elijah”?

E: I don’t know whether to be offended, or to go with that, but I understand."
-taken from the Much Music interview, July 4, 2002.




"Negative words - the best thing is to diffuse them by using and taking the meaning away. Cunt! Cunt! It's a great, great word. Very forceful"
-taken from "The Secret Life of Elijah Wood"



"Oh believe me dude, I'm 20 years old, there's no growing left. That's it. Unfortunately it's a sad fact."
-taken from FOX news interview.



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