General |
Name: | Elijah Jordan Wood |
Nicknames: | Elwood, Lij, Monkey, 'The Funny' |
Date of Birth: | 28th January 1981 |
Place of Birth: | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A. |
Hair: | Dark Brown |
Eyes: | Beautifully BLUE |
Height: | 168 cm, 5 foot 6 inches |
Pets: | 2 dogs, Rascal and Levonne |
Relationship: | Currently has a girlfriend |
Distinguishing Features: |
The most beautiful blue eyes in the world, and a tattoo
of the number 9, written in elvish which all the members
of the fellowship got. It is located on the lower-right
side of his torso. |
Hobbies: |
Music, reading, fencing, photography, rollerblading, swimming,
hockey, cooking, surfing, collecting Star Wars memorabilia,
basketball and singing |
Bad Habits: |
Smokes Clove Cigarrettes and bites his fingernails and toenails |
Car: |
Mini Cooper |
Parents: | Warren and Deborah Wood - now divorced |
Siblings: |
Brother Zach (7 years older) and
sister Hannah (2 years younger) |
Motto: |
"There's nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self" - Ernest Hemingway |
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Favourites |
Colour: | Blue |
Books: |
The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien and The Hunchback of Notre
Dame by Victor Hugo |
Subjects: | English and History |
Movies: |
Harvey, Star Wars Trilogy, Heavenly Creatures, Pulp Fiction,
Braveheart |
Music: |
Is there anything he doesn't like!? He's obsessed with
music apparantly, so he likes mostly everything. But he
does likes Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, Massive Attack,
The Beatles, The White Stripes and Miles Davis |
Food: | Homemade Potato Salad |
Actor: | Tim Roth |
Actress: | Emma Thompson |
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Other Facts |
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He learned to sing professionally |
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Has started his own record label: Simian Records |
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Apparantly Elijah got his blue eyes from his mother. He is also half Polish
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Elijah says that he is really interested in the film making process and would like to be a director one day. He tested those waters recently when he directed The Apples In Stereo music video "Energy." |
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He wears glasses but not all the time |
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He now owns the one ring and keeps it in a box at home |
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He loves animals |
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Elijah loves playing video games |
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To get the role of Frodo Baggins, Elijah hired a hobbit costume, went out into the hills with his friends and shot some scenes from the book. |
