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Personal Details

Full Name- Elijah Jordan Wood (Elijah as in Elidzja)
Nicknames- Monkey, The Funny, Elwood, and Lij,
Blue eyes
Date of Birth- January 28, 1981
Place of Birth- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Religion- Christian
Nationality- American
Occupation- Actor
Parents- Warren Wood and Debrah Wood (divorced)
Siblings- an 5 years older brother Zachariah and a 2 1/2 years younger sister Hannah.
Pets- 2 dogs, Rascal & LevonneLA / Wellington, NZ
Relationship- Currently single
Outer appearance- Blue eyes, dark, mostly curly hair,
5.7 feet (approx. 170cm) in height, approx. 160 lbs of
weight

~ Elijah won Satrun Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Thriller/Fantasy in
   1994 for The Good Son.
~ Presented at the Academy Awards in place of Macaulay Culkin in 1994.
~ His 1st professional project was an appearance in Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl music
   video in 1989.
~ He appeared in The Cramberries video, "Ridiculous Thoughts" in 1995.
~ Is known to jump in his pool with all his clothes on.
~ Loves animals
~ If he had one wish, it would be to bring all the rain forests back.
~ His first on-screen kiss was in Flipper which was later cut out.
~ Want's to be a better actor, and explore parts of himself he's never explored before.
~ Hates Rap, Country, and Heavy Metal
~ Wears glasses
~ Has a tattoo on the lower right-side of his torso
~ Bites his toenails (at one point)
~ Drinks coffee and smokes

Favourites
Band- Beatles and Smashing Pumpkins
CD's- Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness --(S.P)
Color- Blue
Food- Homemade potato salad
Movies- The Star Wars Triology, Heavenly Creatures, and Braveheart
Worst Movie- Godzilla
Actor- Tim Roth
Actress- Emma Thompson
Subject in School- English

Books- Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Norte Dame, and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
TV Shows- Entertainment Weekly and Extra
Sport- In-line Skating

Facts

Education- Enrolled in modeling
school at Avant Studios in Cedar
Rapids.
Hobbies- Photography, Reading, fencing, in-line skating, swimming,
basketball, hockey, cooking and singing
Collects- Star Wars figures
Currently Drives- Red Ferrari
Smokes- Clove Cigarettes
Tattoo- On the lower right-side of his torso, Wood has been branded with a 3-inch tattoo, a strange series of croocked vertical lines that looks like a wraped product bar. "It's Elvish," Wood says, "It stands for the number nine."