Elijah Wood Scroll down for movie list. Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
Talented-and extremely busy-child actor who has amassed some impressive credits since his first acting stint in a Paula Abdul video. After small roles in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Internal Affairs (1990), he won acclaim as a young Barry Levinson in the director/writer's personal drama Avalon (1990) and went on to star in Paradise (1991), Radio Flyerand Forever Young (both 1992), all of which gave him roles of substance that revealed both his talent and natural appeal. He made an ideal Huckleberry in The Adventures of Huck Finn and squared off against child superstar Macaulay Culkin in the thriller The Good Son (both 1993) before starring as a young genius searching for new parents in North (1994). |  |