Elijah is widely known for his performances in the trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings starring as the beloved hobbit Frodo Baggins. Directed by Peter Jackson, the films – The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King – were all critically acclaimed and broke box office records with Return of the King winning the Academy Award for Best Picture as well as 11 additional Academy Awards. Elijah was most recently seen in Come to Daddy which debuted at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Previously, he starred in the critically acclaimed Netflix film, Macon Blair’s I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore, opposite Melanie Lynskey, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. In 2010, Elijah founded his production company SpectreVision, which has carved out a stronghold in the genre film space.

In 2017, SpectreVision premiered the film Bitch at the Sundance Film Festival (ICM Independent sold the film). SpectreVision also produced the critically acclaimed films Mandy, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Boy, and Daniel Isn't Real. Most recently, they produced Mortimer’s follow-up feature Archenemy, starring Joe Manganello. On the television side, SpectreVision has a First Look deal with Legendary. 

With a career spanning 26 years, Wood has evolved his body of work with notable films including Green Street Hooligans, Sin City, Celeste and Jesse Forever, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Happy Feet to name a few.

Elijah’s television credits include BBC America’s Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, based on the 1987 Douglas Adams book series and FXX’s comedy Wilfred.