# Happy Birthday, Elijah Wood! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491 "2004-01-29T00:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/1 "2004-01-29T00:52:21Z")
Happy 23rd, and congrats on the Oscar nods (pass that one on to your colleagues)! May you be blessed and infinitely happy on this and every day. The best of luck to your and your coworkers at the Oscars. ~Ferry ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/2 "2004-01-29T01:26:23Z")
Does he post here? ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/3 "2004-01-29T01:34:59Z")
Uh…not that I know of…I was just trying to send out a happy message…I’m sorry… ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/4 "2004-01-29T01:49:54Z")
> [@BuckleberryFerry](#): > > Uh…not that I know of…I was just trying to send out a happy message…I’m sorry… That’s alright. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/5 "2004-01-29T02:00:15Z")
This thread is better suited for [**Cafe Society**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=13). I’ll move it for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/6 "2004-01-29T02:02:23Z")
Really? It’s that important? Quite frankly, I’m surprised I’ve not been locked for being too mundane for MPSIMS. ::shrugs:: Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/7 "2004-01-29T02:03:27Z")
Dang hamsters…meant to add: “No offence meant, of course.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/8 "2004-01-29T02:16:13Z")
I still can’t believe he’s the same little boy from _Radio Flyer_ and _Huck Finn_! He was so cute-in that adorable pinch-your-cheeks-big-blue-eyes-too-long-hair way. ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/9 "2004-01-29T12:58:28Z")
Happy Birthday to him. Cute lil hobbit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/10 "2004-01-29T13:47:06Z")
I presume that Elijah Wood fans caught the recent CBS re-showing of _Deep Impact_, where he plays the teenage boy amateur astronomer who discovered the World Destroying Menace of that particular movie. (I think he’s in danger of being typecast! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/11 "2004-01-30T01:47:08Z")
Yes, but how many caught **The War** this past Sunday? Me neither, but I was distracted by his snazzy velvet suit at the Golden Globes. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-elijah-wood/226491/12 "2004-01-30T02:02:40Z")
Other celebrities born on the same day as Elijah Wood: > **[IMDb: Birth Month Day of 10-19 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_monthday=10-19&day=28&month=January)** > > IMDb's advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Find exactly what you're looking for! I note that Alan Alda is among those who shares the little ringbearer’s birthday.