A Brief Introduction to Elijah

I have decided to start my posts by reviewing Elijah’s work in chronological order. I figured that since his body of work is rather large, I should start from the beginning of his career and follow it up to his most recent projects in order to do him justice.
The Bare Bones:
Elijah Jordan Wood was born January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids , Iowa to Warren and Debbie Wood as one of three children. At the age of 7, Elijah was enrolled in modeling school at the Avant Studios in Cedar Rapids where he early on began his career modeling and appearing in some national television commercials and small TV parts.
His brief appearance in Paula Abdul's "Forever Young Girl" music video, directed by David Fincher is what most consider to be his first big break into acting. His first big-screen appearance was a small cameo in "Back to the Future II", as a little boy playing video games in a diner.

It would not be until his breakthrough role in Barry Levinson's "Avalon" that his acting career would more or less take off, and once it did, Elijah proved himself to be more than just a short lived child star whose career fizzled when he grew out of the "cute" stage. It was evident early on that he had staying power and his talent would only grow and mature.
As it seems fitting, my next post will cover Elijah's first breakthrough performance in the movie "Avalon", a performance of which I will write about in more depth.