In Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring, who plays Frodo Baggins?

Elijah Wood plays Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring.

Released in 2001, the film adapts the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Frodo is a hobbit from the Shire who inherits the One Ring and accepts the dangerous mission of carrying it to Mordor for destruction. Wood was 20 when the film was released, although filming began earlier.

The role made Wood internationally famous and required him to portray Frodo across all three main films in the trilogy. The production was filmed primarily in New Zealand, where Jackson and his crew created Middle-earth’s landscapes, settlements, and battlefields.

Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, and Dominic Monaghan also appear in the film, but they play Samwise Gamgee, Legolas, and Merry respectively. This distinction matters because all four characters belong to the Fellowship or its wider circle.