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Elijah Wood might be most famous for his role as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but Wood has a long history of acting, dating back to 1989. Wood is set to star in The Monkey, an upcoming 2025 Stephen King adaptation that Wood promises will be something the audience has never seen. However, this horror film isn't Wood's first dip into the genre. Since 1990, Elijah Wood has starred in eight noteworthy horror movies.

One of Wood's earliest films was a TV movie called Child in the Night (1990). Like many popular actors, Elijah has the horror genre to thank, at least partly, for giving him a foot in the Hollywood door. Frodo Baggins might have been Wood's big break, but his love for horror keeps returning him to the genre.

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After playing Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Elijah Wood expanded his eclectic career by starring in a wide array of films. Despite being invested in several genres, Wood is partial to horror, having started his career in a made-for-tv horror flick titled "Child in the Night." Over the course of his career, Wood starred in several horror offerings, from 1993's "The Good Son" to 2012's "Maniac." Taking his love for horror a step further, Wood founded his production company, SpectreVision, which has churned out standout titles such as "Mandy," "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night," and "Color Out of Space."

As Wood has been championing the indie horror movement in subtle yet significant ways, he was asked about the opening and closing films he would choose for a Halloween-centered film festival. His answer for the closing film is John Carpenter's "Halloween,...

John Aylward, the actor best known for his recurring roles in popular NBC dramas “ER” and “The West Wing,” died Monday in Seattle from natural causes, his agent Mitchell K. Stubbs confirmed to Variety. He was 75.

Born and raised in Seattle, Aylward graduated from the University of Washington’s school of drama in 1970. He got his start as a theater actor, founding Seattle’s Empty Space Theatre in 1973. He served as a regular in Seattle Repertory Theatre for 15 years.

After getting his start in television with small roles on television films — including “The Secret Life of John Chapman,” “Stamp of a Killer,” “Third Degree Burn,” “Child in the Night” and “With a Vengeance” — Aylward began working more frequently on television in the ’90s, starting with a recurring role on “Northern Exposure.” Other television shows he had notable recurring and guest spots on over the course of his career included “Grace Under Fire,...

Mark Saks' résumé goes from comedy ("The George Carlin Show") to drama ("Numb3rs") and back again. His current projects include the prime-time dramas "Medium" and "The Good Wife," and he recently completed work on Showtime's miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth." Saks has offices in Los Angeles and New York but estimates that he currently spends about 80 percent of his time on the East Coast. "It depends on the season," he says. "But right now, 'The Good Wife' needs so much attention, I've been here most of the time in New York."Forecasting The Futurei'm probably the only person who ever wanted to be a casting director. I think it's pretty rare. I was an actor in high school and college, and I had been working at a summer stock for kids, and I was sort of doing their casting at an amateur level. My third year of college,...