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Hugo Weaving

4th April 1960 Ibadan, British Nigeria Acting

Hugo Wallace Weaving AO (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has also been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. Weaving landed his first major role as English cricket captain Douglas Jardine on the Australian television series Bodyline (1984). Continuing to act in Australia, he rose to prominence with his appearances in the films Proof (1991) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), winning his first AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role with the former. By the turn of the millennium, Weaving achieved international recognition through appearances in mainstream American productions. His most notable film roles include Agent Smith in the first three The Matrix films (1999–2003), Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies, the title character in V for Vendetta (2005), and Johann Schmidt / Red Skull in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). In addition to his live action appearances, Weaving has had several voice over roles, including in the films Babe (1995), Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011), and the Transformers series as Megatron (2007–2011). He also reprised his roles of Agent Smith and Elrond in Matrix and Lord of the Rings video game adaptations.

108 Movies 21 TV Shows 129 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Teacups poster
Teacups 23rd February 2023 as Don Ritchie
Healing poster
Healing 3rd April 2014 as Senior Officer Matt Perry
Cloud Atlas poster
Cloud Atlas 26th October 2012 as Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
I, Spry poster
I, Spry 4th November 2010 as Narrator (voice)
The Wolfman poster
The Wolfman 10th February 2010 as Inspector Francis Abberline
Babe poster
Babe 18th July 1995 as Rex (voice)
Exile poster
Exile 13th September 1994 as Innes
Frauds poster
Frauds 4th June 1993 as Jonathan Wheats
Proof poster
Proof 15th August 1991 as Martin
Koala Man poster
Koala Man 9th January 2023 as King Emudeus (voice)
Love Me poster
Love Me 26th December 2021 as Glen Mathieson
Frontier poster
Frontier 1st January 1997 as Governor Arthur
Melba poster
Melba 22nd March 1988 as Charles Armstrong