Hugo Wallace WeavingAO (born 4 April 1960) is a British actor. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career.
Weaving landed his first major role as English cricket captain Douglas Jardine on the Australian television series Bodyline (1984). He rose to prominence with his appearances in the Australian 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 for the former. By the turn of the millennium, Weaving achieved international recognition through roles 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 reprised his roles of Agent Smith and Elrond in Matrix and Lord of the Rings video game adaptations.
Hugo Wallace Weaving AO (born 4 April 1960) is a British actor. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA)...
younger sister, Morgan, is also an actress; their uncle is actor HugoWeaving. Weaving and her family moved to Canberra in 2005, and she attended Canberra...
antagonist of The Matrix franchise. The character was primarily portrayed by HugoWeaving in the first trilogy of films and voiced by Christopher Corey Smith in...
Garfield stars as Doss, with Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, HugoWeaving, Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn and Richard Pyros in supporting roles...
Agent of the Matrix. The character was portrayed by HugoWeaving in the previous films; Weaving also appears as Smith through the use of archive footage...
series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, HugoWeaving, and Joe Pantoliano, and depicts a dystopian future in which humanity...
Kinirons and Fiona Seres. The film stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, and HugoWeaving. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2015...
The film stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, HugoWeaving, and Gloria Foster who reprise their roles from the previous film, while...
book Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys. The film stars Emily Watson, HugoWeaving and David Wenham. The film is based on the true story of Margaret Humphreys...
simulated reality called "the Matrix". Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, HugoWeaving and Joe Pantoliano also star. The movie was a critical and commercial...
Damon, Sofia Vergara, Common, HugoWeaving, Richard Carter, Magda Szubanski and Anthony LaPaglia. Wood, Williams, Weaving, Szubanski and LaPaglia reprised...
Convery, Stephanie (1 November 2020), "Aacta awards 2020: Cate Blanchett, HugoWeaving and Ned Kelly gang vie for honours", The Guardian Knox, David (27 April...
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