Hugo Weaving
Birthday: 1960-04-04 | Place of Birth: Ibadan, NigeriaHugo 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self - Interviewee
as Noel
as The Hermit
as Billy
as Don Ritchie
as Dr. Bergman
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Glen Mathieson
as Police Minister
as Duke
as Narrator (voice)
as Dan Fisher
as Narrator
as David Melrose
as Hannah
as Thaddeus Valentine
as Alex Klima
as Mad Jack Lionel
as Sergeant Farrat
as Tom Doss
as Detective David Rae
as Elrond
as Self
