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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 wi…
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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.
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Hugo Weaving's Filmography
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The Airport Chaplain
as Tobias Wallace
Baby Shower
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
as Self - Interviewee
How to Make Gravy
as Noel
The Rooster
as The Hermit
The Royal Hotel
as Billy
Teacups
as Don Ritchie
Franklin
as Narrator
Loveland
as Dr. Bergman
The Matrix Resurrections
as Agent Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lone Wolf
as Police Minister
Wild Australia: After the Fires
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Measure for Measure
as Duke
Hearts and Bones
as Dan Fisher
Mortal Engines
as Thaddeus Valentine
No Poster
Australia's Lost Impressionist
as John Russell (voice)
Black '47
as Hannah
Jasper Jones
as Mad Jack Lionel
The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'
as Self
Hacksaw Ridge
as Tom Doss
The Dressmaker
as Sergeant Farrat
Strangerland
as Detective David Rae
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
as Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Elrond
Healing
as Senior Officer Matt Perry
The Mule
as Tom Croft
The Turning
as Bob Lang
Mystery Road
as Johnno
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Elrond
Cloud Atlas
as Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Happy Feet Two
as Noah (voice)
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Megatron (voice)
The Key Man
as Vincent
No Poster
I, Spry
as Narrator (voice)
Oranges and Sunshine
as Jack
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Noctus / Grimble (voice)
The Wolfman
as Inspector Francis Abberline
Tackling Peace
as Narrator
Last Ride
as Kev
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
as Megatron (voice)
The Tender Hook
as McHeath
Transformers
as Megatron (voice)
In the Company of Actors
as Self / Judge Brack
The Girl Who Swallowed Bees
as Narrator
Happy Feet
as Noah (voice)
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
as Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
as V / William Rookwood
V for Vendetta
as V / William Rookwood
Little Fish
as Lionel
Peaches
as Alan
Confessions of an Action Star
as Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
as Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
as Self
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as Agent Smith
Everything Goes
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
as Himself
No Poster
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Elrond
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions
as Agent Smith
No Poster
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Self
After the Deluge
as Marty
No Poster
Horseplay
as Narrator (voice)
The Matrix Reloaded
as Agent Smith
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Elrond
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
as Self (archive)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Elrond
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
as Self
Quest for the Ring
as Self
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Agent Smith
Russian Doll
as Harvey
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
as Rubicondo
The Magic Pudding
as Bill Barnacle (voice)
Strange Planet
as Steven
No Poster
Little Echo Lost
as Echo Man
Making "The Matrix"
as Self
The Matrix
as Agent Smith
Babe: Pig in the City
as Rex (voice)
Bedrooms and Hallways
as Jeremy
The Interview
as Eddie Rodney Fleming
The Kiss
as Frank
No Poster
The Edge of the World
as Narrator
True Love and Chaos
as Morris
Wild Australia: The Edge
as Narrator (voice)
Babe
as Rex (voice)
Exile
as Innes
Ladies Please!
as Self
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
The Forgotten Force
as Narrator
The Custodian
as Frank Church
Frauds
as Jonathan Wheats
Reckless Kelly
as Sir John
No Poster
Road to Alice
Proof
as Martin
Wendy Cracked a Walnut
as Jake
Dadah Is Death
as Geoffrey Chambers
The Right Hand Man
as Ned Devine
For Love Alone
as Jonathan Crow
The City's Edge
as Andy White
...Maybe This Time
as Student #2
No Poster
Hold Still
as Eugene
We're All Going to Die
as Death
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
as Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra