Hugo Weaving

Acting · Born 1960-04-04 in Ibadan, British Nigeria

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Elrond
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Elrond
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Elrond
• The Matrix as Agent Smith
• The Matrix Reloaded as Agent Smith
• The Matrix Revolutions as Agent Smith
• V for Vendetta as V / William Rookwood
• Captain America: The First Avenger as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
• Transformers as Megatron (voice)
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra