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.
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As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light...
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Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in ord...
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate...
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--b...
Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from ot...
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen d...
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and b...
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The Mathiesons, Clara (30s), Glen (60s) and Aaron (20s), find themselves at an emotional crossroads following a...
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Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
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A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deep...
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Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is hi...
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Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of t...
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Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets...
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Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series...
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Ho...
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