Hugo Weaving
Actor

Hugo Weaving

22 Movies
22 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 22
Birthday April 4, 1960 (66 years old)
Place of Birth Ibadan, British Nigeria
Also Known As Hugo Wallace Weaving
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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 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.

Filmography (131)

Baby Shower 2026
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas 2025
The Rooster 2024
How to Make Gravy 2024
Creative Types with Virginia Trioli 2024
Teacups 2023
The Royal Hotel 2023
Koala Man 2023
Franklin 2022
Loveland 2022
The Bridge Australia 2022
Slow Horses 2022
Lone Wolf 2021
The Matrix Resurrections 2021
Mr. Corman 2021
Love Me 2021
Measure for Measure 2020
Wild Australia: After the Fires 2020
Hearts and Bones 2019
Australia in Colour 2019
Black '47 2018
Mortal Engines 2018
Australia's Lost Impressionist 2018
Patrick Melrose 2018
Jasper Jones 2017
The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' 2017
Seven Types of Ambiguity 2017
Hacksaw Ridge 2016
Strangerland 2015
Between a Frock and a Hard Place 2015
The Dressmaker 2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014
The Mule 2014
Healing 2014
The Turning 2013
Mystery Road 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 Cloud Atlas 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe 2012
Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011 Happy Feet Two 2011
The Key Man 2011
Captain America: Behind the Skull 2011
The Wolfman 2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 2010
Oranges and Sunshine 2010
I, Spry 2010
Rake 2010
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009
Last Ride 2009
Tackling Peace 2009
The Tender Hook 2008
Transformers 2007
The Girl Who Swallowed Bees 2007
In the Company of Actors 2007
V for Vendetta 2006 Happy Feet 2006
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked 2006
Little Fish 2005
Peaches 2005
Confessions of an Action Star 2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans 2005
Everything Goes 2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' 2004
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited 2004
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited 2004
The Matrix Recalibrated 2004
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future 2004
The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith 2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King' 2004
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 The Matrix Reloaded 2003 The Matrix Revolutions 2003
After the Deluge 2003
Horseplay 2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King 2003
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load 2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers' 2003
After the Deluge 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast 2002
The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Part 2: From Vision to Reality 2002
HypaSpace 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
The Matrix Revisited 2001
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 2001
Russian Doll 2001
Quest for the Ring 2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' 2001
The Magic Pudding 2000
The Matrix 1999
Strange Planet 1999
Making "The Matrix" 1999
Little Echo Lost 1999
Babe: Pig in the City 1998
The Interview 1998
Bedrooms and Hallways 1998
The Kiss 1998
True Love and Chaos 1997
The Edge of the World 1997
The View 1997
Frontier 1997
Wild Australia: The Edge 1996
The Bite 1996
Babe 1995
Bordertown 1995
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994
The Custodian 1994
Ladies Please! 1994
The Forgotten Force 1994
Exile 1994
Halifax f.p. 1994
Reckless Kelly 1993
Frauds 1993
Road to Alice 1992
Proof 1991
Wendy Cracked a Walnut 1990
Bangkok Hilton 1989
Dadah Is Death 1988
Melba 1988
The Dirtwater Dynasty 1988
The Right Hand Man 1987
For Love Alone 1986
Bodyline 1984
The City's Edge 1983
...Maybe This Time 1981
We're All Going to Die
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2