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Hugo Weaving

Actor | * 04/04/1960 (64) | Ibadan (Nigeria)
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Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a British actor. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. Weaving landed his first major role as English cricket captain Douglas Jardine on the Australian television series Bodyline (1984). He rose to prominence with his appearances in the Australian 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 for the former. By the turn of the millennium, Weaving achieved international recognition through roles 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 ... ()
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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.Description above is from the Wikipedia article Hugo Weaving, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woma ...

V for Vendetta

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2006 | 3.9/5 | 2h 12min
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Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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2003 | 4.2/5 | 3h 21min
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowshi ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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2001 | 4.2/5 | 2h 59min
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fell ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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2002 | 4.2/5 | 2h 59min
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Awards & Nominations for Hugo Weaving

3x AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Honorary Officer of The Order of Australia AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Movies with Hugo Weaving as Actor(87)

2024 The Rooster
as Billy2023 The Royal Hotel
as Dr. Bergman2022 Loveland
as Narrator2022 Franklin
as Police Minister2021 Lone Wolf
as Duke2020 Measure for Measure
as Dan Fisher2019 Hearts and Bones
as Thaddeus Valentine2018 Mortal Engines
as Hannah2018 Black '47
2017 The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'
as Mad Jack Lionel2017 Jasper Jones
as Tom Doss2016 Hacksaw Ridge
as himself2015 Between a Frock and a Hard Place
as Sergeant Farrat2015 The Dressmaker
as Detective David Rae2015 Strangerland
as Elrond2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Tom Croft2014 The Mule
as Senior Officer Matt Perry2014 Healing
as Johnno2013 Mystery Road
as Bob Lang2013 The Turning
as Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie2012 Cloud Atlas
as Elrond2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull2011 Captain America: The First Avenger
as Vincent2011 The Key Man
as Megatron (voice)2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Noah (voice)2011 Happy Feet Two
as himself2011 Captain America: The First Avenger - Behind the Skull
as Noctus / Grimble (voice)2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Inspector Francis Abberline2010 The Wolfman
as Narrator (voice)2010 I, Spry
as Jack2010 Oranges and Sunshine
as Megatron (voice)2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
as Kev2009 Last Ride
as McHeath2008 The Tender Hook
as Narrator2007 The Girl Who Swallowed Bees
as Megatron (voice)2007 Transformers
as Self / Judge Brack2007 In the Company of Actors
as William Rookwood / V2006 V for Vendetta
as Noah (voice)2006 Happy Feet
as Alan2005 Peaches
as himself2005 Ringers: Lord of the Fans
as himself2005 Confessions of an Action Star
as Lionel2005 Little Fish
as himself2004 The Matrix Recalibrated
as himself2004 Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
as himself2004 The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
2004 Everything Goes
as himself2004 The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
as himself2004 The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
as Marty2003 After the Deluge
as Agent Smith2003 The Matrix Revolutions
as Agent Smith2003 The Matrix Reloaded
as Elrond2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as himself2003 The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Narrator (voice)2003 Horseplay
as Elrond2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Self - Agent Smith2001 The Matrix Revisited
as Elrond2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Elrond2001 Quest for the Ring
as himself2001 A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
as Harvey2001 Russian Doll
2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
as Bill Barnacle (voice)2000 The Magic Pudding
as Agent Smith1999 The Matrix
as himself1999 Making 'The Matrix'
as Steven1999 Strange Planet
as Jeremy1998 Bedrooms and Hallways
as Eddie Rodney Fleming1998 The Interview
as Frank1998 The Kiss
as Rex (voice)1998 Babe: Pig in the City
as Morris1997 True Love and Chaos
as Narrator (voice)1996 Wild Australia: The Edge
as Rex the Male Sheepdog (voice)1995 Babe
as Narrator1994 The Forgotten Force
as Frank Church1994 The Custodian
as Anthony "Tick" Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as himself1994 Ladies Please!
as Jonathan Wheats1993 Frauds
as Sir John1993 Reckless Kelly
1992 Road to Alice
as Martin1991 Proof
as Jake1990 Wendy Cracked a Walnut
as Geoffrey Chambers1988 Dadah Is Death
as Ned Devine1987 The Right Hand Man
as Jonathan Crow1986 For Love Alone
as Andy White1983 The City's Edge
as Student #21981 ...Maybe This Time

TV Shows/Series with Hugo Weaving as Actor(17)

as King Emudeus2023 Koala Man
as Narrator2022 The Bridge Australia
as Glen Mathieson2021 Love Me
as Artie Corman2021 Mr. Corman
as Narrator2019 Australia in Colour
as David Melrose2018 Patrick Melrose
as Alex Klima2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity
2010 Rake
as himself2002 HypaSpace
as Governor Arthur1997 Frontier
as himself1997 The View
as Jack Shannon1996 The Bite
as Kenneth Pearson1995 Bordertown
as Det. Sgt. Tom Hurkos1994 Halifax f.p.
as Richard Eastwick1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty
as Charles Armstrong1988 Melba
as Douglas Jardine1984 Bodyline

Movies with Hugo Weaving as Crew(2)

Production/Producer2012 Ship of Theseus
Production/Co-Producer2001 Russian Doll

Full Name: Hugo Weaving
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 04/04 1960 (April) in Ibadan (Nigeria) (current age: 64 years + 23 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: National Institute of Dramatic Art, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Charlton House, Wraxall
Spouses (current/former): Katrina Greenwood
Children: Harry Greenwood
Related to: Samara Weaving
Other names for Hugo Weaving (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Хьюго Уивинг"
"휴고 위빙"
"雨果·维文"
"ヒューゴ・ウィーヴィング"
"ヒューゴ・ウォレス・ウィーヴィング"
"Hugo Wallace Weaving"
Hugo Weaving frequently works together with these people:
Peter Jackson (26x, Crew)
Lana Wachowski (19x, Crew)
Lilly Wachowski (19x, Crew)
Richard Taylor (13x, Crew)
Fran Walsh (12x, Crew)
Philippa Boyens (12x, Crew)
Dan Hennah (12x, Crew)
Andrew Lesnie (12x, Crew)
Ivan Sen (11x, Crew)
Joel Silver (11x, Crew)
Alan Lee (11x, Crew)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (7x, Actor)
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