Hugo Weaving

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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.

Filmography

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