Name
Hugo Weaving
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-04-04 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
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 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.
Known For
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- 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Elrond
- 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Elrond
- 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Elrond
- 1999 The Matrix as Agent Smith
- 2003 The Matrix Reloaded as Agent Smith
- 2003 The Matrix Revolutions as Agent Smith
- 2006 V for Vendetta as V / William Rookwood
- 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
- 2007 Transformers as Megatron (voice)
- 1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
- 2010 The Wolfman as Inspector Francis Abberline
- 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Megatron (voice)
- 2023 Teacups as Don Ritchie
- 1998 Babe: Pig in the City as Rex (voice)
- 2000 The Magic Pudding as Bill Barnacle (voice)
- 2009 Last Ride as Kev
- 1995 Babe as Rex (voice)
- 2006 Happy Feet as Noah (voice)
- 2005 Little Fish as Lionel
- 2005 Peaches as Alan
- 2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Noctus / Grimble (voice)
- 2001 The Matrix Revisited as Self - Agent Smith
- 1991 Proof as Martin
- 1993 Reckless Kelly as Sir John
- 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Megatron (voice)
- 2008 The Tender Hook as McHeath
- 2005 Confessions of an Action Star as Self
- 2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories as Rubicondo
- 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Elrond
- 2011 Happy Feet Two as Noah (voice)
- 1999 Strange Planet as Steven
- 2013 The Turning as Bob Lang
- 1998 The Interview as Eddie Rodney Fleming
- 2010 Oranges and Sunshine as Jack
- 2012 Cloud Atlas as Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
- 2009 Tackling Peace as Narrator
- 2007 The Girl Who Swallowed Bees as Narrator
- 2024 The Rooster as The Hermit
- 2003 After the Deluge as Marty
- 2011 The Key Man as Vincent
- 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Elrond
- 1993 Frauds as Jonathan Wheats
- 2005 Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
- 2023 The Royal Hotel as Billy
- Soon We're All Going to Die as Death
- 1997 True Love and Chaos as Morris
- 2013 Mystery Road as Johnno
- 2014 The Mule as Tom Croft
- 1987 The Right Hand Man as Ned Devine
- 2022 Franklin as Narrator
- 1990 Wendy Cracked a Walnut as Jake
- 2014 Healing as Senior Officer Matt Perry
- 2003 Horseplay as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 How to Make Gravy as Noel
- 1986 For Love Alone as Jonathan Crow
- 1994 The Custodian as Frank Church
- 2001 Russian Doll as Harvey
- 2015 Strangerland as Detective David Rae
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 1983 The City's Edge as Andy White
- 1996 Wild Australia: The Edge as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 Between a Frock and a Hard Place as Self
- 2004 Everything Goes
- 1988 Dadah Is Death as Geoffrey Chambers
- 2015 The Dressmaker as Sergeant Farrat
- Soon Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2 as Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
- 1998 Bedrooms and Hallways as Jeremy
- 1992 Road to Alice
- 2004 A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2003 Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
- 2016 Hacksaw Ridge as Tom Doss
- 1994 Ladies Please! as Self
- 2017 Jasper Jones as Mad Jack Lionel
- 2018 Black '47 as Hannah
- 2001 Quest for the Ring as Self
- 2011 Captain America: Behind the Skull as Self
- 2018 Mortal Engines as Thaddeus Valentine
- 1994 The Forgotten Force as Narrator
- 2001 Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2007 In the Company of Actors as Self / Judge Brack
- 2017 The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' as Self
- 2020 Measure for Measure as Duke
- 2019 Hearts and Bones as Dan Fisher
- 2004 The Matrix Reloaded Revisited as Self
- 2004 The Matrix Revolutions Revisited as Self
- 2010 I, Spry as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 Loveland as Dr. Bergman
- 2018 Australia's Lost Impressionist as John Russell (voice)
- 2004 The Matrix Recalibrated as Self
- 1999 Making "The Matrix" as Self
- 2003 The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load as Self
- 2004 Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future as Self
- 2004 The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith as Himself
- 2021 Lone Wolf as Police Minister
- 1998 The Kiss as Frank
- 2020 Wild Australia: After the Fires as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1981 ...Maybe This Time as Student #2
- 1999 Little Echo Lost as Echo Man
- 2006 The Making of 'The Two Towers' as Self
- 2006 The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2004 Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix as Agent Smith
- 1994 Exile as Innes
- 2025 What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas as Self - Interviewee
- 1997 The Edge of the World as Narrator
- 2006 V for Vendetta: Unmasked as V / William Rookwood
- 2021 The Matrix Resurrections as Agent Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2026 Baby Shower
- 2002 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast as Self (archive)
- 2026 The Airport Chaplain as Tobias Wallace
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 HypaSpace ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 Bangkok Hilton ( 3 episodes ) as Richard Carlisle
- 1984 Bodyline ( 7 episodes ) as Douglas Jardine
- 1996 The Bite ( 2 episodes ) as Jack Shannon
- 1995 Bordertown ( 10 episodes ) as Kenneth Pearson
- 2003 After the Deluge ( 2 episodes ) as Martin 'Marty' Kirby
- 2010 Rake ( 1 episode )
- 2021 Mr. Corman ( 1 episode ) as Artie Corman
- 1997 Frontier ( 3 episodes ) as Governor Arthur
- 2021 Love Me ( 12 episodes ) as Glen Mathieson
- 2018 Patrick Melrose ( 5 episodes ) as David Melrose
- 2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity ( 6 episodes ) as Alex Klima
- 1988 Melba ( 8 episodes ) as Charles Armstrong
- 2022 The Bridge Australia ( 6 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2023 Koala Man ( 1 episode ) as King Emudeus (voice)
- 1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty ( 5 episodes ) as Richard Eastwick
- 1994 Halifax f.p. ( 1 episode ) as Det. Sgt. Tom Hurkos
- 2019 Australia in Colour ( 8 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 Slow Horses ( 12 episodes ) as Frank Harkness
- 2024 Creative Types with Virginia Trioli ( 1 episode ) as Self
- Soon The Great White ( 1 episode ) as Alan Armstrong
- 2026 The Airport Chaplain ( 8 episodes ) as Tobias Wallace
- 2026 Dalliance ( 6 episodes ) as Billy
