Hugo Weaving

Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a British-Australian actor. He is also well known as a voice actor. Weaving is most famous for his roles as Agent Smith in The Matrix and Elrond in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, the main character of V for Vendetta and the voices of Noah the Elder in Happy Feet, Megatron in Transformers and Rex in Babe and Babe: Pig in the City. He was born in Nigeria to English parents. He spent his childhood in South Africa and then moved to the United Kingdom when he was a teenager. He moved to Australia in 1976.

Hugo Weaving
Born	Hugo Wallace Weaving (1960-04-04) 4 April 1960 (age 65) Ibadan, Nigeria
Years active	1980 – present
Known for	Acting roles: Agent Smith in The Matrix Elrond in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy V in V for Vendetta Noah the Elder in Happy Feet Megatron in Transformers
Height	6'2" (1.88 m)
Family	Samara Weaving (niece)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	...Maybe This Time	Student 2
1983	The City's Edge	Andy White
1986	For Love Alone	Jonathan Crow
1987	The Right Hand Man	Ned Devine
1990	...Almost	Jake
1991	Proof	Martin	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1992	Road to Alice	Louis
1993	Frauds	Jonathan Wheats
	Reckless Kelly	Sir John
	The Custodian	Det. Church
1994	Exile	Innes
	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Anthony "Tick" Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra	Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
	What's Going On, Frank?	Strange Packer in Supermarket
1995	Babe	Rex the Male Sheepdog (voice)
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Frollo's Soldiers (voice)
1997	True Love and Chaos	Morris
1998	Babe: Pig in the City	Rex the Male Sheepdog (voice)
	Bedrooms and Hallways	Jeremy
	The Interview	Eddie Rodney Fleming	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Montreal World Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated — FCCA Award for Best Supporting Actor
	The Kiss	Barry
1999	Strange Planet	Steven
	Little Echo Lost	Echo Man
	The Matrix	Agent Smith	Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Villain Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2000	The Magic Pudding	Bill Barnacle (voice)
2001	Russian Doll	Harvey
	The Old Man Who Read Love Stories	Rubicondo (Dentist)	Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated — FCCA Award for Best Supporting Actor
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Elrond	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King		Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	The Matrix Reloaded	Agent Smith	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Keanu Reeves)
	The Matrix Revolutions
2004	Everything Goes	Ray	Inside Film Awards: Best Short Film
	Peaches	Alan
2005	Little Fish	Lionel Dawson	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role FCCA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Inside Film Award for Best Actor
	V for Vendetta	V	Nominated — International Award for Best Actor
2006	Happy Feet	Noah (voice)
2007	Transformers	Megatron (voice)	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
	In the Company of Actors	Himself / Judge Brack
2008	The Tender Hook	McHeath
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Megatron (voice)
	Last Ride	Kev	Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
2010	The Wolfman	Detective Francis Abberline
	Oranges and Sunshine	Jack	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Noctus and Grimble (voice)
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Megatron (voice)
	Captain America: The First Avenger	Johann Schmidt / Red Skull	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Fight (with Chris Evans) Nominated — Scream Award for Best Villain
	Happy Feet Two	Noah (voice)
2012	Cloud Atlas	Haskell Moore Tadeusz Kesselring Bill Smoke Nurse Noakes Boardman Mephi Old Georgie
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Elrond
2013	Mystery Road	Johnno
	The Turning	Bob Lang	Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
2014	Healing	Matt Perry
	The Mule	Croft	Nominated — AFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor
	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Elrond
2015	Strangerland	David Rae
	The Dressmaker	Sergeant Farrat	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role AFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Film Critics Circle of Australia for Best Supporting Actor
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Tom Doss	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2017	Jasper Jones	Mad Jack Lionel	Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2018	Black '47	Hannah
	Mortal Engines	Thaddeus Valentine
2019	Hearts and Bones	Daniel Fisher

Other websites

• Hugo Weaving on IMDb
• Hugo Weaving at the National Film and Sound Archive^{[permanent dead link]}