Hugo Weaving
Acting
1960-04-04 · Ibadan, British Nigeria
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
Dalliance
2026 · Series
The Airport Chaplain
2026 · Series
TheatersThe Airport Chaplain
2026 · Movie
Baby Shower
2026 · Movie
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025 · Movie
How to Make Gravy
2024 · Movie
Creative Types with Virginia Trioli
2024 · Series
The Rooster
2024 · Movie
The Royal Hotel
2023 · Movie
Teacups
2023 · Movie
Koala Man
2023 · Series
Franklin
2022 · Movie
The Bridge Australia
2022 · Series
Slow Horses
2022 · Series
Loveland
2022 · Movie
Love Me
2021 · Series
The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Movie
Lone Wolf
2021 · Movie
Mr. Corman
2021 · Series
Wild Australia: After the Fires
2020 · Movie
Measure for Measure
2020 · Movie
Hearts and Bones
2019 · Movie
Australia in Colour
2019 · Series
Mortal Engines
2018 · Movie
Australia's Lost Impressionist
2018 · Movie
Black '47
2018 · Movie
Patrick Melrose
2018 · Series
Seven Types of Ambiguity
2017 · Series
Jasper Jones
2017 · Movie
The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'
2017 · Movie
Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · Movie
The Dressmaker
2015 · Movie
Strangerland
2015 · Movie
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015 · Movie
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Movie
Healing
2014 · Movie
The Mule
2014 · Movie
The Turning
2013 · Movie
Mystery Road
2013 · Movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Movie
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Movie
Ship of Theseus
2012 · Movie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · Movie
Happy Feet Two
2011 · Movie
Captain America: Behind the Skull
2011 · Movie
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 · Movie
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · Movie
The Key Man
2011 · Movie
Rake
2010 · Series
I, Spry
2010 · Movie
Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · Movie
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 · Movie
The Wolfman
2010 · Movie
Tackling Peace
2009 · Movie
Last Ride
2009 · Movie
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009 · Movie
The Tender Hook
2008 · Movie
Transformers
2007 · Movie
In the Company of Actors
2007 · Movie
The Girl Who Swallowed Bees
2007 · Movie
Happy Feet
2006 · Movie
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006 · Movie
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006 · Movie
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
2006 · Movie
V for Vendetta
2006 · Movie
Little Fish
2005 · Movie
Peaches
2005 · Movie
Confessions of an Action Star
2005 · Movie
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005 · Movie
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004 · Movie
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004 · Movie
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004 · Movie
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004 · Movie
Everything Goes
2004 · Movie
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004 · Movie
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
2004 · Movie
The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
2004 · Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Movie
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003 · Movie
The Matrix Revolutions
2003 · Movie
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003 · Movie
After the Deluge
2003 · Series
After the Deluge
2003 · Movie
Horseplay
2003 · Movie
The Matrix Reloaded
2003 · Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Movie
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002 · Movie
HypaSpace
2002 · Series
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Movie
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001 · Movie
Quest for the Ring
2001 · Movie
The Matrix Revisited
2001 · Movie
Russian Doll
2001 · Movie
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001 · Movie
The Magic Pudding
2000 · Movie
Strange Planet
1999 · Movie
Little Echo Lost
1999 · Movie
Making "The Matrix"
1999 · Movie
The Matrix
1999 · Movie
Babe: Pig in the City
1998 · Movie
Bedrooms and Hallways
1998 · Movie
The Interview
1998 · Movie
The Kiss
1998 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
The Edge of the World
1997 · Movie
True Love and Chaos
1997 · Movie
Frontier
1997 · Series
The Bite
1996 · Series
Wild Australia: The Edge
1996 · Movie
Bordertown
1995 · Series
Babe
1995 · Movie
Halifax f.p.
1994 · Series
Exile
1994 · Movie
Ladies Please!
1994 · Movie
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994 · Movie
The Forgotten Force
1994 · Movie
The Custodian
1994 · Movie
Frauds
1993 · Movie
Reckless Kelly
1993 · Movie
Road to Alice
1992 · Movie
Proof
1991 · Movie
Wendy Cracked a Walnut
1990 · Movie
Bangkok Hilton
1989 · Series
Dadah Is Death
1988 · Movie
The Dirtwater Dynasty
1988 · Series
Melba
1988 · Series
The Right Hand Man
1987 · Movie
For Love Alone
1986 · Movie
Bodyline
1984 · Series
The City's Edge
1983 · Movie
...Maybe This Time
1981 · Movie
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Movie
We're All Going to Die
Movie
The Great White
Series