Hugo Wallace Weaving AO born April 4 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 19992003 Elrond in The Lord of the Rings 20012003 and The Hobbit 20122014 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 20072011 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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