Hugo Wallace Weaving AO (born 4 April 1960) is a British actor
resident in Australia. He is best known for playing Agent Smith in The
Matrix trilogy (1999â€"2003), Elrond in The Lord of the Rings
(2001â€"2003) and The Hobbit (2012â€"2014) film trilogies, V in V for
Vendetta (2005), and the Red Skull in the movie Captain America: The
First Avenger (2011).Weaving's first television role was in the 1984
Australian television series Bodyline, where he portrayed English
cricket captain Douglas Jardine. In film, he first rose to prominence
for his performance as Martin in the Australian drama Proof (1991).
Weaving played Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra in the
comedy-drama The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994);
and multiple roles in the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012). His
roles as a voice actor include the roles as Rex the male sheepdog in
Babe (1995), Noah the Leading Elder Emperor Penguin in Happy Feet
(2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011) and as Megatron in the Transformers
film series.Weaving's awards for acting include a Satellite Award, MTV
Movie Award and six Australian Film Institute Awards.
resident in Australia. He is best known for playing Agent Smith in The
Matrix trilogy (1999â€"2003), Elrond in The Lord of the Rings
(2001â€"2003) and The Hobbit (2012â€"2014) film trilogies, V in V for
Vendetta (2005), and the Red Skull in the movie Captain America: The
First Avenger (2011).Weaving's first television role was in the 1984
Australian television series Bodyline, where he portrayed English
cricket captain Douglas Jardine. In film, he first rose to prominence
for his performance as Martin in the Australian drama Proof (1991).
Weaving played Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra in the
comedy-drama The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994);
and multiple roles in the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012). His
roles as a voice actor include the roles as Rex the male sheepdog in
Babe (1995), Noah the Leading Elder Emperor Penguin in Happy Feet
(2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011) and as Megatron in the Transformers
film series.Weaving's awards for acting include a Satellite Award, MTV
Movie Award and six Australian Film Institute Awards.
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