Hugo Weaving - Wikipedia Hugo Weaving Hugo Weaving Weaving at the premiere of The Turning at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival. Hugo Wallace Weaving ( 1960 - 04 - 04 ) 4 April 1960 ( age 57 ) Ibadan, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria Residence Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nationality British - Australian Citizenship Australian British Alma mater National Institute of Dramatic Art Occupation Actor voice actor Years active 1981 -- present Partner ( s ) Katrina Greenwood ( 1984 -- present ) Children Relatives Samara Weaving ( niece ) Hugo Wallace Weaving ( born 4 April 1960 ) is a British - Australian film and stage actor. He is best known for playing Agent Smith in The Matrix trilogy ( 1999 -- 2003 ), Elrond in The Lord of the Rings ( 2001 -- 2003 ) and The Hobbit ( 2012 -- 2014 ) film trilogies, V in V for Vendetta ( 2006 ), Red Skull in Captain America : The First Avenger ( 2011 ) and Tom Doss in Hacksaw Ridge ( 2016 ). 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 Rex in Babe, Noah in Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two, and Megatron in the Transformers film series. Weaving 's awards for acting include a Satellite Award, MTV Movie Award and six Australian Film Institute Awards. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 1984 -- 1998 2.2 1999 -- 2010 2.3 2011 -- present 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Video games 5 Awards 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Early life Weaving was born at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital, in Ibadan, in the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, to English parents Anne ( née Lennard ), a tour guide and former teacher, and Wallace Weaving, a seismologist. His maternal grandmother was Belgian. A year after his birth, his family returned to England, living in Bedford and Brighton before moving to Melbourne and Sydney in Australia ; Johannesburg in South Africa ; and then returning to England again. While in England, he attended The Downs School, Wraxall, near Bristol, and Queen Elizabeth 's Hospital. His family moved back to Australia in 1976, where he attended Knox Grammar School in Sydney. He graduated from Sydney 's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1981. Career 1984 -- 1998 Weaving 's first television role was in the 1984 Australian television series Bodyline, as the English cricket captain Douglas Jardine. Weaving appeared in the Australian miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty in 1988 and as Geoffrey Chambers in the drama Barlow and Chambers : A Long Way From Home. He starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the 1989 film Bangkok Hilton. In 1991, Weaving received the Australian Film Institute 's `` Best Actor '' award for his performance in the low - budget Proof. He appeared as Sir John in the 1993 Yahoo Serious comedy Reckless Kelly, a lampoon of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. In the mid-90s, Weaving portrayed drag queen Anthony `` Tick '' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra in the 1994 film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and provided the voice of Rex the sheepdog in the 1995 family film Babe. In 1998, he received the `` Best Actor '' award from the Montreal Film Festival for his performance as a suspected serial killer in The Interview. 1999 -- 2010 Weaving played the enigmatic and evil - minded Agent Smith in the 1999 film The Matrix. He later reprised that role in the film 's 2003 sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. He was a voice actor in the cartoon film The Magic Pudding. Weaving at the premiere of The Matrix Revolutions in November 2003 He garnered additional acclaim in the role of half - elven lord Elrond in Peter Jackson 's three - film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, released between 2001 and 2003. Weaving was the main actor in Andrew Kotatko 's award - winning film Everything Goes ( 2004 ). He starred as a heroin - addicted ex-rugby league player in the 2005 Australian indie film Little Fish, opposite Cate Blanchett. Weaving played the title role as V in the 2006 film V for Vendetta, in which he was reunited with the Wachowskis, creators of The Matrix trilogy, who wrote the adapted screenplay. Actor James Purefoy was originally signed to play the role, but was fired six weeks into filming over creative differences. Weaving reshot most of James Purefoy 's scenes as V ( even though his face is never seen ) apart from a couple of minor dialogue - free scenes early in the film. Stuntman David Leitch performed all of V 's stunts. Weaving reprised his role as Elrond for the video game The Lord of the Rings : The Battle for Middle - Earth II. He regularly appears in productions by the Sydney Theatre Company ( STC ). In 2006, he worked with Cate Blanchett on a reprise of the STC production of Hedda Gabler in New York City. In a controversial move by director Michael Bay, Weaving was chosen as the Decepticon leader Megatron vocally in the 2007 live - action film Transformers, rather than using the original version of the character 's voice created by the voice actor, Frank Welker. Hugo Weaving at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King in December 2003 Weaving himself was unaware of the controversy and had accepted the role based on Michael Bay 's personal request ; in a November 2008 Sun Herald interview, he said he 'd never seen Transformers. Though Weaving reprised his role in two sequels, he does not have much personal investment in the Transformers films. In February 2010, Weaving revealed to The Age : `` Director Michael Bay talks to me on the phone. I 've never met him. We were doing the voice for the second one and I still had n't seen the first one. I still did n't really know who the characters were and I did n't know what anything was. It 's a voice job, for sure, and people assume I 've spent my life working on it, but I really know so little about it. '' In 2012, Weaving said to Collider : `` It was one of the only things I 've ever done where I had no knowledge of it, I did n't care about it, I did n't think about it. They wanted me to do it. In one way, I regret that bit. I do n't regret doing it, but I very rarely do something if it 's meaningless. It was meaningless to me, honestly. I do n't mean that in any nasty way. '' Weaving played a supporting role in Joe Johnston 's 2010 remake of the 1941 film The Wolfman, starring Benicio del Toro. Immediately after Wolfman wrapped in spring 2008, he returned home to Australia to film a lead role in the film Last Ride, directed by Glendyn Ivin. In early 2009, Guillermo Del Toro, then director of The Hobbit films, prequels to The Lord of the Rings, confirmed his intent to again cast Weaving as Elrond of Rivendell in a BBC interview. When asked about reprising the role, Weaving replied that he was game, but had not officially been approached. Del Toro eventually left the project ; Peter Jackson decided to direct the films himself but Weaving was not officially confirmed in the cast until May 2011. Weaving spent the summer of 2009 starring in the Melbourne Theatre Company 's production of God of Carnage, portraying the caustic lawyer Alain Reille. He returned to the stage in November 2010 in Sydney Theatre Company 's Uncle Vanya, co-starring Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh. Weaving filmed a guest role on Roxburgh 's Australian TV series Rake in May 2010. In May 2009, Weaving accepted a co-starring role in the docudrama Oranges and Sunshine, about the forced migration of thousands of British children to Australia in the 1950s. Filming began in autumn 2009 in Nottingham, England and Adelaide, South Australia and continued through January 2010. The film premiered at the Rome International Film Festival on 28 October 2010 and garnered positive reviews. 2010 also saw the release of Legend of the Guardians ( formerly The Guardians of Ga'Hoole ), in which Weaving has another high - profile voice role, portraying two different owls named Noctus and Grimble in Zack Snyder 's film adaptation of Kathryn Lasky 's popular series of children 's books. On 4 May 2010, it was officially confirmed by Marvel Studios that Weaving would play the fictional Nazi the Red Skull in the superhero film Captain America : The First Avenger. Weaving completed filming his role on the project in September 2010 and returned to Sydney to prepare for Uncle Vanya. It is unlikely he will sign on for any further installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ; in an August 2011 Baltimore Sun interview, the actor confided he 's weary of typecasting and of `` blockbuster '' films in general : `` I think I 've about had enough... I 'm not sure how many more of them I 'll make. It does n't feel to me as though they 've been the majority of my work, though that 's probably the way it seems to most other people. ''. 2011 -- present On 13 March 2011, The Key Man, which Weaving filmed in 2006, finally debuted at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. The child migrant saga Oranges and Sunshine opened in the UK on 1 April, the culmination of months of success on the festival circuit in late 2010 - early 2011. In March, the Sydney Theatre Company and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that STC 's 2010 production of Chekhov 's Uncle Vanya would be reprised in Washington, D.C. during the month of August In April, months of speculation finally ended when Weaving appeared on The Hobbit 's New Zealand set, shortly before a production spokesman officially confirmed the actor 's return as Elrond in Peter Jackson 's prequel trilogy to The Lord of the Rings. He was part of the cast of the Wachowskis ' adaptation of David Mitchell 's novel Cloud Atlas. The project, co-starring Tom Hanks, Ben Whishaw, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, and Susan Sarandon, began filming in September 2011 and was released in October 2012. 2012 also found Weaving re-focusing on his theatrical career, with a return to the Sydney Theatre Company to star in a new adaptation of Christopher Hampton 's play Les Liaisons Dangereuses in March. He portrayed the notorious Vicomte de Valmont, a character he first played onstage in 1987. His frequent stage foil Pamela Rabe costarred. Weaving and Cate Blanchett reprised their roles in STC 's internationally lauded production of Uncle Vanya for a ten - day run at New York 's Lincoln Center in July. The busy actor also joined the cast of three forthcoming Australian films in summer 2012. The Western - tinged police thriller Mystery Road, written and directed by Ivan Sen, began filming in June 2012. Weaving is also scheduled to star in the prison drama Healing for director Craig Monahan, with whom he previously made The Interview ( 1998 ) and Peaches ( 2005 ). He appeared in a segment of the Australian anthology film The Turning, based on Tim Winton 's collection of linked stories, entitled `` The Commission '', directed by David Wenham. He ended 2013 co-starring with Richard Roxburgh and Philip Quast in Samuel Beckett 's Waiting For Godot, for the Sydney Theatre Company. In the spring of 2013, Weaving reprised the Agent Smith role for a General Electric television commercial for their `` Brilliant Machines '' innovations in healthcare management technology, which was slated to air during a break from 13 April 's edition of Saturday Night Live, and subsequently continued to receive multiple airings on major cable networks. From 26 July to 27 September 2014, Weaving played the titular role of Sydney Theatre Company 's production of Macbeth. In an unusual treatment of the Shakespearian tragedy by young Sydney director Kip Williams, Weaving 's performance was described by Peter Gotting of The Guardian as `` the role of his career ''. In October 2015, Weaving joined the cast of the film adaption of Craig Silvey 's Australian novel, Jasper Jones. Personal life When he was 13 years old, Weaving was diagnosed with epilepsy. He has been with his longtime girlfriend Katrina Greenwood since 1984 ; the two live in Sydney and have two children together, Harry ( b. 1989 ) and Holly ( b. 1993 ). Harry is an actor who uses the stage name Harry Greenwood. Hugo also has a brother, Simon, and a sister, Anna Jane. His niece, Samara Weaving, portrayed Indigo Walker on the long - running Australian soap, Home and Away, and her younger sister Morgan joined the cast as Lottie Ryan. In 2004, Weaving became an ambassador for Australian animal rights organisation Voiceless, the animal protection institute. He attends events, promotes Voiceless in interviews, and assists in their judging of annual grants recipients. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1981 Maybe This Time !... Maybe This Time Student 2 The City 's Edge Andy White 1986 For Love Alone Jonathan Crow Right Hand Man, The The Right Hand Man Ned Devine Almost !... Almost Jake 1991 Proof Martin AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Road to Alice Louis 1993 Frauds Jonathan Wheats 1993 Reckless Kelly Sir John 1993 Custodian, The The Custodian Det. Church 1994 Exile Innes 1994 Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Anthony `` Tick '' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra Nominated -- AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1994 What 's Going On, Frank ? Strange Packer in Supermarket 1995 Babe Rex the Male Sheepdog Voice role 1997 True Love and Chaos Morris 1998 Babe : Pig in the City Rex the Male Sheepdog Voice role 1998 Bedrooms and Hallways Jeremy 1998 Interview, The 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 1998 Kiss, The The Kiss Barry 1999 Strange Planet Steven 1999 Little Echo Lost Echo Man 1999 Matrix, The The Matrix Agent Smith Nominated -- Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Villain Nominated -- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 2000 The Magic Pudding Bill Barnacle 2001 Russian Doll Harvey 2001 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Rubicondo ( Dentist ) Nominated -- AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated -- FCCA Award for Best Supporting Actor 2001 Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring, The 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 Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers, The The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers Nominated -- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2003 Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King, The 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 2003 Matrix Reloaded, The The Matrix Reloaded Agent Smith Nominated -- MTV Movie Award for Best Fight ( shared with Keanu Reeves ) 2003 Matrix Revolutions, The The Matrix Revolutions 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 2006 Happy Feet Noah Voice role 2006 V for Vendetta V Nominated -- International Award for Best Actor 2007 Transformers Megatron Voice role Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain 2007 In The Company of Actors Himself / Judge Brack 2008 Tender Hook, The The Tender Hook McHeath a.k.a. The Boxer and the Bombshell 2009 Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen Megatron Voice role 2009 Last Ride Kev Nominated -- AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Wolfman, The 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 role 2011 Transformers : Dark of the Moon Megatron Voice role 2011 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 2011 Happy Feet Two Noah Voice role 2012 Cloud Atlas Haskell Moore Tadeusz Kesselring Bill Smoke Nurse Noakes Boardman Mephi Old Georgie 2012 Hobbit : There ! The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey Elrond 2013 Mystery Road Johnno 2013 The Turning Bob Lang Nominated -- AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2014 Healing Matt Perry 2014 The Mule Croft Nominated -- AFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor 2014 The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies Elrond 2015 Strangerland David Rae 2015 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 2018 Mortal Engines Thaddeus Valentine Filming 2018 Black 47 Hannah Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1984 Bodyline Douglas Jardine Melba Charles Armstrong 1988 Dirtwater Dynasty, The The Dirtwater Dynasty Richard Eastwick 4 episodes 1988 Dadah Is Death Geoffrey Chambers Bangkok Hilton Richard Carlisle 1993 Seven Deadly Sins Lust 1995 Bordertown Kenneth Pearson 10 episodes The Bite Jack Shannon Naked : Stories of Men Martin Furlong 1 episode 1997 Frontier Governor Arthur 1997 Halifax f.p. : Is n't It Romantic Det. 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Tom Hurkos 2003 After the Deluge Martin Kirby Rake Prof Graham Murray 1 episode I, Spry Narrator Documentary 2015 New Davincibles Lee Nan Voice only English dub 2017 Seven Types Of Ambiguity Dr Alex Klima 5 episodes Video games Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Lord of the Rings : The Battle for Middle - earth II Elrond Voice role 2009 The Lord of the Rings : Conquest Elrond Voice role Awards 1991 -- Australian Film Institute Awards, Best Actor in a Lead Role : Proof 1998 -- Australian Film Institute Awards, Best Actor in a Lead Role : The Interview 2005 -- Australian Film Institute Awards, Best Actor in a Lead Role : Little Fish 2007 -- The Constellation Awards, Best Male Performance in a 2006 Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Miniseries : V for Vendetta 2011 -- Sydney Theatre Award, Best Supporting Actor : Sydney Theatre Company 's Uncle Vanya 2012 -- Helen Hayes Award, Best Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production : Sydney Theatre Company 's Uncle Vanya References ^ Jump up to : `` Quiet achiever ''. 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The Washington Post. Jump up ^ `` Kiwi actor steps into Hobbit breach ''. The Dominion Post. 2 May 2011. Jump up ^ Roxborough, Scott ( 11 May 2011 ). `` Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw Join ' Cloud Atlas ' ( Cannes Exclusive ) ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Jump up ^ `` Curtain 's up on Liaison with wicked wit ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 2011. Jump up ^ Mckinley Jr, James C. ( 18 December 2011 ). `` A New York Stop for Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and ' Uncle Vanya ' ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ `` Ivan Sen 's Mystery Road begins filming in Qld ''. Inside Film. 26 June 2012. Jump up ^ `` Screen Australia Backs 4 Films, 8 TV Projects ''. Deadline.com. 25 June 2012. Jump up ^ `` A Dane takes Aussie film sales to a new level ''. SBS. 12 November 2012. Jump up ^ `` Cate Blanchett Lights Up Lincoln Center ''. Gotham Magazine. June 2012. Jump up ^ `` Sydney Theatre Company 2013 Season ''. Time Out Sydney. 6 September 2012. Jump up ^ Connelly, Brendon ( 13 April 2013 ). `` Agent Smith Returns -- A General Electric Commercial Set in the World of the Matrix ''. bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Sydney Theatre Company - Macbeth ''. Sydney Theatre Company. Jump up ^ Peter Gotting ( 28 July 2014 ). `` Macbeth review -- Hugo Weaving finds the role of his career ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` Incredible cast brought together for the film adaption of the iconic Australian novel, Jasper Jones ''. Film Ink ( Australia ). Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Jump up ^ Morris, Linda ( 18 October 2015 ). `` Hugo Weaving, Toni Collette join all - star cast of Jasper Jones ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. Jump up ^ Hoffman, Barbara. `` Aussie lord of the stage ''. New York Post. Retrieved 10 November 2012. Jump up ^ McCauley, Mary Carole ( 5 August 2011 ). `` From ' Captain America ' to ' Uncle Vanya, ' Hugo Weaving stretches his acting chops ''. The Morning Call. Retrieved 21 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` Harry Greenwood shines in first lead TV role in Gallipoli and he 's the spitting image of dad Hugo Weaving ''. News.com.au. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` Samara Weaving ( as Indigo Walker ) ''. Home and Away Cast Biographies. TV3. Retrieved 10 November 2012. Jump up ^ `` Hugo Weaving Voiceless ''. Voiceless. Retrieved 10 November 2012. Further reading The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia -- Theatre. Film. Radio. Television -- Volume 1 -- Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee -- Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., 1996 The Australian Film and Television Companion -- compiled by Tony Harrison -- Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hugo Weaving. 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Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby Chicago ( 2002 ) : Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King ( 2003 ) : Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys - Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood Sideways ( 2004 ) : Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh Crash ( 2005 ) : Christopher `` Ludacris '' Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate Little Miss Sunshine ( 2006 ) : Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear Hairspray ( 2007 ) : Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Paul Dooley, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Elijah Kelley, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, Jerry Stiller, John Travolta, Christopher Walken Milk ( 2008 ) : Josh Brolin, Joseph Cross, James Franco, Victor Garber, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Denis O'Hare, Sean Penn, Alison Pill Inglourious Basterds ( 2009 ) : Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke ( 2010 -- present ) The Fighter ( 2010 ) : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Mark Wahlberg The Help ( 2011 ) : Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel Silver Linings Playbook ( 2012 ) : Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver American Hustle ( 2013 ) : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm, Shea Whigham Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) ( 2014 ) : Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts Spotlight ( 2015 ) : Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci Moonlight ( 2016 ) : Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Alex R. Hibbert, Naomie Harris, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ( 2001 -- 2010 ) 2001 Gosford Park Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby 2002 Chicago Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. 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Question: who played lord elrond in lord of the rings
Answer: Hugo Wallace Weaving