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.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1981|__|Student 2|||
|1983|_The City's Edge_|Andy White|||
|1986|_For Love Alone_|Jonathan Crow|||
|1987|__|Ned Devine|||
|1990|_Wendy Cracked a Walnut_|Jake|||
|1991|_Proof_|Martin|AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role||
|1992|_Road to Alice_|Louis|||
|rowspan="3"|1993|_Frauds_|Jonathan Wheats||
|_Reckless Kelly_|Sir John||||
|__|Det. Church||||
|rowspan="3"|1994|_Exile_|Innes||
|__|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|||
|rowspan="4"|1998|_Babe: Pig in the City_|Rex the Male Sheepdog (voice)||
|_Bedrooms and Hallways_|Jeremy||||
|__|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|||
|__|Barry||||
|rowspan="3"|1999|_Strange Planet_|Steven||
|_Little Echo Lost_|Echo Man||||
|__|Agent Smith|Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Villain Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|||
|2000|_The Magic Pudding_|Bill Barnacle (voice)|||
|rowspan="3"|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|||
|__|rowspan="3"|Elrond|rowspan="2"|Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|
|2002|__||||
|rowspan=3|2003|__|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||
|__|rowspan="2"|Agent Smith|Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Fight <small>(shared with Keanu Reeves)</small>||
|__|||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Everything Goes_|Ray|Inside Film Awards: Best Short Film|
|_Peaches_|Alan||||
|rowspan="2"|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)|||
|rowspan="2"|2007|_Transformers_|Megatron (voice)|Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain|
|_In the Company of Actors_|Himself / Judge Brack||||
|2008|__|McHeath|||
|rowspan="2"|2009|_Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen_|Megatron (voice)||
|_Last Ride_|Kev|Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|||
|rowspan="3"|2010|__|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)||||
|rowspan="3"|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 <small> (with Chris Evans)</small> Nominated — Scream Award for Best Villain|||
|_Happy Feet Two_|Noah (voice)||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_Cloud Atlas_|Haskell Moore Tadeusz Kesselring Bill Smoke Nurse Noakes Boardman Mephi Old Georgie||
|__|Elrond||||
|rowspan="2"|2013|_Mystery Road_|Johnno||
|_The Turning_|Bob Lang|Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|||
|rowspan="3"|2014|_Healing_|Matt Perry||
|_The Mule_|Croft|Nominated — AFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor|||
|_The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_|Elrond||||
|rowspan="2"|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||
|rowspan="2"|2018|_Black '47_|Hannah||
|_Mortal Engines_|Thaddeus Valentine||||
|2019|_Hearts and Bones_|Daniel Fisher|||

## Other websites

- Hugo Weaving at the National Film and Sound Archive

## Infobox (actor)

- **name**: Hugo Weaving
- **image**: Hugo w.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **birth place**: Ibadan, Nigeria
- **height**: 6'2" (1.88 m)
- **birthname**: Hugo Wallace Weaving
- **yearsactive**: 1980 – present
- **known for**: Acting roles:
**Agent Smith** in _The Matrix_
 **Elrond** in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy
**V (comics), V** in _V for Vendetta (movie), V for Vendetta_
**Noah the Elder** in _Happy Feet_
**Megatron** in _Transformers (movie), Transformers_
- **family**: Samara Weaving (niece)