Hugo Weaving

Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an English-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 and Tom Doss in Hacksaw Ridge.\n', '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 whilst in Babe, Noah The Leading Elder Emperor Penguin whilst in Happy Feet and in Happy Feet Two and as Megatron whilst in The Transformers Franchise’s Films.\n', ' Weaving\'s awards for acting include a Satellite Award, MTV Movie Award and six Australian Film Institute Awards.\n', ' Weaving was born in Nigeria to English parents. Born at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital, in Ibadan, in the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, he was the son of Anne (née Lennard) (born 1932), a tour guide and former teacher, and Wallace Weaving (born 1929), a seismologist. His maternal grandmother was Belgian. A year after his birth, his family returned to United Kingdom, living in Bedford and Brighton before moving to Melbourne and Sydney in Australia; Johannesburg in South Africa; and then returning to United Kingdom again. While in the UK, he attended The Downs School, Wraxall, near Bristol, and Queen Elizabeth\'s Hospital. While at the Downs School, in 1973 Weaving played one of his first theatrical roles, taking the part of Captain Asquith in Robert Bolt\'s The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew. 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. Whilst at NIDA one of Weaving\'s acting mentors was the renowned \'Kevin Jackson\' who now teaches at various locations in Sydney including the \'International Screen Academy\' which is fast becoming one of Sydney\'s top acting schools. \n', '