Hugo Wallace Weaving AO (born 4 April 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 (1999–2003), Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) 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 (2007–2011). He also reprised his roles of Agent Smith and Elrond in Matrix and Lord of the Rings video game adaptations.

Filmography

• 2026Baby Shower
• Dalliance — Billy
• 2026The Airport Chaplain — Tobias Wallace
• The Airport Chaplain — Tobias Wallace
• 2024How to Make Gravy — Noel
• 2024The Rooster — The Hermit
• Koala Man — King Emudeus (voice)
• 2023Teacups — Don Ritchie
• 2023The Royal Hotel — Billy
• 2022Franklin — Narrator
• 2022Loveland — Dr. Bergman
• Slow Horses — Frank Harkness
• The Bridge Australia — Narrator
• 2021Lone Wolf — Police Minister
• Love Me — Glen Mathieson
• Mr. Corman — Artie Corman
• 2021The Matrix Resurrections — Agent Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2020Measure for Measure — Duke
• 2019Hearts and Bones — Dan Fisher
• 2018Australia's Lost Impressionist — John Russell (voice)
• 2018Black '47 — Hannah
• 2018Mortal Engines — Thaddeus Valentine
• Patrick Melrose — David Melrose
• 2017Jasper Jones — Mad Jack Lionel
• Seven Types of Ambiguity — Alex Klima
• 2016Hacksaw Ridge — Tom Doss
• 2015Strangerland — Detective David Rae
• 2015The Dressmaker — Sergeant Farrat
• 2014Healing — Senior Officer Matt Perry
• 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Elrond
• 2014The Mule — Tom Croft
• 2013Mystery Road — Johnno
• 2013The Turning — Bob Lang
• 2012Cloud Atlas — Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2012Ship of Theseus — Producer
• 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Elrond
• 2011Captain America: The First Avenger — Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
• 2011Happy Feet Two — Noah (voice)
• 2011The Key Man — Vincent
• 2011Transformers: Dark of the Moon — Megatron (voice)
• 2010I, Spry — Narrator (voice)
• 2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole — Noctus / Grimble (voice)
• 2010Oranges and Sunshine — Jack
• Rake
• 2010The Wolfman — Inspector Francis Abberline
• 2009Last Ride — Kev
• 2009Tackling Peace — Narrator
• 2009Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — Megatron (voice)
• 2008The Tender Hook — McHeath
• 2007The Girl Who Swallowed Bees — Narrator
• 2007Transformers — Megatron (voice)
• 2006Happy Feet — Noah (voice)
• 2006V for Vendetta — V / William Rookwood
• 2006V for Vendetta: Unmasked — V / William Rookwood
• 2005Little Fish — Lionel
• 2005Peaches — Alan
• 2004Everything Goes
• 2004Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix — Agent Smith
• 2003After the Deluge — Marty
• After the Deluge — Martin 'Marty' Kirby
• 2003Horseplay — Narrator (voice)
• 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Elrond
• 2003The Matrix Reloaded — Agent Smith
• 2003The Matrix Revolutions — Agent Smith
• 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Elrond
• 2001Russian Doll — Harvey, Co-Producer
• 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Elrond
• 2001The Old Man Who Read Love Stories — Rubicondo
• 2000The Magic Pudding — Bill Barnacle (voice)
• 1999Little Echo Lost — Echo Man
• 1999Strange Planet — Steven
• 1999The Matrix — Agent Smith
• 1998Babe: Pig in the City — Rex (voice)
• 1998Bedrooms and Hallways — Jeremy
• 1998The Interview — Eddie Rodney Fleming
• 1998The Kiss — Frank
• Frontier — Governor Arthur
• 1997The Edge of the World — Narrator
• 1997True Love and Chaos — Morris
• The Bite — Jack Shannon
• 1996Wild Australia: The Edge — Narrator (voice)
• 1995Babe — Rex (voice)
• Bordertown — Kenneth Pearson
• 1994Exile — Innes
• Halifax f.p. — Det. Sgt. Tom Hurkos
• 1994The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
• 1994The Custodian — Frank Church
• 1994The Forgotten Force — Narrator
• 1993Frauds — Jonathan Wheats
• 1993Reckless Kelly — Sir John
• 1992Road to Alice
• 1991Proof — Martin
• 1990Wendy Cracked a Walnut — Jake
• Bangkok Hilton — Richard Carlisle
• 1988Dadah Is Death — Geoffrey Chambers
• Melba — Charles Armstrong
• The Dirtwater Dynasty — Richard Eastwick
• 1987The Right Hand Man — Ned Devine
• 1986For Love Alone — Jonathan Crow
• Bodyline — Douglas Jardine
• 1983The City's Edge — Andy White
• 1981...Maybe This Time — Student #2
• Hold Still — Eugene
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2 — Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
• The Great White — Alan Armstrong
• We're All Going to Die — Death

Appearances as themselves (27)

• 2025What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas — Self - Interviewee
• Creative Types with Virginia Trioli — Self
• 2020Wild Australia: After the Fires — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Australia in Colour — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2017The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' — Self
• 2015Between a Frock and a Hard Place — Self
• 2007In the Company of Actors — Self / Judge Brack
• 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' — Self
• 2005Confessions of an Action Star — Self
• 2005Ringers: Lord of the Fans — Self
• 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2004Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future — Self
• 2004The Matrix Recalibrated — Self
• 2004The Matrix Reloaded Revisited — Self
• 2004The Matrix Revolutions Revisited — Self
• 2004The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith — Himself
• 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King — Self
• 2003The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load — Self
• HypaSpace — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast — Self (archive)
• 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' — Self
• 2001Quest for the Ring — Self
• 2001The Matrix Revisited — Self - Agent Smith
• 1999Making "The Matrix" — Self
• The View — Self
• 1994Ladies Please! — Self