Hugo Wallace Weaving (innate April 4, 1960) is an Australian film and stage actor. Hugo Weaving was innate around Nigeria to parents Wallace and Anne. Fallowing spending his childhood around South Africa and the UK, he arrived around Australia in 1976. When graduating from either NIDA in 1981, Weaving's first major role was in the television series Bodyline in 1984.

Weaving starred in the Australian film The Dirtwater Dynasty in 1988 and later starred paired Nicole Kidman in the 1989 film Bangkok Hilton. Inside 1991 Weaving received the Australian Film Institute's award for "Best Actor" for his performance in the on line-budget Proof. He besides appeared when Sir John in the 1993 Yahoo Serious comedy, Reckless Kelly, a parody of the notable Australian criminalize Ned Kelly. Even so, Weaving 1st received attention overseas by owning a international hit Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994. Around 1998, Weaving received the award for "Best Actor" from either a Montreal Film Festival for his performance in The Interview.

It wwhen his role as a enigmatic Agent Smith in the 1999 blockbuster The Matrix which made Weaving the globally recognized face. Weaving reprised a role of Professional Smith in the 2003 sequels to The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Weaving has continued his profits in the role of the elf-lord Elrond in the three-film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings released between 2001 and 2003.

Weaving was a independent actor within Andrew Kotatko's Everything Goes (2004) and plays one of a leading roles in the 2006 film V for Vendetta.

Weaving endures around Sydney with his wife Katrina Greenwood & his deuce youngsters Holly & Harry. Despite his career around film, Weaving has continued working as a stage actor, regularly appearing inside productions per Sydney Theatre Company.

As of October 2005 he is currently around Bali filming "The Bali Project". a picture all about the 2002 Bali Bombing.