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Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving
Hugo Weaving
Born: Apr 04, 1960 in Austin, Nigeria
Occupation: Actor,
Active: '80s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Babe, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The Interview
First Major Screen Credit: The City's Edge (1983)
19 Videos for Hugo Weaving
The Wolfman (2010) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Matrix (1999)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) The Matrix Reloaded (2003) Babe (1995)
Transformers (2007) The Matrix Revolutions (2003) The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Happy Feet (2006) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Proof (1991)
V for Vendetta (2006) Russian Doll (2001) ... Almost (1987)
Little Fish (2005) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Right Hand Man (1987)
Sledge: The Untold Story (2005)
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Biography:

A graduate of Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, blond, idiosyncratic leading man Hugo Weaving made his feature film debut in the socially conscious low-budget drama The City's Edge (1983), purportedly one of the first Australian films to sympathetically portray the adverse conditions suffered by aborigines.

In 1991, Weaving received Best Actor kudos from the Australian Film Institute for his portrayal of a blind photographer in Jocelyn Moorhouse's Proof. In 1994, the actor earned international acclaim playing Tick, a drag queen with a secret, in the cult favorite The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994).

The following year, Weaving was involved in another audience pleaser when he lent his voice to play the sheep dog Rex in Babe. Weaving occasionally appears in U.S. television productions, notably the CBS miniseries Dadah Is Death, in which he played opposite Julie Christie and Sarah Jessica Parker.

He also continues to work steadily in Australia, in addition to appearing in big-budget Hollywood affairs such as The Matrix, in which he starred as an evil agent opposite Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne. Following his turn in The Matrix with a few low-key romantic comedies (Strange Planet [also 1999] and Russian Doll [2001]), Weaving made a return to big-budgeted special effects extravaganzas with his involvement in director Peter Jackson's enormous adaptation of author J.R.R.

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. For the sequels to The Matrix, Weaving would return with a vengeance; with hundreds of Agent Smith clones sent to stop Neo (Keanu Reeves) from leading the revolution against the machines. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide.